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Diner Days

Yearning for the time before breakfast meant a power shake and a $6 latte? Retrenching in the new economy? Settle in with the vinyl charms of a neighbourhood spot where everybody knows your name

By published Mar 1, 2009

Copa Café

Breakfast/Brunch | South Cambie

The Copa is one of three Cambie Village Canto-diners serving the resurgent cha chaan teng cuisine-literally, "tea-meal room" food. Here fashionable Hongcouverites twiddle iPhones over classics...

Ovaltine Café

Breakfast/Brunch | East Side

Nothing evokes the faded glamour of East Hastings more than the Ovaltine (est. 1943). Inside, time has not just stopped but gone mute; breakfast at the...

The Templeton

Breakfast/Brunch | Downtown

True, the booths, stools, and working jukeboxes are pure '50s, but the handmade turkey sausage, free-range eggs, and rosemary potatoes are perfectly contemporary. Despite the porn...

Sunshine Diner

Breakfast/Brunch | Kitsilano | West Point Grey

Naugahyde heaven. This '50s kitsch emporium has a loyal Kits following. Fancy pepper and salt grinders elicit tiny ooh-la-las, but overall the setup is mid-range. The...