The History of Vancouver Date Hookups

Residing on the most South Western corner of Mainland Canada is beautiful Vancouver. Vancouver is unique for a Canadian city, both in its climate and culture. Vancouver is visited my millions of tourists from all over the world every year. There are unlimited things to do and see in the Lower Mainland (The urban area surrounding Vancouver). The scenic ocean and mountain views are breath-taking, the beaches are beautiful and rarely over crowded, even in the summer time, there are local attractions like Stanley Park, The Vancouver Aquarium, Playland and The Telus World of Science (formally known as Science World). Downtown is home to various world class hotels, restaurants and clubs. Vancouver is truly an adult playground at its finest. Vancouver´s skyline and social landscape has been rapidly growing since the city was preparing for and hosted the 2010 winter Olympics. Vancouver has been known for 70´s and 80´s thriving punk scene and underground punk and rock and roll bars. While punk venues are still popular in Vancouver, night clubs and dance music has taken over. Vancouver´s cityscape seems to be changing at such a rapid pace. The business and commercial regions that have long primarily been in Vancouver´s Westend, has been spilling into the downtown eastside and Gastown. New high rises, bars, shops, restaurants and boutiques have been opening and reshaping the eastern neighbourhoods in metropolitan Vancouver. The local film industry and some of Canada´s top universities also attract new residents and business to the blossoming city.

Granville street runs from the North border all the way to the south end of Vancouver. The most visit part of Granville Street is in the downtown core, aka The Granville Strip. This stretch of Granville runs from Pacific Street to Dunsmuir Street. This stretch is lined with shops, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs and venues. Traffic is closed from Pacific to Robson on Friday and Saturday nights to accommodate the masses of people out on street bar and pizza hopping. This is where a majority of people go to dance and experience some of largest and busiest nightclubs in Vancouver.

Home to a majority of Vancouver´s gay clubs and businesses, Davie Street or simply The Gay Village as it´s sometimes called is a playground for LGBT+ patrons. Many of the clubs on Davie Street feature live music events and world classes DJs. There are also plenty of quality fast food, fine dining, casual cafes and boutiques interwoven into the framework of Davie Street´s culture. This is another one of those districts that has something for everyone and works for what every mood you and your date are in.

Gastown is one of the more aesthetically pleasing districts of Vancouver if you like older architecture that feels closer to turn of the 20th century rather than the 22nd century as the rest of the cities towering glass structures can feel like Gastown is cobblestone-lined district with a mixture or art galleries, bistros, cafes, designer retail shops, nightclubs and upscale bars.

Kitsilano or Kits, is Vancouver´s most sought after neighbourhood to live in. It´s usually occupied mainly by the hippies of the Baby Boomer generation, but with inflation and the Baby Boomer´s aging and becoming professionals, Kitsilano has shifted into more of a family neighbourhood the past 25 or so years. Just west of Kitsilano is the University of British Columbia, so even though kitsilano is not a very nightclub-oriented restaurant, if you´re on Broadway or 4th avenue on a weekend night, you will definitely run into at least a few groups partying UBC students. 4th and Broadway is also where you´ll find the majority of the bar restaurants in Kitsilano. Because of it´s nature, this part of town is usually better suited for a brunch, lunch or casual dinner date.

Commercial drive is probably Vancouver´s most eclectic neighbourhood. "The Drive", is frequently the city´s more bohemian residents. It´s also a great place for dining and cafes. This street has as much turnover of some businesses but other´s have been there for 20+ years. Commercial drive is also both a very Italian and East African neighbourhood with multiple mom ´n´ pop restaurants, cafes and salons and beauty supply stores. There are some bars on Commercial drive, but most of them are bar/restaurants, so this is more of a dinner date neighbourhood.

Have fun exploring the best venues and establishments Vancouver has to offer.