Prado Café at Commercial and 4th: the original café of Sammy Piccolo’s homegrown brand, with house coffee, scratch-made mochas and big windows.
Browsing: Metro Vancouver Cafes
Every city in Metro Vancouver, one coffee map. Start here to find independent cafes, roasters and chain locations from the North Shore to White Rock.
Livia at Commercial and Kitchener: a bakery café by day with excellent coffee, bread and pastries, and an intimate pasta spot at night. What to order.
Turk’s Coffee Bar on Commercial Drive: a cozy, funky espresso bar from Milano’s Brian Turko, known for great service, latte art and the hedgehog mocha.
Continental Coffee at Commercial and 2nd: a family café and roaster since 1979 with six generations of coffee history, great lattes and beans to take home.
49th Parallel Café & Lucky’s Doughnuts on West 4th at Yew: the roaster’s first café, with a sunny patio, house coffee and doughnuts near Kits Beach.
Arbutus Coffee at Arbutus and West 6th: a quaint neighbourhood café in a heritage corner-store building in Kitsilano. What it’s like and what to order.
Lumine Coffee on West 4th in Kitsilano: a husband-and-wife café pairing multi-roaster specialty coffee with outstanding house-made baking.
Armani Caffè at Oakridge Park: Canada’s first Armani café, with Italian espresso and pastries. Location, menu highlights and what to expect.
Catfe, Vancouver’s first cat café, at International Village: coffee and snacks, a lounge of adoptable rescue cats, how bookings work and tips.
Perfecto Cafe on Davie St: a European-style bakery café with espresso, gelato, panini and its Campfire S’more Latte, open from early morning to evening.