La Quercia

DINNER The banquette at La Quercia, an intimate neighborhood restaurant in the beachy western neighborhood of Kitsilano (a 15-minute cab ride from Gastown), is a tight fit, and might feel even tighter after you work your way through the seven-course tasting
menu (a screaming deal at $45). The stripped-down Northern Italian cooking is gorgeously crafted: lightly cured ruby trout, or thin agnolotti plumped with nettles and ricotta. The chefs know when to deploy big flavors, too, like an outrageously beefy tagliata course (and the Morellino di Scansano wine that accompanies it).

DINNER The banquette at La Quercia, an intimate neighborhood restaurant in the beachy western neighborhood of Kitsilano (a 15-minute cab ride from Gastown), is a tight fit, and might feel even tighter after you work your way through the seven-course tasting
menu (a screaming deal at $45). The stripped-down Northern Italian cooking is gorgeously crafted: lightly cured ruby trout, or thin agnolotti plumped with nettles and ricotta. The chefs know when to deploy big flavors, too, like an outrageously beefy tagliata course (and the Morellino di Scansano wine that accompanies it).