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never made their way to downtown's
Miku Blue Sky Room, which boasts a
perfectly framed and private vista of
Burrard Inlet, the North Shore mountains
and the occasional cruise ship. Once
seated around hand-painted murals by
Japanese painter Hideki Kimura, expect
a note-perfect take on high Japanese
cuisine with a Canadian sensibility.
You can do full omakase and let chef
Matsuoka and his team riff, or pick
and choose from the menu yourself,
while making sure you take in Miku's
classics–aburi, or lightly flamed, sushi
and sashimi.
SIZE: 350 square feet
CAPACITY: 18 seated (one-table option)
or 24 seated (three-table option)
Homer Street Cafe
Homer Street Cafe's Victorian shell
once saw life as a steam cleaner, ice
delivery shop and then, in 1952, the
Smithe Coffee Bar. In its latest itera-
tion, it's an upscale rotisserie-chicken
paradise kitted out by Vancouver's
hipster restaurant-design king Craig
Stanghetta. With its leather banquette
and eclectic rooster paintings, the
Cockpit Room seats just a scant 10,
but the pint-sized space overlooks
the white-tiled restaurant in perfect
intimate glory.
SIZE: 126 square feet
CAPACITY: 10 seated (up to 12 in
a pinch)
Glowbal
That business-crowd juggernaut that is
Glowbal offers its paean to contem-
porary North American dining in the
swanky Telus Garden architectural
marvel. The cavernous 17,000-square-
foot restaurant is divvied up into various
lounge-like rooms and vignettes of
assorted sizes and luxe textures, with
three private dining options to boot. The
Gold Room–fittingly clad in shiny walls
of miniature gilt tile–features custom-
domed gold-leaf light fixtures and floor-
to-ceiling windows offering excellent
vantages of the urban cityscape, by
which surely many deals will go down.
SIZE: 770 square feet
CAPACITY: 54 seated (room can
be divided in half for 24 seated or four
tables of six)
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Vij's long-awaited new
address finally opened in
the Cambie corridor, much
to diners' delight. The cel-
ebrated chef's new private
dining space is slated for
a winter opening; cue the
booking lineups.
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