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June on Cambie

Vancouver

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When the city's OG craft cocktail bar opens a brasserie-inspired restaurant, you must grab a seat at the glowy, blush-pink bar. The Keefer Bar team (including beverage director Amber Bruce, who oversees both venues) hopped from Chinatown to open this bustling hotspot on a newly-groovy strip south of downtown in early 2025. The Deco-ish space, a craft beer bar and Italian restaurant in previous lives, got a copper-accented, sunset palate glow-up, courtesy Mexican architect Héctor Esrawe. Drinks like The Burnt Gibson, a classic made more umami with mignonette and peated Scotch, achieved instant fame. Foodies at the bar can order from the full menu, including the eye-popping Pasta for Rachel, an uncut sheet of Comté-stuffed raviolo dripping with Beurre d'Isigny.

After about 8pm, give the host stand a wink and head to the back of June to descend to Lala, a not-so-secret basement vinyl bar. Behind the velvet drapes, Lala is an acoustic cocoon, with a handful of coveted turntable-adjacent bar seats and cozy banquette tables. Invisible to the naked eye is the impeccable cocktail lab behind the wall, fuelling innovations like the Buck Naked, riffing on a Naked and Famous with tart, house-made sea buckthorn liqueur. From truffle eggs to frog legs, or a decadent toast topped with British Columbia uni, small-plate bar bites are divine. The baller order: champagne by the bottle comes with endless fries. 

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