This is part of our Ultimate, Hyper-Specific Vancouver City Guide, featured in the May 2024 issue of Vancouver magazine. We’ve created 25 unique personas and 25 unique itineraries to match. If this to-do list for ‘your culinary school friends’ isn’t helpful, perhaps one of the other 24 bespoke schedules will be. Explore them all here.
Remind them how they fell in love with a cooking class at The Dirty Apron ($190). While prepping lemon-sherry caramelized parsnips in the Vibrantly Vegan class, they’ll finally make plans to open their own restaurant. 540 Beatty St., dirtyapron.com
See if they can figure out how chef Mike Robbins delivers his incredibly detailed, thoughtfully executed, ridiculously filling tasting menu at AnnaLena for just $144. (There’s a reason he swept the 34th annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards.) 1809 W 1st Ave., annalena.ca
Count celebrities in the Gerard Lounge at happy hour. Sutton Place Hotel is a go-to for Hollywood visitors, but whether Bradley Cooper is there or not, they won’t be mad about negronis in the woods-and-leather back room of Boulevard restaurant. 845 Burrard St., suttonplace.com
More from the Ultimate, Hyper-Specific Vancouver City Guide here.
