Hello my fellow TFPers...on Tuesday some friends and I are heading up to Vancouver, BC for a three day binge of drinking. Everyone keeps asking us why we 21-year-old Americans are going north to enjoy ourselves in such a fashion, but I keep insisting it's because Vancouver has cooler bars than Seattle (cheaper bars too) and Canadians seem to have fewer taboos or hang-ups about drinking. AND the domestic beer is better--AND cheaper.
Anyways, I was wondering if any of you who live around the Greater Vancouver area have any good bars to recommend--preferably ones for poor university students with good drink specials
We're staying at the Vancouver Central hostel (on Granville) which is right above the Royal. I am already familiar with the charms of the Royal and their $2 Heineken night. So anything beyond that would be most helpful. Thanks!