

After Dark
A 38-foot marble bar, pressed-tin ceilings and an 11pm-to-close happy hour that includes the famous Pourhouse burger.
Pourhouse has a 38-foot reclaimed-wood-and-marble bar, pressed-tin ceilings, and bartenders who will build you a properly stirred Manhattan and then explain, with quiet authority, exactly why it had to be that way. It sits just southeast of the steam clock on Water Street, and it has been Gastown's classic-cocktail standard-bearer for years, which means the room knows what it's doing and does not feel the need to prove it. The move on a late date is the nightly happy hour running from 11pm to close: discounted snacks and the famous Pourhouse burger, served at exactly the hour when every other kitchen has locked up and gone home. Slide in near midnight, take the seats at the marble, and treat the last hour of the night like the best one.