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Resurrecting and redirecting a beloved space (and name) from Vancouver's hipster past, The Refinery soothes the old ghosts with top-down green design from pressed, recycled wood tables to floors made of old tires. Market style means mezze plates and butcher's boards laden with charcuterie, mustards, olives, cheeses and seafood, paired with salads and winning flatbread combos made fresh daily. Try the goat cheescake for dessert, and saddle up a fresh liver so they can pour you through a truly superb cocktail list.
With a reverse-design that puts the kitchen at the entrance, there's a New York-style confidence throughout this narrow room. Pina Colada prawns and a bourgignon burger hint at the interplay betwee... read more
War and Peace-sized vodka menu makes this dark, propaganda-laden room chiller than the Cold War-era vibe it's channeling. Too bad the ice room in the back is MIA. If you buy into it, the brick wall... read more
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