{"id":6032,"date":"2026-08-11T02:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver"},"modified":"2026-08-11T02:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:13:58","slug":"new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver","title":{"rendered":"New Amsterdam Cafe \u26059.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-cafes\">\u2190 Verified cafes in Vancouver 2026 \u2014 TOP 10 by ratings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Vancouver<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 1285 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-10 17:36:32<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>301 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H6, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1604-682-8955\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=49.2829467,-123.1099229\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p>Most caf\u00e9s on a Vancouver list are measured by what a roaster did with a green bean. <strong>New Amsterdam Cafe<\/strong> has to be measured by something else, because for more than twenty-five years it has been the room that turned the city&#8217;s old nickname \u2014 Vansterdam \u2014 into an actual address. It has been pouring coffee since 1998, it calls itself North America&#8217;s first 420-friendly caf\u00e9, and it is one of very few places on any coffee list anywhere where the drink is honestly the second reason people walk in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a84370d608ba\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Whos_behind_it\" >Who&#8217;s behind it<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#What_kind_of_visit_it_suits\" >What kind of visit it suits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Space_and_atmosphere\" >Space and atmosphere<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#What_goes_with_the_coffee\" >What goes with the coffee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#When_to_come\" >When to come<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Getting_there\" >Getting there<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Opening_hours\" >Opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouveranka.com\/en\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A respectable joint since 1998.<\/strong> That is the house line, and it doubles as the most accurate one-sentence summary available: a cannabis-friendly caf\u00e9 that opened two decades before Canada legalized, and stayed open through every year of the argument.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A working caf\u00e9, not a novelty counter.<\/strong> Espresso drinks, iced coffee, milkshakes and cooked plates come out of a real kitchen all day; the caf\u00e9 itself has never sold cannabis and has never claimed to.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nineteen and over in British Columbia.<\/strong> Photo identification at the door is not negotiable, so this is one Vancouver caf\u00e9 you cannot bring a child, or a curious teenager, into.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A counter shop behind the seating.<\/strong> Glass, papers, vaporizers and house-branded clothing are sold on site, and staff will clean your glassware for you \u2014 a service no other caf\u00e9 in the city advertises.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Walls that change.<\/strong> Work by local artists is hung and rotated, the front window is redressed regularly, and the caf\u00e9 runs an open call for submissions rather than buying decor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two provinces now.<\/strong> A second New Amsterdam has opened in Edmonton, which is a real turn for a business whose whole identity was one specific room on one specific block.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_in_the_cup\"><\/span>What&#8217;s in the cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here is the honest part. New Amsterdam does not roast, and it does not publish who roasts for it. There is no origin board, no rotating single-origin filter, no brew bar, no talk of processing method. Anyone reading this list from the top will find several Vancouver caf\u00e9s a few minutes away that will tell you the farm, the altitude and the harvest before they tell you their own name. This is not one of them, and pretending otherwise would be an invention rather than a description.<\/p>\n<p>What it runs instead is a broad, generous, everyday drinks programme built around milk and ice. The orders regulars defend sit at the sweet end of the board \u2014 a vanilla oat-milk latte that people will argue is the best in the immediate neighbourhood, iced coffee by the jug through summer, chai, and milkshakes thick enough to count as a course rather than a drink. It is a caf\u00e9 that knows its guests will be here for a long stretch and will order more than once, and that pushes the whole offer towards comfort and consistency rather than nuance.<\/p>\n<p>Judged on that scale it holds up well. A room where people settle in for an hour or three needs a drink that is still pleasant on the second round, and sweetened milk coffee is the right answer to that problem. Judged on the scale of a filter-led specialty bar it will lose \u2014 but it is not competing there, and never has been. Knowing which contest a caf\u00e9 entered is most of what a fair description owes it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_behind_it\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s behind it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The caf\u00e9&#8217;s own account of itself is written entirely in the first-person plural: twenty-five years of community, a stigma-free room, a safe haven through the years when being here carried a legal risk rather than a lifestyle. It names no owner, which for a business with this history reads as a choice rather than an oversight \u2014 discretion was a survival trait on this block for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>The one attribution that surfaces consistently in Vancouver&#8217;s own cannabis press credits the original Amsterdam Cafe, opened in the autumn of 1997, to two women from the local seed trade, Karen Watson and Sita Windheim; the New Amsterdam that stands today dates itself to 1998. That is community oral history rather than a corporate record, and it deserves to be read as such. What is not in doubt is the setting. This corner sat at the centre of what the local press christened the Pot Block, a short run of storefronts that housed Canada&#8217;s cannabis activism, its magazine, its political party and its lawyers, all within sight of each other. The caf\u00e9 was the block&#8217;s living room, and it is the last of that cluster still trading under its own name.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_kind_of_visit_it_suits\"><\/span>What kind of visit it suits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is a talking room, and the single most useful thing to know before you go is that it is not a laptop caf\u00e9. Nobody will throw you out for opening one, but the whole design of the place \u2014 long sittings, board games on the tables, music with presence, strangers who start conversations \u2014 pulls against quiet solo work. If you have three hours of billable concentration to get through, better options sit within a few minutes&#8217; walk on this same list.<\/p>\n<p>Where it is genuinely excellent is the unhurried social visit. Two or four people with an afternoon and nothing to prove; a traveller who has read about the place for years and wants to see whether it is real; a solo visitor happy to be in company rather than in private. Staff have a long-standing reputation for being unusually easy with newcomers, including people who wandered in with no idea what the room is, and that patience is a large part of why the caf\u00e9 outlived every imitator.<\/p>\n<p>Takeaway works fine, and plenty of people use it that way \u2014 order at the counter and carry the cup out into Gastown. But taking a coffee to go from New Amsterdam is a little like buying the postcard and not looking at the view. The room is the product; the cup is what you hold while you look at it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Space_and_atmosphere\"><\/span>Space and atmosphere<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The room is mid-sized, dark-toned and deliberately unpolished: wooden tables, a long counter, art on every wall, and a front window dressed like a small gallery vitrine. It reads more like a Dutch brown caf\u00e9 than a Pacific Northwest coffee bar, which was the founding idea and has never been sanded off. Sound sits at moderate to high \u2014 conversation, music, the shop till \u2014 and this is not a room that ever goes quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Seating mixes small tables with larger communal arrangements, and the culture of the house is that tables get shared. Board games are part of the furniture rather than a prop. It is emphatically not minimal, not Scandinavian, not built for photographs, and a visitor arriving from the glass-and-concrete caf\u00e9s a block away will feel the change the moment the door closes.<\/p>\n<p>Two practical notes that matter more here than anywhere else on the list. The smoking side of the operation means the air in the room is not neutral, and anyone sensitive to that should know it before walking in rather than after. And the age check covers the whole premises rather than a back section, so the caf\u00e9 cannot be treated as a family stop under any arrangement.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_goes_with_the_coffee\"><\/span>What goes with the coffee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unusually for a caf\u00e9, the food here is a proper kitchen operation rather than a pastry case. Plates are cooked to order \u2014 burgers, sandwiches, salads, pasta \u2014 and portioned for people who have been sitting a while, which is to say generously. This is closer to a diner than to a bakery-caf\u00e9, and it is one of the reasons the room holds people so long: you never have to leave in order to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Baked goods are bought in rather than made on the premises, and the caf\u00e9 makes no claim to a viennoiserie programme. If the morning croissant is how you choose a caf\u00e9, this is not your address, and two of the strongest bakery-caf\u00e9s in the city sit within a few minutes on foot. If a full hot plate at an odd hour is what you need, very few caf\u00e9s downtown can match it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_come\"><\/span>When to come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>New Amsterdam is an afternoon and evening room rather than an early-morning one. It opens later than the commuter caf\u00e9s around it and stays open well past the point where the rest of the block has stacked its chairs, which makes it one of the few addresses in the area where a coffee is still a plausible plan after dinner. Weekends are busiest, and so is anything falling near the cannabis calendar&#8217;s own dates, when the caf\u00e9 fills with people who travelled for it.<\/p>\n<p>For a first visit, a weekday mid-afternoon gives you the version of the room most people are actually hoping for: full enough to feel like something is happening, calm enough to get a table and to talk to whoever is behind the counter. Come at peak on a Saturday and you will see the caf\u00e9 at its loudest, which is impressive but tells you less.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there\"><\/span>Getting there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 sits on the boundary where Gastown meets the western edge of the Downtown Eastside, directly opposite the restored Woodward&#8217;s complex, on a block that has been rebuilt around it over the past fifteen years. Waterfront Station is a short walk north and Stadium\u2013Chinatown a similar walk east, which puts the door within easy reach of the Expo and Millennium lines, the Canada Line and the SeaBus.<\/p>\n<p>Driving is the weak option. This is dense downtown parking, metered and scarce, and the surrounding blocks are among the most walked in the city. The area immediately east has a visible street population and a reputation that puts some visitors off; the caf\u00e9 itself has traded here without drama for a quarter of a century, but arriving on foot in daylight for a first visit is simply sensible.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bring identification \u2014 nineteen and over is enforced in British Columbia, and looking the part will not substitute for a card. Expect the room to smell of what it is. Expect a shop as well as a caf\u00e9, staffed by people as ready to talk about glassware as about the drinks board, and notably good at fielding beginner questions without condescension.<\/p>\n<p>The honest weaknesses are worth stating plainly. The coffee is good-caf\u00e9 standard rather than best-in-city. The baked goods are bought in. The room&#8217;s fame means it can be crowded and loud exactly when a visitor most wants to sit and look around. Anyone whose priority is a quiet corner and a carefully brewed filter should treat this as a place to see rather than a place to work, and go elsewhere afterwards for the cup.<\/p>\n<p>Private hire, birthday bookings and events are part of the business rather than an afterthought, and the caf\u00e9 convenes an annual industry gathering of its own, so the room is occasionally given over to something other than walk-in trade. If you are travelling a long way for it, checking ahead is worth the message.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is New Amsterdam actually a caf\u00e9, or is that just a label?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a caf\u00e9 in the plain sense: a counter, an espresso machine, a kitchen cooking to order, and a room full of tables. What sets it apart is the tolerance policy that has defined it since the late 1990s, not a difference in what is sold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I bring my children?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. The whole premises is nineteen and over in British Columbia, and identification is checked at the door. There is no family section and no exception for a quick takeaway order at the counter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does the caf\u00e9 roast its own coffee?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, and it does not name a roasting partner publicly either. Anyone who wants a named roastery, a rotating single origin and a filter conversation will find that within a short walk in Gastown; it is not what this room set out to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I work here on a laptop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will not be stopped, but the room works against you. It is loud, sociable, and built for long conversations across shared tables. Choose it for company, not for concentration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there proper food, or only pastries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a real kitchen. Hot plates are cooked to order through the day, portioned for people who have settled in, which is unusual for a caf\u00e9 at this end of downtown and a large part of the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the neighbourhood like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the seam between Gastown and the Downtown Eastside, a stretch with genuine street poverty alongside restored heritage buildings and some of the best coffee in the city. Walk it in daylight the first time, keep normal city habits, and it is unremarkable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I need to know anything about cannabis to go in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not at all, and the caf\u00e9&#8217;s reputation for patience with first-timers is one of its most consistently praised qualities. Plenty of people come in for a milkshake, look at the art and leave again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the Edmonton location the same place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It carries the same name and the same idea, but everything described here is the original Vancouver room. A caf\u00e9 whose value is its own history does not transplant that history along with the sign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201320:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201322:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201322:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201322:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201300:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201300:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201321:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vancouveranka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver-1.jpg\" alt=\"New Amsterdam Cafe\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vancouveranka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver-2.jpg\" alt=\"New Amsterdam Cafe\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vancouveranka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver-3.jpg\" alt=\"New Amsterdam Cafe\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vancouveranka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver-4.jpg\" alt=\"New Amsterdam Cafe\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vancouveranka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/new-amsterdam-cafe-vancouver-5.png\" alt=\"New Amsterdam Cafe\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Starz M<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n1 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0417&#039;\u0457\u0432 \u0430\u0444\u0444\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0443! \u0414\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0448\u0435\u0432\u0430 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043a\u0430, \u0456 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u0442 \u0432\u0438\u0439\u0448\u043e\u0432 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0438\u043c, \u043d\u0456\u0436 \u044f \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0432! \u0413\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435, \u0449\u043e\u0431 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0434\u0456\u0442\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438, \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u043e\u044e \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Travis Burgie<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n24 January 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0411\u0443\u043b\u043e \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0435, \u043d\u0456\u0436 \u044f \u043e\u0447\u0456\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432. \u0414\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0456 \u0442\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0456   \u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0432\u0456\u0447\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0456 \u0443 \u0441\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0456. \u0407\u0436\u0430 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u0447\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430, \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0436 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0433\u0430\u043d\u043e\u044e. \u0414\u044f\u043a\u0443\u044e \u0437\u0430 \u0447\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434, \u0456 \u043c\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u044f, \u0422\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0441 \u0442\u0430 \u0428\u0435\u0440\u0456.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Kate Nordal<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n29 March 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0427\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435, \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0456\u0431\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0439 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0449\u0438\u043a, \u0456 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0435.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>sheri cormier<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n27 January 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0410\u043c\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435, \u044f \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0432\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435&#8230;<br \/>\n\u041c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u044f \u0437\u0430\u0439\u0448\u043e\u0432.<br \/>\n\u0414\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0456 \u0442\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0454\u043c\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438. \u041c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0449\u043e \u043a\u0443\u0440\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0456\u043c\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0443. \u0410\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u0432\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0443 \u0442\u0440\u043e\u0445\u0438 \u0456\u043d\u0448\u0430,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>John Arven<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n3 March 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 2.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u041e\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0456\u0440\u043a\u0430. \u041c\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0446\u0456\u043b\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0447\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0448\u043a\u0456\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0445\u043b\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0446\u044c, \u044f\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432, \u0432\u0438\u0433\u043d\u0430\u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0441, \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0438 \u0436\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0438. \u041f\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0442\u0430 \u0436\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0447\u043e\u043a \u043e\u0431\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043a\u043b\u0456\u0454\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-10 17:36:32<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cafe-medina-vancouver\"><span>Cafe Medina<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/revolver-vancouver\"><span>Revolver<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/nemesis-coffee-gastown-vancouver\"><span>Nemesis Coffee Gastown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/purebread-bakery-coffee-vancouver\"><span>Purebread Bakery + Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/guffo-cafe-vancouver\"><span>Guffo Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bahar-bakery-cafe-vancouver\"><span>Bahar Bakery &amp; Cafe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/milano-coffee-roasters-vancouver\"><span>Milano Coffee Roasters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/timbertrain-coffee-roasters-gastown-vancouver\"><span>Timbertrain Coffee Roasters &#8211; Gastown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/perfecto-cafe-bakery-gelato-davie-vancouver\"><span>Perfecto Cafe, Bakery &amp; Gelato (Davie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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