Bin 941

Intimate tapas bar with a great wine list
Word to the wise: The no-reservations restaurant is quite small, so get here early to snag a table.

Tipple of choice: The soft and fruity Stag's Hollow Merlot on the wine list here is one of Canada's best red wines.
This tapas bar might be small, but it's always busy, attracting a cosmopolitan after-work crowd who stay well into the evening. The tapas-only menu is terrific; try the coconut mussels or crab cakes, or a proper bowl of pommes frites.

The wine list is superb, offering lots of Aussie and European standards and some decent Canadian labels that are hard to find internationally. The beer selection is limited, but does include pilsners, stout and English cider. If you love great wine as much as superb tapas, this place is for you. There's also another outlet, Bin 942, just across Granville Bridge.