How do you get from Yaletown to Granville Island in Vancouver?

False Creek Ferries and Aquabus both run between Yaletown and Granville Island, and the seawall along False Creek is an alternative on foot. The Granville Island Public Market opens 09:00–18:00 and closes only on 25 and 26 December, 1 January and on Mondays in January.

Which roasters have cafés in Yaletown, Vancouver?

Elysian has a café in The Burrard hotel at 1100 Burrard Street, and Pallet Coffee Roasters one at 980 Howe Street; both open at 07:00 on weekdays. Small Victory at 1089 Marinaside Crescent serves beans from Moving Coffee, Rooftop and Subtext, and Moving Coffee Bar is at 950 Homer Street.

What replaced Matchstick in Yaletown, Vancouver?

Matchstick, a Vancouver coffee roaster, closed all its cafés by May 2026. Its former Yaletown shop at 1328 Richards Street is now Octave Cafe, which opens daily 07:00–17:00. Nearby, Pallet Coffee Roasters at 980 Howe Street and Elysian in The Burrard hotel at 1100 Burrard Street both open at 07:00 on weekdays.

Cafés in Yaletown, Vancouver: Hours and Map

Yaletown was a heavy industrial district of warehouses and rail yards, which the Canadian Pacific Railway developed after bridges crossed False Creek in 1889. Many of the railway's workers came from Yale, British Columbia, and gave the area its name.¹ Hamilton and Mainland streets keep the two most intact rows of brick warehouses, built on rail platforms and now lofts, offices, shops and restaurants.¹

Redevelopment followed Expo 86, held on neighboring industrial land.¹ The old Drake Street roundhouse is now a community center and houses Engine 374, which pulled the first passenger train into Vancouver in 1887.¹ In the late 1990s, technology companies of the dot-com years clustered on the same streets.¹ Cafés continue west of the warehouses along Davie, Nelson, Howe and Burrard streets.

Local tip: Pair Small Victory on Marinaside Crescent with a ferry across False Creek: Aquabus and False Creek Ferries both serve Yaletown and Granville Island,³ where the Public Market opens at 09:00.⁴

At a glance

31Cafés listed

15With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

02:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Analog Coffee, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–20:00).

Closes latest: Flamingo Cafe, until 02:00 (Mon–Wed 07:00–22:00 · Thu 07:00–00:00 · Fri 07:00–02:00 · Sat 08:00–02:00 · Sun 08:00–00:00).

Most listed streets: Davie Street (5), Hornby Street (3), Homer Street (2).

Most common features: indoor seating (71%), smoke-free indoors (58%), outdoor seating (48%).

Getting to Yaletown

Yaletown–Roundhouse station is on the Canada Line,¹ which opened in 2009 and connects at Waterfront station with the Expo Line and the SeaBus.² The seawall runs along False Creek on the southern edge of the neighborhood.¹

False Creek Ferries and Aquabus both stop at Yaletown on their routes to Granville Island.³ The island's Public Market opens 09:00–18:00 and closes only on 25 and 26 December, 1 January and Mondays in January.⁴

Hamilton, Mainland and Marinaside

Small Victory opened its first café in Yaletown around 2016; it bakes its own bread and serves beans from Moving Coffee, Rooftop and Subtext.⁵ That café, at 1089 Marinaside Crescent by the seawall, opens daily 08:00–17:00.⁶ Moving Coffee Bar at 950 Homer Street opens from Tuesday to Sunday, and The Grind at 1006 Beach Avenue, by the water, runs daily 07:00–18:00.

On the warehouse streets, Field & Social is at 1030 Mainland Street, Black Echo Coffee at 1144 Mainland and 123Dough Organic Cafe at 1010 Hamilton. Octave Cafe at 1328 Richards Street took over Matchstick's former Yaletown shop after that roaster closed all its cafés;⁷ it opens daily 07:00–17:00.

Roasters on Burrard and Howe

Elysian, which Sprudge called one of Vancouver's most popular local roasters in 2017, had just opened a café in The Burrard hotel.⁸ That café, at 1100 Burrard Street, opens at 07:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends.

Pallet Coffee Roasters at 980 Howe Street also opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and Railtown Cafe is at 968 Howe. Analog Coffee at 338 Helmcken Street stays open until 20:00 every day, and Cafe Artigiano at 126 Davie Street opens at 06:30 from Monday to Wednesday.

Late on Granville and Davie

The Granville Street end of Yaletown stays up longest. Flamingo Cafe at 999 Granville is open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, The Alley at 985 Hornby serves bubble tea until 23:00, and Nine Bar Coffee at 477 Davie stays open until 22:00, as does Trees Organic Coffee at 930 Burrard Street on weekdays. Breka at 855 Davie Street is open 24 hours a day.⁹

Cafés in Yaletown

At a glance

7Days Coffee

Analog Coffee

Moving Coffee Bar

Nero Belgian Waffle Bar

Nine Bar Coffee

O-Cha Tea Bar

Octave Cafe

Perfecto Cafe

Small Victory

The Alley

The Grind

Wall Flowers

Yet's Cafe

Faubourg Paris

Flamingo Cafe

123Dough Organic Cafe

Black Echo Coffee

Cha Le Tea

Cha Yuan

Field & Social

Honeybrew Strudel Bar

Honolulu Coffee

inBtwn Cafe

Kurotaki Bubble Tea House Ltd

Nebur King Coffee

No Bad Days Vancouver

Number e Food

Soup Etc (Yaletown)

Taiwan Lugu

Belgian Chocolate Cafe

Craffles

Coffee chains in Yaletown

Starbucks

Tim Hortons

Blenz Coffee

JJ Bean

Trees Organic Coffee

Bean Around The World

Caffè Artigiano

Pallet Coffee Roasters

Breka Bakery & Café

Waves Coffee House

Elysian Coffee Roasters

Railtown Cafe

Getting to Yaletown

Hamilton, Mainland and Marinaside

Roasters on Burrard and Howe

Late on Granville and Davie

Sources

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Yaletown cafés: questions

How do you get from Yaletown to Granville Island in Vancouver?

Which roasters have cafés in Yaletown, Vancouver?

What replaced Matchstick in Yaletown, Vancouver?

Own a café in Yaletown?