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Vancouver Drinking Guide 2009

Everything you need to know about cocktail culture, bar food, the best places to get a glow on—and what bartenders are really saying about your bad behaviour
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Everything you need to know about cocktail culture, bar food, the best places to get a glow on—and what bartenders are really saying about your bad behaviour

Bartenders Tell All
We asked a number of the city's bartenders to dish on pet peeves, customer do's and don'ts, bizarre stories, and hair-raising gratuities. For instance...

Five Great Cocktails
Our BarFly columnist, Neal McLennan, suggests a few of the city's best classic cocktails

Another Round?
One good drink deserves another. Turn a night out into a proper bar crawl with these neighbourhood itineraries

Best Wine Lists
Drink editor Christina Burridge on the city's most interesting wine lists—and a bottle to try from each

Best Bar Snacks
Forget the salted peanuts (and enough with the truffled popcorn). Chris Gonzalez suggests a dozen killer bar snacks to take the edge off

Best Seasonal Brews
Rich with Christmas cake fruit and gingerbread spices, winter ales are like hot-water bottles for the soul. Here's a six-pack's worth of our faves

A Night at the Roxy
The secret behind Vancouver's most enduring nightclub

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I forwarded this post to a friend who was planning to go to the Vancouver Winter Olympics and she is still there right now extending her stay after the closing ceremony. I hope this guide helped her. I can't wait for her to update me when she goes back.

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Awesome guide to the great night life in our city. Add all the great bands offering free music downloads at the live shows and it's a fun time on the town.

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