"Open for: Dinner Price range: $$ Grab a cab to Hastings-Sunrise to find joyful hospitality, fun low-intervention wines, and sake at Dachi, along with thoughtful, seasonal small plates featuring ingredients ranging from fresh (kale buds) to luxurious (tonkatsu-fried pork cutlets). In the summertime, the restaurant shifts operations out to the buzzing patio on East Hastings Street, but through fall and winter the action heads back indoors. Dachi is a true neighborhood spot, and locals are always dropping in for something from the ever-changing bottle shop. The team also operates Mucker Next Door — literally next door — which sells covetable homewares, artsy wine magazines and books, aromatic beef fat from sibling restaurant Elephant, and rose-gold cake servers. Vibe check: Natty wine warriors, assemble." - Nikki Bayley
