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u should stay in gastown because it’s central but also kiiiiinda the coolest neighbourhood u can get without getting 20mins outside of the city — also it’s pretty close to the stadium di beppe is a delightful Italian restaurant Nelson the seagull is the best coffee shop in Vancouver as far as I’m concerned Community thrift and vintage is deals deals deals Bar tartare is cute with natural wines u know the vibe Jade dynasty restaurant is simple and delicious Chinatown BBQ is cute, newish and kinda upscale (get the lettuce w home style fermented tofu) Old faithful shop is really good shopping Macleod’s books is where u will find the most special book completely out of nowhere Fritz european fry house for when ur wasted on Granville at 3am Go get wasted on Granville at 3am, it’s nasty but it’s fun Miko sushi on Robson just feels the best, u know? Dinasty dumpling house is where all the billionaire mainlanders go Take a day trip to north van for breakfast at tomahawk then go up grouse mountain and see the wolves then on the way back spend the late afternoon at Stanley park brewpub 🤌 I have so much more but idk how long ur staying

@lowlyhoop

Jun 4, 2024

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memory den, hollywood vintage: warehouse-size thrift stores with incredible vibes. i have to spend at least 90 minutes in here every time. skip house of vintage, popular but insanely expensive and the selection kinda sucks tokyo sando, snappy's: places for incredible sandwiches. just been very into sandwiches lately daily feast: my favorite diner. try the biscuits and gravy. they also serve Spella coffee which is my favorite locally powell's and mother foucault's: polar opposite bookstores, powells is very touristy and a bit expensive but really fun to explore and deserves most of the hype. foucault's is tiny, packed to the rafters and super cute

@corduroy

Oct 30, 2024

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food, parks, clubs, indie

food: - un bien in ballard, make caribbean sandwiches (#1 sandwich in washington, #2 in the states) if you do nothing else eat here - teriyaki, spots are a dime a dozen and are all pretty similar but it started here and is pretty delicious. j kenji lopez alt has been running around seattle eating at all of them recording shorts - bangrak market, sit-down thai in belltown. good eats good ambience good music (honorable mentions: pink door near pike place market if you like italian / seafood, dick’s drive in if you’re sloshed and need something to soak up booze for cheap - dick’s is a seattle institution) parks: weather’s already nice as hell so going to a park with a joint is a go to if you don’t wanna spend any money but wanna kill some time. my top two: - gasworks. retired gas plant turned into public art display on lake union. best park in seattle imo - cal anderson. it’s on the hill so it’s usually active, has a skate park if you wanna watch people do tricks, lot of people bring their dogs off leash, sometimes there’s volleyball or live music, just a real happening spot where a lot of people congregate in when it’s warm (honorable mentions: green lake park, kerry park, volunteer park, jefferson park) clubs: seattle nightlife is a toss-up sometimes (i tend to prefer events to venues personally) but kremwerk is reliable. i don’t drink so i don’t have a lot for you by way of bars but i’ve heard great things about comet tavern, still liquor largely depends on the night but can be cool, six arms is inoffensive, and sugar hill has a second floor bar where they spin a lot of music from the bay area indie: by far seattle’s bread and butter is just cool small businesses. a lot of ’em close earlier but my personal favorites: - bookstores: left bank books in pike place, elliot bay books on the hill - record stores: al’s records and games, neptune records in the udistrict. jive time in fremont, empire records in columbia city - vintage: late night market on the hill, fremont vintage mall in fremont (for volume; prices are gonna be out the ass bc both places are curators. still fun to pop in and look around) - coffee: station on beacon hill, coffeeholic in columbia city, espresso vivace, overcast coffee on the hill, armistice in roosevelt - barcades: jupiter bar in belltown, raygun lounge on the hill. a lot grungier / hometown feeling than say, a dave and busters or something comparable (a lot of these recs are in / accessible from the city center so they’re predominantly white neighborhoods - if you’ve got time to venture farther out i feel like columbia city is def worth the trip - show some love to geraldine’s, island soul, emma’s bbq.) (also, do tourist-y stuff - skip the space needle and go to columbia center instead, it’s cheaper and taller. pike place is dope and has a lot of really old businesses like holy cow records, golden age collectibles which was the first comic book store in the states, and the gum wall)

@alaiyo

Apr 2, 2024

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