Lively Gastown is known for its whistling Steam Clock and mix of souvenir shops, indie art galleries and decor stores in Victorian buildings. A trendy food and drink scene includes chic cocktail lounges and restaurants serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to local seafood. Hip eateries also dot the neighboring Downtown Eastside area, while the up-and-coming Railtown district is home to edgy fashion studios.
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"Four brothers (whose parents owned West Vancouver’s Cafe Crema) dispersed far and wide to third-wave hot-spots—Montreal, New York, Seattle, and cities in Europe, Japan, and beyond—to figure out what made great coffee houses great, then came back to Vancouver and created a space featuring the best of what they saw abroad. The result is Revolver, a trailblazing shop in trendy Gastown that has become a focal point for coffee culture in the city, one that many other cafes have emulated since it opened in 2011." - Jennifer Van Evra