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Cafés in Mount Pleasant

Main Street from 2nd Avenue up to Kingsway, Elysian's roastery on Ontario Street and the cafés on Great Northern Way.

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Mount Pleasant stretches from Cambie Street to Clark Drive, and from Great Northern Way and 2nd Avenue south to 16th Avenue and Kingsway. The name dates from 1888, and the area is sometimes called Vancouver's first suburb.1 Breweries worked along a stream here from 1888 to 1912, so it became known as Brewery Creek.1

Main Street was called Westminster Avenue until 1910, when local merchants had it renamed. It climbs into the neighborhood at Terminal Avenue, and south of Broadway it is dense with restaurants and clothing shops.2 Gentrification since the early 1990s has been most visible around Main and Broadway.1

Local tip: Elysian's Ontario Street flagship roasts on site on a 1950 Probat;5 on weekdays it opens at 07:00, half an hour before Gene Coffee Bar and Bean Around The World on Main Street.

At a glance

51Cafés listed
32With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Kafka, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–17:00).
  • Closes latest: Little Pisces Cafe, until 00:00 (Daily 08:00–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: Main Street (5), East Broadway (5), Kingsway (3).
  • Most common features: open late (12%), vegetarian options (12%), wi-fi (12%).

Glory Juice

  • 78 East 2nd Avenue
  • Daily 08:00–19:00
  • +1-778-379-9496
  • Indoor seating
  • Vegetarian options
  • Smoke-free indoors
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The Bubble Tea Shop

  • 1764 Manitoba Street
  • Mon–Thu 12:00–20:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–21:30 · Sun 12:00–21:00
  • Bubble tea
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Coffee chains in Mount Pleasant

Getting to Mount Pleasant

Main Street–Science World station on the Expo Line serves the lower end of Main Street, by Pacific Central Station,2 and the Canada Line runs along the western edge.1 The Broadway extension of the Millennium Line will add Mount Pleasant station at Main Street and East Broadway and Great Northern Way–Emily Carr station at Thornton Street, with opening expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.3

Main Street cafés

Gene Coffee Bar at 2404 Main Street opens at 07:30 on weekdays. Bean Around The World at 2528 Main stays open until 21:30 every day, and Caffè Mira at 3136 Main until 21:00 from Thursday to Saturday. Forecast Coffee at 2980 Main has outdoor seats, and Emeri Matcha Bar at 2833 Main serves matcha from Tuesday to Sunday. Off Main, Kranky Café at 228 East 4th Avenue opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and The Federal Store at 2601 Quebec Street runs 08:00–18:00 every day.

One block west, Pallet Coffee Roasters at 2035 Yukon Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays and stays until 19:00. Milano Cafe at 156 West 8th Avenue, opening daily at 07:00, belongs to Milano Coffee Roasters, which in 2013 listed it at the same address.4

Roasters on Ontario Street and Great Northern Way

Elysian opened its flagship at 2301 Ontario Street, on the corner of 7th Avenue, on 1 December 2014, with a 22 kg cast-iron Probat roaster built in Germany in 1950, a large bakery and 16 seats.5 Until then its beans had been roasted at Origins Organic Coffee on Granville Island.5 The café opens at 07:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends.

On Great Northern Way, Nemesis opened its flagship in 2021 beside Emily Carr University and started roasting there.6 Kafka's, which opened in 2018, is a two-minute walk away.7 Nemesis at 555 Great Northern Way opens 08:00–16:00 on weekdays and Kafka at 577 from 07:00.

Mount Pleasant after dark

Most cafés here close by 18:00, but a handful stay open: Thierry at 265 East 10th Avenue until 21:00, or 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, Amato Gelato & Cafè at 78 East 1st Avenue until 22:30, Chai Wagon at 196 East 2nd Avenue until 23:00, and Little Pisces Cafe at 1778 Columbia Street until midnight. Passion8 Dessert Cafe at 3010 Cambie Street serves until midnight at weekends.

Sources

  1. Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Main Street (Vancouver), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Broadway Subway Project, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Vancouver's Best Coffee Roasters, BC Living (February 13, 2013), accessed October 2026
  5. Elysian Coffee set to open new operation in Mount Pleasant, Scout Magazine (November 28, 2014), accessed October 2026
  6. How a Vancouver cafe became a staple of the city's coffee culture, Daily Hive (July 14, 2021), accessed October 2026
  7. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee Shops In Vancouver, BC, Sprudge (January 29, 2024), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Mount Pleasant cafés: questions

Where does Elysian roast its coffee in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver?

Elysian roasts at its flagship at 2301 Ontario Street, on the corner of 7th Avenue in Mount Pleasant. It opened on 1 December 2014 with a 22 kg cast-iron Probat roaster from 1950, a large bakery and 16 seats; before that, its beans were roasted at Origins Organic Coffee on Granville Island. The café opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

Which cafés are on Great Northern Way in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver?

Nemesis opened its flagship and roastery on Great Northern Way, beside Emily Carr University, in 2021; it is at 555 Great Northern Way and opens 08:00–16:00 on weekdays. Kafka's, open since 2018, is at 577 Great Northern Way, two minutes' walk away, from 07:00. A SkyTrain station at Thornton Street is due in late 2027.

Which Mount Pleasant cafés in Vancouver stay open late?

In Mount Pleasant, Little Pisces Cafe at 1778 Columbia Street is open until midnight every day, and Passion8 Dessert Cafe at 3010 Cambie Street until midnight at weekends. Chai Wagon at 196 East 2nd Avenue serves until 23:00, Amato Gelato & Cafè on East 1st Avenue until 22:30 and Bean Around The World at 2528 Main Street until 21:30.

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