Burdock & Co

This small but mighty restaurant represents the best of Vancouver dining: incredible seasonal British Columbia ingredients you might find at a local farmers market but prepared in ways you'd probably never come up with on your own. Plus, the kitchen often uses byproducts, like sake lees and the whey leftover from homemade ricotta, as extra special touches in some of the dishes. During the pandemic, the restaurant added a 20-seat garden patio on a quiet side street and switched to a tasting-menu-only format, with five courses for $89 CAD and an additional $65 CAD wine pairing. With candles on every table and a generally warm and romantic dining room, this is one of the better special occasion spots in Vancouver.