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A 4.9 rated bakery on Sixth Street where the laminated pastry is the reason and the flat white is the excuse.

A warm little roaster-cafe on the UBC campus doing proper espresso, fresh pastries, and house bagels, an easy first stop before the gardens or the beach.

A blush-pink micro-roastery on Broadway that roasts in the corner and looks like a date already in progress.

An award-winning timber pavilion shaped like a flower, where the room is so good the coffee almost has to apologize for stealing focus.

A century-old Port Moody building reborn as a cafe-slash-art-gallery, with vinyl, plants, cortados and a built-in conversation starter on every wall.

Vancouver's original multi-roaster, where the coffee list rotates weekly and the baristas take your pour-over more seriously than you take most things.

A flower-strewn cafe in Gastown's flatiron that pours espresso by day and natural wine by night, so one date can quietly become three.

A Gastown roastery dressed like a vintage railway carriage, pouring the kind of coffee that makes you forget you had somewhere to be.

A converted Gastown warehouse turned sunlit bakery-cafe, where daily sourdough, good espresso and reclaimed-furniture charm make lingering the entire plan.

A gloriously over-the-top Italian coffee palace on the Drive, all marble, chandeliers and Roman statues, running since 1976 and taking exactly zero notes.

Vancouver's beloved small-batch ice cream in reusable glass jars, a short stroll from the Olympic Village seawall.

A husband-and-wife Italian bakery-cafe on the Drive where a morning cornetto and an evening aperitivo are the same great date, twice.

A Steveston gelato shop with flavours like Hong Kong milk tea and miso caramel, steps from the boardwalk.

A warm, cabin-feel cafe on Deep Cove's main street, purpose-built for the coffee you earn after Quarry Rock.