The Cascade Room ★ 4.2
The Cascade Room on Main Street since 2008 is the city's reference late-night neighbourhood cocktail dive, Mount Pleasant's longest-running craft-cocktail room.
Tip: Weekends are full from 21:00; the pub kitchen runs to 23:30.
The American Cocktail is a nightlife spot in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver.
The American on Main Street is a Tokyo-style listening bar with a heritage hi-fi sound system, jazz and soul records on the vinyl, since 2019.
Tip: Walk-in only; the bar pours dealers' choice cocktails. Conversation kept quieter when the record plays.
Address: 928 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V8
The Cascade Room on Main Street since 2008 is the city's reference late-night neighbourhood cocktail dive, Mount Pleasant's longest-running craft-cocktail room.
Tip: Weekends are full from 21:00; the pub kitchen runs to 23:30.
The Cascade Room on Main Street since 2008 is the city's reference late-night neighbourhood cocktail dive, Mount Pleasant's longest-running craft-cocktail room.
Tip: Weekends are full from 21:00; the pub kitchen runs to 23:30.
Celebrities Nightclub on Davie Street is Vancouver's longest-running LGBTQ-leaning dance club since 1991, weekend EDM and the city's reference late dance floor.
Tip: Doors at 22:00; the queue runs from 22:30 onward. Coat check available, no in-out.
The Commodore Ballroom on Granville Street is Vancouver's reference live music room since 1929, the sprung dance floor still bouncing nearly a century in.
Tip: Standing-room main floor plus mezzanine seats; tickets through the Commodore website or Ticketmaster.
Reflections at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is Vancouver's reference rooftop bar, May through September on the fourth floor, the city's downtown garden terrace.
Tip: Patio reservations on OpenTable for the summer; the fireside seats stay open through autumn.
Key Party on Powell in Chinatown is a hidden basement cocktail bar since 2017, entered through a faux accountant's office, the city's reference speakeasy.
Tip: Reservations on the website; the door key code is texted the day of. Dealers' choice is the bar's standard.
Prohibition at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is a speakeasy-style basement bar since 2012, classic cocktails and live jazz on Wednesday through Saturday.
Tip: Walk in from the side entrance on Howe Street; tables turn at 21:00 for the second seating.