Restaurants I keep meaning to check out...

Chambar do nice muscles and a large selection of beer. They also do other food but I haven't tasted it.

Medina, which is right next door and owned by the same people do a FANTASTIC breakfast. They are famous for their waffles which come with things like pistachio white chocolate sauce. You have to be there when they open though to avoid the lineup. They do very strong coffee too.

Both places have a great atmosphere, both are expensive and popular.

I've also heard good things about Bonita down in gastown. I think it is along the lines of the Raincity Grill, in that they favour local organic food.

- I really like the Indian place on Davie - India Bistro. It's cheap and really good.
- Sandbar at Granville island for seafood

There's that place on Main, right before the viaduct, on the east side..


http://www.vanmag.com/restaurant/The_Flying_Tiger
http://www.theflyingtiger.ca/information.html



Across town in the Shangri-La hotel, Vongerichten’s Market has quickly established itself as the place to see and be seen, thanks primarily to its downtown location and slick, intimate bar. A supergroup of Vancouver hospitality was gathered from well-known restaurants around the city, bringing a built-in clientele. Vongerichten’s menu is basically a compendium of his most famous dishes: rice-cracker-crusted tuna, warm asparagus salad with truffle vinaigrette and Hollandaise, grilled rack of lamb with smoked chili glaze and oyster mushrooms. The best dishes—an ethereal sea urchin and yuzu toast with jalapeno, the richest butternut squash soup imaginable, rich and sticky soy-glazed short ribs with apple-jalapeno purée and rosemary crumbs—are thrilling. Such triumphs make the duds—an amateurish red snapper with black beans, avocado, sake and ginger, a flabby foie gras brûlée—seem even more disappointing. Still, with nearly all of the entrees coming in under $30, the restaurant is priced comparably with the rash of “upscale casual” restaurants that have broken out all over B.C. Market outshines the best of them.