Science World After Dark

Heritage house, warehouse and patio in Mount Pleasant, with wood-fired oysters, inventive cocktails and the good sense to stay open till midnight.

A sandwich board and some stairs in Gastown lead to a brick-arched basement with two live bands a night until 2am.

A lofty Main Street bar that solved pizza-or-pho by doing both, with local craft taps, until 2am on weekends.

Upstairs from Juke Fried Chicken, a tiny neon cocktail bar serves drinks named Eraserhead and hot chicken until 1am on weekends.

Plush velvet, live jazz and a drinks menu named for literary icons, under the Hotel Georgia until 2am.

The Bao Bei team's love-motel-inspired cocktail den under Kissa Tanto, with a jukebox you control and a 2am close.

Place a wager on King Louie at a fake Chinatown betting shop, watch a wall open, and stay till 2am on weekends.

The Birdhouse team's new 150 seat room on Gore Ave pairs funky cocktails with drag shows, which makes it a date with a running order.

Yaletown's dim, industrial-cool cocktail bar with an after-10pm charcuterie menu and a 1am close Thursday through Saturday.

Davie Village's irreverent neighbourhood bar with board games, celebrity photos everywhere, over-the-top caesars, and 2am doors on weekends.

The country's finest weekly live-jazz programming, Italian plates, and late sets until 12:30am near Beatty and Robson.

Cocktails in sand buckets with plastic shovels, a legendary double-crunch taco and 2am closing on Blood Alley in Gastown.

A 38-foot marble bar, pressed-tin ceilings and an 11pm-to-close happy hour that includes the famous Pourhouse burger.

A hidden UBC tavern in a heritage building with a string-lit, tree-ringed patio, a serious beer list, and live music most weekends.