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Table for one · Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver's counters run from ramen to a Michelin bar that takes walk-ins.
Ask for the bar or counter when you book; those fill first.
Mount Pleasant · 3593 Main Street
A seat at the bar
Weeknights
Get: The à la carte bar menu
A Michelin-starred room whose bar serves à la carte and takes walk-ins, so you skip the tasting menu and the two-month wait.
Walk in at the bar
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Chinatown · 263 East Pender Street
A seat at the bar
Weeknights
Get: The tajarin
A moody upstairs room in Chinatown cooking Japanese-Italian; the bar is the seat to ask for when you're alone.
Book the bar
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West End · 1690 Robson Street
A counter seat
Weekday lunch
Get: The toroniku shio ramen
A Hokkaido ramen shop with counter seats where most diners are alone and in and out in half an hour.
Walk in
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Chinatown · 244 East Georgia Street
A small table
Lunch
Get: The butter beef and the chicken wings
A Cambodian-Vietnamese family spot in Chinatown where you share the room with locals; order the wings and take the rest home.
Walk in
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Granville Island · 1669 Johnston Street
The stools facing the water
Weekday morning
Get: Smoked salmon and a pastry
A market on the water where you graze from stall to stall and eat looking at the boats.
Walk in
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