Trattoria is part of a group of restaurants that puts on an annual holiday feast for Downtown Eastside residents. Read more at the link. Read more.
Alaskan King Crab is awesome both with garlic sauce and ginger green onion sauce. Service is super awesome. Very attentive.
For shopping, try Lansdowne Centre just east of the station! You can probably see it from where you're standing!
A tip from my ten year old son: order the chocolate brownie and dip it in your hot chocolate!
Good place to get a good expresso though and even though the service is slow it's because it's a popular place and alot of people go there...but go when it's not busy is the trick.
Salmon Battera and Chewy MaPo Rice Cake! Tokyo Ramen, with slow braised oxtail and Kakuni Bibimbap are solid too. Read more.
