Vancouver's Fabulous Food Trucks For Any Appetite and Budget!

If you cycle around Vancouver, you must be in awe of the amazing number of vibrant food-trucks with tasty fare on offer. Whether it’s berry and jalapeño ice-cream, west-coast salmon burgers-supreme or kimchi poutine, you will never be lacking for awesome cuisine. 

In an effort to promote the city’s diversity and to support a robust street life, Vancouver expanded its food truck licensing program in 2010. Prior to the expanded program’s launch in 2010, vendors were mostly small carts selling hot dogs, chestnuts, popcorn and ice cream bars; the very first being a hot dog vendor in 1978. There are still close to 200 “food carts” throughout the region and 300 food trucks in Vancouver and Victoria.

Here is a snackable overview of the food-truck scene from experienced, local entrepreneurs.

The Street Food Vancouver Society is a non-profit, volunteer-run association representing Vancouver’s marquee food carts and trucks. All their members embrace an elevated product quality & uniqueness and adhere to strict sustainability guidelines. Their ethos is direct: 

“Our goals are to promote street food in Vancouver, bring vitality to the streets and to provide the highest quality of food available. We’re an eclectic group of chefs, artists and entrepreneurs who serve some of the finest food in the city, showcasing flavours from around the globe.”

Street Food Vancouver has highlighted 26 of the most popular and top-rated trucks including: 

Check out their complete list of The Top 26 Food Trucks for menu details & daily location. You may also book the truck of your choice for your family celebration, corporate event, charity or festival, and Street Food Vancouver will guide you through the process.

There is also a continual series of events which showcase various invited food trucks posted by “Greater Vancouver Food Truck Fest”. And, when you have that impromptu, specific craving, here is a stellar Vancouver Food Truck App which allows you to trace and track what is open right here and right now.

What a terrific & yummy method to inspire you to explore every neighbourhood in Vancouver by bike or ebike!

June is Bike Month in Toronto and Vancouver: Let's Get Moving!

Along with colourful flowers, enlivened neighbourhoods and terrific weather, June brings Bike Month once again to Toronto and Vancouver. Here are some key dates and events to inspire you to ride.

TORONTO:

Thursday June 1, 2023 is the Bike To Work Group Commute in Toronto. Starting with a 7am meet-up in four areas of the city - Bay Street and Charles Street, Davisville Avenue and Yonge Street, Bloor Street West and High Park Avenue, and Danforth and Woodbine Avenues - the group rides will converge for a celebration at Nathan Phillips Square at approximately 8 am. Once there, you can grab some free snacks and coffee, chat with your cycling friends and meet new ones through the many biking networks on the scene. Zygg Ebikes will be offering free e-bike test rides, which proved very popular last year. So, seek us out and say “hello”!

Check out the Bike Month 2023 interactive map to join other events, tours, group rides posted by date and area.

There is also a marquee Charity Ride on June 4th - Biking For Brain Health - to raise funds, awareness and support for Baycrest Hospital through three group rides. Register online for the 25 km, 50 km, 75 km distances, today. Your trek will be made that much easier and more fun via e-bike.

VANCOUVER: 

May 31st - June 6th, 2023 is HUB Cycling’s Annual Spring Go By Bike Week, encouraging all to commute, socialise and run errands via bike. There are celebration stations throughout the city with local businesses providing discounts and freebies. If you register and then log your trips online, you will be eligible for some extra deals and prizes. This is in tandem with Bike To School Week in Vancouver, May 31st - June 4th. Participating schools can create a tracking-poster to put up in their front entry: a super-cool way for students and teachers to enter their trips and see their collective cycling-progress over time.

If you are on an ebike, Go By Bike BC has lots of opportunities and resources for you to explore further and faster, as you head out beyond the downtown core.

Wherever you may be, don’t forget that June 3, 2023 is the United Nations’ World Bicycle Day. The United Nations established World Bicycle Day to reveal the transformative impact cycling can have, even in the poorest of global communities, providing access to basic transport with the bicycle. In 2015, Professor Leszek Sibilski started a campaign with his sociology class in the U.S. to promote a U.N. resolution that would designate a day for the advocacy and celebration of the bicycle all over the world. His academic project explored bicycles and their role in development triggering a huge movement backed by ‘Sustainable Mobility for All,’ and eventually resulted in a dedicated international day set by the United Nations for the promotion of bicycling. On April 12, 2018, the resolution declaring June 3 as World Bicycle Day was unanimously adopted by all 193 member states of the UN General Assembly. The resolution was greatly supported by Turkmenistan and co-sponsored by around 56 countries.

Make sure to keep an eye on Zygg’s Social media accounts highlighting other events and gatherings over June and well into the summer months.

Get Outside, Ride Your Bike To Get Inside: Doors Open Toronto

Saturday, May 27th and Sunday May 28th is your unique opportunity for free access to cherished buildings that are rarely open to the public, or those that are graciously waiving their usual entry-fee. Now in its 23rd year, Doors Open Toronto has attracted more than two million visits to 700 exquisite locations. It is the largest event of its kind in Canada. Plan your route,  hop on your bike or ebike and explore as many venues as possible. Houses of worship, cultural gems, halls of learning, engineering and architectural marvels are all on offer.

Use the handy, interactive website to research over 140 buildings and locations, filtered by map or address. It is also the perfect tool to help you plan your route. Make it an enlivening, spring adventure and link your travels into local cafes, restaurants and urban parks for a respite.

Some of the most popular sites include:

This year, there are also guided, neighbourhood tours, design talks and discussions, and music & sound experiences throughout the weekend. Although Doors Open is advertised as being “ON” from 10am until 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday, some events /spaces have limited attendance and may require advance booking to guarantee participation.

Travel to multiple locations with Zygg ebikes and share your Doors Open experience on social media using #DOT23 and #BikeTO.