Whether your hankerings run to bubble tea, beer or bahn mi, there’s a foodie spot in Burnaby just waiting for you to discover it — and you don’t have to take the car.
TransLink is bringing back its popular Dine the Line campaign, and Burnaby eateries are among those earning mentions.
The campaign was launched in 2019 with West Coast Food to help encourage transit ridership while promoting local restaurants and breweries in cities around the region.
Now the campaign is being renewed for the emerging-from-the-pandemic era in 2022.
You can explore local eateries by theme — whether that’s family-friendly, plant-based or bubble tea — or you can choose a SkyTrain line near you and find restaurants along it (with stop information and walking time included).
In case sampling some delightful food and beverages wasn’t enough of an incentive, there’s also a Dine the Line and Win contest that gives you a chance to win a grand prize of a two-night stay at the Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver and dinner at Diva at the Met, plus Compass Cards for two, preloaded with three days of unlimited transit on all SkyTrain lines, buses and SeaBus.
Check out the full list of Dine the Line itineraries online, or scroll through the Burnaby offerings below to find a neighbourhood spot near you.
Itinerary: Breweries and Bites (Millennium Line)
Dageraad Brewing: 114-3191 Thunderbird Cres.
Stop: Production Way-University
Walking: 4 minutes
dageraadbrewing.com
Astro’s Kitchen: 2830 Douglas Rd.
Stop: Holdom
Walking: 12 minutes
Itinerary: World Cuisine (Expo Line)
Anatolia's Gate Restaurant (Turkish): 7084 Kingsway
Stop: Edmonds
Walking: 10 minutes
anatoliasgaterestaurant.com
Cafe La Forêt Patisserie and Cafe: 6848 Jubilee Ave.
Stop: Metrotown
Walking: 9 minutes
cafelaforet.com
Hanwoori Korean Restaurant: 5740 Imperial St.
Stop: Royal Oak
Walking: 10 minutes
hanwoori.ca
Itinerary: The Bubble Line
Money Tea: Crystal Mall, 4500 Kingsway
Stop: Patterson
Walking: 6 minutes
moneyteayvr
Comebuy: Crystal Mall, 4500 Kingsway
Stop: Patterson
Walking: 6 minutes
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Wushiland Boba: Metropolis at Metrotown, 4800 Kingsway
Stop: Metrotown
Walking: 6 minutes
Ki Dessert Cafe: 6888 Royal Oak Ave.
Stop: Royal Oak
Walking: 2 minutes
ki.teacafe
Tealips Café: 7139 Arcola Way
Stop: Edmonds
Walking: 12 minutes
tealipscafe.ca
Itinerary: Explore East and Southeast Asia
Glorious Bao (Tasty Taiwanese bao & fried rice): 4567 Lougheed Hwy.
Stop: Brentwood
Walking: 5 minutes
gloriousbao.com
Pho Japolo Sushi (Vietnamese and sushi): 3355 North Rd.
Stop: Lougheed
Walking: 14 minutes
pholapolo.ca
The Viet Noodle Guy (Vietnamese sandwiches and noodles): 1902 Rosser Ave.
Stop: Brentwood
Walking: 5 minutes
thevietnoodleguy.ca
Tendon Kohaku (Japanese, tempura & rice bowls): 1901 Rosser Ave.
Stop: Brentwood
Walking: 5 minutes
kohakutendon.com
Insadong (Authentic Korean BBQ): 403 North Rd, Coquitlam
Stop: Lougheed
Walking: 8 minutes
insadong.ca
Hashtag Café (Korean milktea, coffee & waffles): 329 North Rd, Coquitlam
Stop: Lougheed
Walking: 11 minutes
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Itinerary: It's Better With Friends
Tenen Eastern European Cuisine (Balkan cuisine in a cozy setting): 7569 Royal Oak Ave.
Stop: Royal Oak
Walking: 5 minutes
tenenrestaurant.com
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