Steveston Village offers more than 65 restaurants and eating options, with over 25 concentrated on Bayview and Moncton streets between Third Avenue and No. 1 Road. Seafood remains the specialty, as highlighted by the $125 Serpent Pizza at Steveston Pizza Co., which features five grilled Canadian lobster tails, shrimp, prawns, and smoked salmon.
Signature Dishes and Local Favorites
Mey and Chan Saechao, visiting from Sacramento, California, ordered the Serpent Pizza to share with family at a nearby park. "I think a lot of people don't realize that, yes, it's $125, but it's a good deal," said Chan Saechao, noting the generous seafood portions. The pizza can be taken to go or eaten in a spare room next to the kitchen without table service.
Richmond residents Linda Barnes and Diane Gronlund, regulars at Dave's Fish and Chips, appreciate both the gourmet pizzas at Steveston Pizza and the $5-a-slice wood-fired options at Moncton Pizzeria. At Dave's, they enjoyed one-piece cod fish and chips with coleslaw and homemade New England clam chowder. Dave's, started by Dave Scott in 1978, was one of the first restaurants in Steveston and originally operated as a takeout on Chatham Street before moving to Moncton.
Historical and Cultural Significance
Barnes, co-chair of the Steveston Historical Society, noted that Dave's Fish and Chips served as a meeting place for committee members who worked to save the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and turn it into a national historical site. The restaurant retains original post office wickets. The new recipe book Fish Tales: Cannery Community Cooking, Past and Present, published after a 2023–2025 exhibit at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society, includes stories and recipes from Japanese Canadian fishing families, Norwegian herring salad, Chinese cannery workers' meals, and Indigenous workers' travel traditions. The book also features dishes like boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chilies served in bunkhouses, and congee with leftover oysters or cod eaten by line cooks.
Barnes and Gronlund highlighted the Steveston Seafood House as one of the first fine-dining restaurants, still excellent today. Lavash Seaside Grill, with a sunny patio on the boardwalk, has merged with Anar Persian Cuisine, which operated for years in the old Steveston courthouse dating to the 1920s. That building now sits empty and will be moved to make way for new construction.
New Additions and Diverse Offerings
On Moncton Street, Uncle restaurant has replaced the former Mr. Gold Gelato building, drawing lineups for handmade Chaoshan meatballs from the Shantou region of Guangdong province. The menu offers four rice-noodle bowl options (A to D) with pork tripe, beef, fish, or pork meatballs in broth, priced $15 to $18. Amy Tsui, a local resident, noted that two bowls can feed three people. Uncle is closed Tuesday through Thursday.
Tsui also shared a photo of the Mermaid Pizza from Steveston Pizza, topped with a whole crab, shrimp, tiger prawns, and smoked salmon for $89. She ordered it for her son-in-law's birthday, calling it "definitely a little more expensive, but it tasted so good."
Eat Streets Series and Practical Information
This article is part of a series highlighting Metro Vancouver's must-visit Eat Streets, celebrating concentrated local food businesses. Steveston's dining hub spans four blocks, with pedestrian-friendly streets offering patios by the water and views of fishing boats. Parking includes hundreds of free, three-hour spots near Moncton and Chatham streets. The Steveston Salmon Festival, starting in 1944 and celebrating its 79th year this July, helped put the village on the map.
"Steveston has always been at the end of the road. You're at the end of Steveston Highway. You're at the end of the bus loop. It's still considered a fair way's out," said Barnes. Gronlund added, "It depends on what you want to eat here. You can have everything you want."
