Sunset Patio at The Galley, Jericho Beach

Four breweries on one walkable block in Port Moody: start hoppy at Yellow Dog, end by the fire pit at Brave.

Hop-forward Brewers Row craft beer, a Space Armadillo DIPA, and an al pastor taco menu that nobody expected but everybody needs.

The cliche that earned it. Eight free volleyball nets, a driftwood log, and English Bay going full pink.

Grab Denman Street takeout, claim a driftwood log, and watch the sun drop behind the North Shore mountains. Free, always.

The cult Belgian brewery on Thunderbird Crescent where national-medal sours and golden tripels await anyone clever enough to find it.

The one Vancouver sunset where the sand goes on forever, the crowds go home, and the sky takes its sweet time.

Brewers Row's biggest patio, where free arcade games, a Dreamboat Hazy IPA, and a food truck conspire against whatever you had planned next.

One of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside Japan, and the path narrows to single-file, which is actually the point.

After 6pm all summer, the Grouse gondola costs $34: ride up at golden hour, watch the sun set over the city from 1,100 metres, drinks on the Altitudes patio.

PoCo's smokehouse and brewhouse on one address: ribs, pulled pork, craft beer and a gin list that no one saw coming.

Maple Ridge's only room actually on the Fraser: two seasonal patios, a heated covered one for the other nine months, and water from every seat.

German, Austrian and South Tyrolean cooking in a wood-panelled Lonsdale room that kept its original decor and its 125-year-old piano.

Chef Hawksworth's two-storey heritage hall for wood-fired pizza, buttermilk fried chicken, and the share-everything format that actually works.

English Bay's quieter cousin at the mouth of False Creek, where the ferries, the mountains, and the freighters all line up.