Head over to Commercial drive if you need your fix of tasty vegetarian/vegan cuisine. Don’t expect a chic restaurant – this is more of a cafeteria-style affair with a dessert/bakery display case out front and a hot table with a lot of dishes that have an indian or asian bent to them with many lentil [...]
Sweet Cherubim Bakery and Restaurant – Vancouver – Commercial Drive
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Asian, Baked Goods, Inexpensive, Kid-friendly, Vancouver, Vegetarian, dessert
Tags: Commercial Drive·pakora·tikki·vegan
Latin Quarter Restaurant – Vancouver – Commercial Drive
July 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Tapas, Vancouver
There is a reason why this spanish tapas place isn’t busy. The only good thing about this place was that you didn’t have to wait in line for a table by the window and the service was fast and friendly.
Tags: Commercial Drive·sangria·Tapas
Stella’s Tap and Tapas Bar – Vancouver, BC
April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Beer, Vancouver
I’ve been meaning to write about this place for a while. M was in town, and after having checked out the Cascade Room and The Five Point together, we had heard that Stella’s had a good selection of Belgian brews on tap, so off we went. Now M is a gent who knows his beer. [...]
Tags: Belgian Beer·Commercial Drive·Stella's Tap and Tapas Bar·Vancouver
Fratelli Bakery
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Vancouver
Beautiful sunny warm (finally!) sunday and someone mentioned that Fratelli’s had the best cannoli so of course we drove right there to try it out. Best cannoli – no – but not bad and definitely popular with the Commercial Drive crowd which was out and about in full force. Also tried a smaller pastry which [...]
