Travel Reference
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Neighborhood Walk:
Commercial Drive Drink & Dine
START
ST AUGUSTINE'S
END
PROPHOUSE CAFE
LENGTH
1KM; AN HOUR OR THREE (DEPENDING ON DRINKING)
From the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station, walk north one block to
St
Augustine's
(
Click here
)
, a large local bar. You'll find one of the city's biggest ar-
ray of draft, mostly BC microbrews (four-beer tasting flights recommended). If
you haven't indulged too much, continue north on Commercial - don't worry, it's
you're packing your laptop, there's free wi-fi here. And if it feels like time for a
- but not before you've checked out the handsome vistas to the north (the
mountains) and west (the downtown cityscape).
Peel yourself from the park and nip next door to Euro-style
Biercraft Tap &
Tapas Bar
(
Click here
)
. Play it safe with a whiskey or work your way down the
amazing menu of local and imported microbrews. Even better, forsake the booze
and try a fortifying bowl of Belgian-style mussels.
If you didn't eat at Biercraft, head across the road and drop into the cheery
And if you're keen to stay on an even keel, the tropical cocktails also come in
handy nonalcoholic versions.
If it's still open, stroll a few doors along to salivate over the eclectic little
Licorice Parlour
(
Click here
). Aside from the dozens of imported varieties, it sells
handmade hula-hoops (an ideal purchase unless your head is still reeling from
the beer earlier).
Finally, sober-up with a coffee around the corner on Venables St at the quirky
Prophouse Cafe
(
Click here
)
. There may even be an act or two in the tiny
corner performance space. And if it's open-mike night, you may be tempted to
recite that epic poem you've been working on: ' Ode to Beer'.
