Kaplan’s Star Deli
(604) 263-2625
Address: 5775 Oak Street (map)

L’chaim!
a Quick Bite

By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver Writer

My friends know that I dine out a lot, so I often get asked for recommendations. I can usually answer their questions easily but sometimes I do get a little stumped; such is the case when I’m asked where to find a good deli in Vancouver. I usually reply rather unfairly and tell my friend to hop a plane to New York or Montreal. That is until now. I believe I have found one quality Jewish deli in Vancouver, and it’s probably no surprise to many Vancouverites that that establishment is Kaplan’s Star Deli.

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Café Burrard St. Deli
(604) 681-2822
Address: 1344 Burrard St (map)

Cheap Breakfast on Burrard
a Quick Bite

By Daniel Fishman
Eat Vancouver writer

When I moved from the Granville Island area to the West End, I figured two things: 1) it would give me the chance to write a lot more reviews for EatVancouver, given the abundance of restaurants in the area, and 2) I would be unlikely to find a breakfast deal to replace Yummy Sushi. On the first count, I was clearly right, as I have doubled my rate of production from one review every 3 months, to two, but it turns out I may have been wrong on the 2nd point.

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Duffin’s Doughnuts
(604) 879-5551 - Main St
(604) 325-5544 - Knight St
Address: 4898 Main St & 1391 E 41st (map)

Hot Torta Subs
a Quick Bite

By Daniel Fishman
Eat Vancouver writer

I can’t count the number of times I have passed by a sign advertising “Hot Torta Subs” and been violently intrigued, but it is definitely more than three. After the Chairman and I discovered that Au Petit Café has selected Wednesday as their random day to be closed, thus disqualifying themselves from the Great Pho-down, it seemed like the best way to salvage our trip to Main St. was to check out this mysterious Torta at Duffin’s Donuts.

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