With its bars, nightclubs and celebrated restaurants, Vancouver is the Lower Mainland's primary party zone.
Nothing rubs the shine off Vancouver's civic glow like a discussion of the city's nightlife.
Vancouver has fun in spite of itself, but the rules businesses must wade through to serve a glass of wine at your favourite bar or restaurant are at best frustrating, and at worst, embarrassing. Red tape has this town's entertainment scene in a suffocating strangle hold. In 1986 we invited the world to come here. His battles with the city over no-smoking bylaws, noise and occupancy restrictions have been well documented. I think it's a result of a municipal government that can't get along with a provincial government and the fact that the police don't have adequate resources to give themselves a comfort level with late-night entertainment.