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All-day cafe on Moncton Street doing brunch, fusion paellas, eggs benedict and handmade Shanghai dumplings. Fans of Once Upon a Time will recognize the frontage as Granny's Diner. Family-friendly with a kids' menu and a private room for groups.
Television crews found this frontage before most visitors did. Once Upon a Time dressed the building as Granny's Diner, and people still stop on the Moncton Street sidewalk to line up the same shot. Behind the facade the Cannery Cafe runs an all-day kitchen, which in Steveston means brunch continuing well past the hour most rooms stop caring about it.
The cooking crosses a few lines on purpose. Western brunch plates share a menu with Chinese and fusion dishes, which sounds like two restaurants under one roof until you have spent enough time in Richmond to find the combination completely ordinary. That is what a city with this demographic history produces when a kitchen cooks for everyone who walks in rather than for a single idea of what a cafe should be. Steveston in particular draws a mixed crowd: village regulars, weekend visitors from across the region, and families who have been coming to the same block for three generations.
Summer here is a parking problem with a fishing village attached. On a weekend between May and September, leaving the car up around Chatham or Third Avenue and walking down beats circling the streets near the boardwalk. Winter is a completely different place. The crowds go, the light turns grey, and the village returns to the people who live in it. That is the version of Moncton Street worth planning a morning around.
In the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond.
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A small wood-fired pizza shop that opened in Steveston in late 2023. Thin, blistered Neapolitan-style pies made to order plus a short list of sides. Mostly a takeout counter with limited seating, so call ahead on busy village evenings.
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Britannia's Steveston taproom sits a block off the waterfront and pairs its own British-leaning ales with a full seafood-forward kitchen. Locals come for a flight alongside chowder or fish and chips, and it opens early enough to serve breakfast on weekends.
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A quiet, long-established Japanese restaurant on Second Avenue serving sushi, sashimi and cooked dinners. It runs separate lunch and dinner sittings seven days a week, takes reservations by phone only, and has free parking behind the building.
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A counter-service Chaoshan noodle shop that opened on Moncton Street in 2026, serving hand-pounded beef and pork balls in clear broth with rice noodles, white pepper and celery. A plain wooden room better suited to twos and threes than groups.
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A no-frills Moncton Street chip shop that regulars rank against the wharf stands. Halibut, cod and salmon come battered to order with hand-cut fries, plus chowder and burgers. Small dining room, steady takeout trade, and less of a lineup than the waterfront.
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A casual Greek taverna a block off the boardwalk, doing souvlaki, roast lamb, calamari and platters meant for sharing. It has been a Steveston fixture for years and is the neighborhood default for an unfussy family dinner with a glass of wine.
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