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A waterside eatery tucked behind the Bayview shops, best known for burgers and a brunch that runs all seven days and stretches to crab cake benedict, cabbage rolls, borscht and chowder. Casual and rustic, and easy to walk straight past.
A waterside room behind the Bayview shops is easy to walk straight past, and Kove Kitchen benefits from sitting slightly out of the sightline. Casual and rustic, it is best known for burgers, and the brunch is the part people plan around. Anything a little off the main path counts as useful information in a village where the weekend queues concentrate hard on the core.
What makes the brunch interesting is the range. Crab cake benedict sits on the same list as cabbage rolls, borscht and chowder, which is a genuinely unusual combination in Richmond, where brunch tends to divide into diner style on one side and Hong Kong cafe style on the other. Kove Kitchen sits outside both. A group that cannot agree on anything will find an odd menu an advantage rather than a problem.
This stretch of the Steveston waterfront runs past the Imperial Landing frontage toward the docks, an easy walk from the village core. Weekends are the pressure point down here. Anyone driving in during July should plan to leave the car once and cover the rest on foot, because the village is small enough that a single loop reaches all of it and moving a vehicle twice never helps. Off-season the whole area empties out, and the same walk takes ten minutes with nobody in the way and the river doing most of the talking.
In the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond.
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A small family-run Hawaiian spot in the Bayview block near the Steveston waterfront. Plate lunches, kalua pork and loco moco come out fast and cheap, with rice and mac salad on the side. Limited seating, so many orders head out to the boardwalk.
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Steveston's barbecue joint, smoking brisket, ribs, pulled pork and chicken in house with rubs made on site. Order at the counter, grab a craft beer, and watch the game on the big screens. Burnt ends and cornbread are the sides people come back for.
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Upstairs on the Bayview pier with big windows over Fisherman's Wharf, Catch serves West Coast seafood alongside steaks, burgers and pasta. Locals come for the sunset patio, the halibut and black cod, and a kitchen that runs late on weekend nights.
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A long-running seafood room on the Bayview Pier, one floor below Catch. The kitchen keeps things simple: local fish, chowder and shellfish, with harbour views from most tables. A reliable choice when you want a proper sit-down dinner in the village.
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Family-run Punjabi kitchen that outgrew its small Moncton Street takeout counter and moved into a larger Bayview dining room. A dozen curries, biryani, Indo-Chinese dishes and vegetarian platters, open daily from late morning until nine.
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A taphouse near No. 1 Road and Moncton with a deep BC beer list and a long wine selection. Comfort food, burgers, salads and shareables. Roomier and less touristy than the waterfront spots, which makes it a dependable evening option.
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