Here's a Top Ten for you people wanting to hit the bottle during the chipper mid-day hours. Quit racking your brain and stumbling into Earls for a mediocre experience.
10. Granville Bowling Lanes ~ Located in a dark underground pit, it's a great place to have fun and remain unseen by those pesky coworkers you avoided by calling in sick for the day.
9. SkyTrain pub crawl ~ Just hop on any skytrain and vow to have one drink at the nearest pub to each stop. I have heard that the Canada Line is ideal for this as you end at the Casino in Richmond and the airport. Not bad Translink, not bad at all.
8. El Furniture (a.k.a. The Warehouse) ~ Located on Granville street you can enjoy people watching but avoid Saturday night Bridge and Tunnel STDs by getting daysted at this old standby. Although not as packed as she once was, this place still gets the job done and for $4.00 you can eat, therefore prolonging your festivities.
7. Your friends livingroom/deck ~ It happens. This is a fuckin expensive place to live and if you aren't broke, your buddy is. NOTE: If you know the man that goes by the name "Ladies man" I recommend his place. He has a fooseball table.
6. Kayaking at English Bay ~ Thought this does burn some calories and cost a bit more than the usual daysted experience, your costs are offset by the 6 pack you purchased a few blocks up on Denman and stashed in your backpack. Late spring to end of summer you can kayak down at English Bay and the dudes in there really don't care what you do. They may even go home with you after. Just sayin, it's been known to happen.
5. No. 5 Orange ~ The girls are there as we speak, ready to spread their legs and convince you it's Friday night....and charge you 7.00 for a beer. Pre-drinks are necessary.
4. Local/ Kingshead ~ These two little Kits Beach pubs are fantastic for day drinks. The servers are hotter at Local but you feel a bit more cozy crammed into the little nooks and crannies that make up the Kingshead.
3. Downtown Eastside Pubcrawl ~ Cambie, Funky Winker Beans, the Met, Astoria....and the list goes on. Being amidst the riffraff of East Hastings has it's obvious perks. Beside the cheap BJs you naturally appear completely sober in comparison to the surrounding environment.
2. Wreck Beach ~ This might have topped the list if it weren't only a summer option. Start off with a little exercise down the steps and lock yourself into a day of drinks, guilty perving behind those shades, and admitting to your friends that you pee in the ocean (it is worse to admit you go to the outhouses). More entertainment and drink/drug options than you could shake a flacid penis at.
1. The Cambie ~ Always cheap and always fun. The clientele makes you feel completely at ease and as if you are on vacation too. The random music and completely diverse crowd makes it a total wild card but always an option at any time of day or night. I can't think of anyone who hates this place.
Honourable Mention: any place is acceptable if it includes champagne.
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