District Local | Vancouver

Summer crawls around town for cafe eats and cool treats.

Pineapple ice cream bar Thierry Chocolates
Chutney cheese crossing Sula Cafe
Churro dipped ice cream Chocolats Favoris BC
Blue Mountain Soft Peaks Ice Cream
Raspberry specials Touski
The Spaghet The Lido
Milo Malted icekeemshop
French Beef Dip Batard Bakery
Tea Twist soft serve Cha Tra Mue
Mortal breakfast sandwich Say Hey Café & Deli
Cappuccinos and popup pastries Noct. Tourbus Desserts

Which exclusive food collabs are you most excited to try this weekend at Presented By RBC | A Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Initiative? 👀

Roasted Pork Quiche Chinatown BBQ Beaucoup Bakery
Chinatown Affogato DD Mau Chinatown icekeemshop
White Rabbit Bubble Tea Roll 輔行精品 | A Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Initiative Buttermere Patisserie
Meatball Dumplings DICKY’S DUMPS HANDMADE DUMPLINGS Say Hey Café & Deli Touski
Dumpling Glizzy (bonus collan DICKY’S DUMPS HANDMADE DUMPLINGS Say Hey Café & Deli)
Claypot Rice Chocolate Bar HYPE CHOCOLATE CO 輔行精品 | A Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Initiative

This Saturday, August 8th, a couple of food events are popping up during Light Up Chinatown that we're looking forward to:

Dicky's Dumps - Handmade Dumplings Vancouver is serving Meatball Dumplings and Dumpling Glizzies during the day for Same Same But Different Snack Bar. Right after that is Party of 5 bringing together 5 chefs making 5 signature skewers, paired with tasty wines curated by Touski.

Snack Bar details: samesamebutdifferentsnackbar2026.eventbrite.ca

Tickets to Party of 5: https://resy.com/cities/vancouver-bc/venues/touski/events/party-of-5-season-3-2026-08-08

22 years! For two decades-plus, ZAKKUSHI GROUP has kept Vancouver fed with some of the best yakitori in the city, there for us in our regular rotation for most of our adult lives/dining patronage years.

We went to HASHIGO Yakitori by Zakkushi | 炭火焼き鳥 this week to celebrate the milestone properly with cold sake, skewers straight off the grill, a bowl of oden for soupy comfort, sashimi that never misses, and of course the negi p-toro don, still the dish we measure every other rice bowl against.

For something different, try a warayaki dish at Hashigo (straw-fired grill cooking, which infused our hamachi with a distinct smoke flavour).

Huge congrats to the whole Zakkushi team on 22 years. Here’s hoping year 23 brings back e-kushi, because that downtown takeout spot serving up quail egg skewers was too good to stay gone forever.

Cute popup activation and it’s free to enjoy! 💛 A giant grocery checkout aisle is popping up at David Lam Park from July 31-Aug 2, courtesy of no name®!

Swing by to grab a free copy of the latest grocery goss tabloid, cool off with complimentary no name®️ Simple Check™️ popsicles, snack on complimentary no name®️ Simple Check™️ Nacho Cheese Flavour Tortilla Chips, and of course, snap some cute pics!


📍 David Lam Park, 1300 Pacific Blvd
🗓 July 31-Aug 2 | 1PM

While supplies last.

Delicious bites at uchurestaurant -we all had a round of uchu martinis to start and a lovely bottle of red to follow; always ask your servers for recos!

A moment for these perfect iced drinks: the sbs and hojicha at Noct. 💕🥰🙌🏼

The coolest spot to dine al fresco in town really right now is the CHUPITO back patio! The food, the drinks, the vibes. No notes. We’re so happy they’re back.

We absolutely loved the oysters, scallop and pulpo tostadas, and the Platano and Guanabana cocktails. 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Walk-ins only (resos available for the inside and front patio)