Sal y Limon

From their website:

“Sal y Limon’s menu features Mexican fast food favourites like burritos, tacos and tortas.  Our food is made from fresh ingredients. For that perfect Mexican taste sensation, we offer a selection of traditional salsas, including red and green. We serve authentic Mexican refreshments like Jarritos, Mexico’s first national soft drink, agua fresca and Mexican Coca-Cola.”

Gluten Free Epicurean

High-quality baked goods–savoury & sweet–made without gluten & just as delicious (if not more so) than the wheat versions.  Tea & coffee plus a few cold drinks. Vegan items are available. They also sell take-n-bake treats to make at home.

SweetSalt Baked Goods & Playscapes

SweetSalt is a new kid-friendly bakery cafe specializing in German breads, sweet & savoury pastries, sandwiches & cookies. They do a mean espresso & offer a good selection of teas.

Zipang Sushi

Their website says it all: “Thank you for coming to Zipang Sushi. We want to present modernism and creative sushi, and much comfortably time for all customers.” Good sushi, good prices for lunch.

Dream Sushi

From Dream Sushi’s website:

“Dream Sushi Japanese Restaurant is new to Main Street in downtown Vancouver but with our wide variety of hot and cold Japanese food items including many different specialty rolls available for dine in, take out and delivery we’ll quickly become one of your favorite restaurants.”

Thanks to Sierra Dante for submitting this review!

Pizzeria Barbarella

Barbarella offers a small selection of very good pizza (traditional thin crust wood fired), salads & appies, plus a good selection of beer and wine. Prices are decent–pizzas run at around $9-17 each, beer under $5 a glass.

Pad Thai Restaurant

A dusty-rose-painted hole-in-the-wall with fabulous red & yellow curries for cheap.

49th Parallel Coffee Roasters & Lucky’s Doughnuts

Premium specialty coffee & incredible gourmet doughnuts in a stylish wood-panelled space with exposed brick, a fireplace & comfy seating.

Habit Lounge

Modern Canadian comfort food, a great drinks menu in a dimly lit setting of paint-by-number style art. I love their beet salad & their poutine with braised beef on top.

Portland Craft Bar & Restaurant

“Locally sourced offerings inspired by the Portland food scene paired with the best craft beers & beverages Oregon has to offer!
CRAFT • TO MAKE OR MANUFACTURE WITH SKILL & ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Portland Craft is dedicated to furthering and supporting the concept of craft in all aspects of our establishment, from kitchen to tap. We respect the artistry and workmanship that goes into beer, wine, and cocktails, as well as the farming of organic meats & produce from our community.
We support and use produce from local backyard gardens.
Visit: Inner City Farms for more info.” (from their site)

Vera’s Burger Shack

Gourmet burgers, licensed & usually has a game on the TVs.

Matchstick Coffee Roasters

Matchstick is a new cafe & roaster with an emphasis on hand-crafted preparation of single-origin coffees. They’ve got some lovely pastries & sandwiches too.

Pleasant Beans Cafe

Pleasant Beans is a family-owned coffee shop serving JJ Bean organic coffee, great teas & fresh food they make daily in their tiny kitchen. They’ve got a nice big patio, offer free wifi & are dog-friendly.

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.

” At Rocky Mountain Flatbread we serve delicious housemade dishes: handcrafted flatbread pizzas, daily pastas, seasonal salads and soups, desserts “to live for” and a wide selection of BC wines and local beers.
We are proud of many things at Rocky Mountain Flatbread, including: using lots of local and organic ingredients, open kitchens with artisan ovens, environmentally-friendly kids play area, local hero pictures on our walls and the fact that the “carbon footprint” of every meal = 0.” (from their site)

The Outpost Cafe

“A neighbourhood joint with exceptional coffee and comforting food.” (from their site) They do breakfast & lunch–incredible salads & usually a few gluten-free options.

Lion’s Den Cafe

The Lion’s Den is a Fraserhood institution: it’s been serving up what they call ‘Japaribbean’ food since 1999. They do a mean English breakfast too. Come visit to hear the whole story of how the cafe came to be & why they have a taxidermy lion (his name’s Junior) on display.

Rhizome Cafe

“Rhizome is a friendly, diverse neighbourhood café that serves healthy, fresh food; organic, fairly traded coffee; and offers a fully licensed bar.” (from their site)

Ryu Sushi

Ryu is your standard hole-in-the-wall family-run Japanese food restaurant. It’s unpretentious, inexpensive & yummy.

De Dutch Pannekoek House

Dutch style pancakes with all the fixings–they’re only open for breakfast or lunch.

Sushiyama

Yummy Japanese food for decent prices, conveniently located directly across from Kingsgate Mall.

Hime Sushi

Tasty Japanese food with slightly better decor than most of the little hole-in-the-wall sushi places in the area.

Nikkyu Japanese Restaurant

A cosy little sushi place on Main Street that does a brisk trade in takeout & delivery with online ordering.

Terra Breads Bakery Cafe

Terra Breads Bakery Cafe at the Athlete’s Village offers fresh sandwiches for breakfast & lunch, homemade soups & espresso drinks, along with light dinners that feature warm salads, thin-crust pizzas, local beer & wine.

Fray Restaurant

Fray is a sort of upscale diner & they’re all about creative comfort foods.  Food is locally-sourced & fresh, at reasonable prices, accompanied by great local microbrew beer, mixed drinks & desserts.