String Lights and Pints at Koerner's Pub

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.

White Rock's number-one pub, family-built, dog-friendly patio, live music, Thursday trivia and small-batch brews worth the trip uptown.

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

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

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

The glowing geodesic dome, cocktails in hand and no kids in sight: an adults-only night of hands-on science, live demos and a themed party.

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

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.

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

Arguably Steveston's best patio, with a rotating tap list and a flight-friendly board for finding out whose beer takes are a dealbreaker.

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

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

Open since 1968, open till 3am on weekends: miso-gravy sesame fries, live music and Vancouver's most persuasive vegetarian argument.