Up until recently, brands were fairly easy to Then came L.A.’s describe. Then came L.A.’s Brain Dead, Then Ed Davis. Drive founded by Kyle Ng & Ed Davis. Drive by Ed Davis. Drive their shop in Silverlake, and you’ll find that it’s a Dickies partnership focused on work wear and hardware. Stop by their Fairfax location, and you’ll discover a retail store doubling as a movie theater Brain Dead Studios and a restaurant caf Slammers. The crowds are laid back, diverse, and stylish some there to shop, others to hang.

A note for the cocktail lover: this is your spot.

Vancouver Cocktail Week is back from March 5 – 11.

Featuring nightly Cinq a Sept Happy Hour specials and unique VCW events at local Gastown watering holes. Besides, Gastown knows good cocktails.

Here is where you should be spending your cocktail-centric week:

DROP IN TO THESE ELEVATED HAPPY HOURS ACROSS THE CITY FOR VCW SIGNATURE COCKTAILS, SNACKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIALIZING AND MORE.

Once the workday is done, head straight to one of these elevated happy hours based on the French concept of the “cinq à sept”— 5 to 7 pm, the playful hours between work and family life.

@ CLOUGH CLUB, THE DIAMOND, GASTRONOMY GASTOWN, GUILT & CO, L’ABATTOIR

EVENT & SEMINARS


Walktails in Gastown: Vancouver’s Drinking History

@ CLOUGH CLUB, POURHOUSE, GUILT & CO, CAPPELLERIA BERTACCHI

Sun, 5 March 2023
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Take a “walktail” tour of the original drink-savvy neighbourhood, while enjoying bespoke sips—including a very special 90-day-barrel-aged cocktail batch created especially for VCW2023

Walktails in Gastown: Vancouver’s Drinking History

@ CLOUGH CLUB, POURHOUSE, GUILT & CO, CAPPELLERIA BERTACCHI

Sun, 5 March 2023
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Take a “walktail” tour of the original drink-savvy neighbourhood, while enjoying bespoke sips—including a very special 90-day-barrel-aged cocktail batch created especially for VCW2023

Walktails in Gastown: Vancouver’s Drinking History

@ CLOUGH CLUB, POURHOUSE, GUILT & CO, CAPPELLERIA BERTACCHI

Sun, 5 March 2023
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Take a “walktail” tour of the original drink-savvy neighbourhood, while enjoying bespoke sips—including a very special 90-day-barrel-aged cocktail batch created especially for VCW2023