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Halloween Ideas and Events in North Vancouver
The Shipyards District trick-or-treat, Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge with confirmed 2026 dates, and Loutet Farm's harvest.
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I started writing these because I was answering the same questions one text message at a time. Where to take a visiting parent for dim sum. Whether the night market is worth the parking. What is still open on a wet Sunday in February. The long answers live here, and they are written for people who are going this weekend, not for people planning a trip next year.
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Maren Holt
30 guides published
Every guide comes from going. I rank places, I tell you what the ranking is based on, and when I have not been back since somewhere changed hands I put that in writing instead of hoping you do not notice. Some of it is logistics: parking, the hour the lineup starts, which places take cash only, how to feed eight people on a Saturday without a booking. Some of it is me being opinionated about lunch.
The one rule I hold to is that the guides cover the whole city, including the half that is harder to write about.
What's in here
- Place guides I take one neighbourhood, or one plaza, at a time. Where to park, when to turn up, and what to walk past.
- Best-of lists I put them in order and say out loud what the order is based on.
- Seasonal and events These run on dates. What sells out, what to book, and where to leave the car.
- Practical guides These answer the awkward ones. Nine days of rain, where the dog is welcome, feeding eight people without a booking.
Notes from the valley floor
A guide that likes everything is useless. So I rank things, I say why, and I tell you when I haven't been back since the owners changed.
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The newest guide sits at the top. I go back and rewrite the older ones when something changes on the ground.
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Tips and corrections
Somewhere I missed, or something I got wrong?
I read everything that comes in. If a place has closed, changed hands, or is simply better than I gave it credit for, tell me and I'll go back and eat there again.