Afghan Horsemen Restaurant

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Buy BC (independent) · Restaurant📍 Vancouver$$ · Casual

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First Afghan restaurant ever opened in Canada, a family-managed institution … for over 50 years … multiple Georgia Straight Readers' Choice Golden Plates awards.

Water bottle refillWashroomsTakeoutVegetarian / vegan / GF

Established in 1974, Afghan Horsemen is the first Afghan restaurant ever opened in Canada, a family-managed institution that has anchored the Granville Island neighbourhood for over 50 years. The second-floor dining room offers both indoor and outdoor seating with a full menu of authentic Afghan cuisine, from lamb and chicken kebab platters to a wide range of vegetarian dishes. It has earned multiple Georgia Straight Readers' Choice Golden Plates awards for Best Middle Eastern Restaurant and remains a well-known culinary landmark in Vancouver.

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✓Water bottle refill

✓Washrooms

✓Takeout

✓Vegetarian / vegan / GF

Menu confirms multiple vegetarian dishes including Humous, Sabzi Mast, Eggplant Dip, Cauliflower Pakwara, Potato Boulany, Spinach & Feta Boulany, and various vegetarian sides. No vegan or GF claims found

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Bike parking or bike visibilityPacked lunchesWater without purchaseBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingE-bike chargingPumpWi-Fi

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Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Stz’uminus, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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