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(Clockwise from top) Bustling Koerner’s Pub.
Tuck into Irish-inspired fare at Mahony &
Sons. A morning pick-me-up at Loafe Café
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After exploring over 400 ha (1.5 sq mi) of campus
grounds, you’re bound to work up an appetite—
luckily, there are plenty of eateries ready to satisfy
every craving. Pair a slice of Mercante’s (page 106)
stone-baked traditional Italian pizza with a hot
cup of Milano coffee, and make new friends at the
communal dining tables. Soak up the sun on the
wraparound patio at Mahony & Sons (page 92),
with a cold Guinness and juicy Angus beef dip,
or plan ahead and call Doughgirls (page 106) to
put in an order for fresh-baked sweet or savoury
pies, hot and ready when you arrive. If all you need
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is a quick refuelling stop, swing by the Robert H.
Lee Alumni Centre and pop into Loafe Café (page
106) for a Cartems doughnut—widely adored
by Vancouverites—and a creamy latte. Track
down Koerner’s Pub (page 106), a well-hidden
watering hole with a secret garden patio tucked
away beneath Thea Koerner House, the graduate
student centre. With a menu featuring Ocean
Wise seafood and hormone-free meats, as well as
a cheeky promise that even the barley and hops in
their beer have “lived very full, meaningful lives,”
it’s worth hunting for.