Went to have some food and drinks on the patio on a weeknight. Very busy but able to get a table outside, probably one of better patios in Vancouver. A review of the menu indicates they have changed some if the items. The fish tacos now come a la carte at $4 per order versus the previous 3 tacos with rice and beans. They also changed the tacos by replacing the corn tortillas with flour. The breading on the fish was also a bit thicker. Overall not as good. The tuna poke (cost in the low teens) was also a failure, small portion with unripe avocado. Chips were served in a big pasta bowl, unappealing. Service was solid but overall the food has gone downhill.

This place is *actually* not for locals. I live two blocks away, and in the last five times I have attempted to go to Local, there has been a 20-40 minute plus wait. Not game-day, not dinner-time, not the weekend - we are talking 8:00 pm on a weekday night when all the hockey is done and there's nothing left, and it's raining.

Who's waiting to be seated? Two gross leathery 40-something female blondes and a three-piece-suited corporate douche on his phone with a faux-hawk, and his cronies flocking, all of them grey haired and fat. In the booths? Frat boys and at least two large families with multiple children. In a pub. The hostess? Visibly rolls her eyes when we ask if there are seats at the bar.

We loved this place when it wasn't totally happening. The food was pricey but decent, the service good, although the clientele was lame at times (loud and stupid). Looks like the clientele told their friends. I'm really sad this place is the go-to place in Kits now. It had so much potential to be a local gem. Now it's trendy for the suburbanites (who work downtown or go to UBC).It's the safe go-to patio place for the Cactus Club crowd from Surrey to eat at when they're in the real city. We used to be able to depend on the Keg, the Boathouse, Moxies, Milestones and Earls to defend us from these colossal losers. But they've come over the bridge and discovered Local. I really miss last October. I doubt I will ever be able to walk in and sit down in this establishment again.

Still, how about allowing patrons to jump the line if you can prove proof of nearby residence, with ID? What does "Local" even mean? You guys suck and so do your formulaic patrons. There is nothing local whatsoever about this place and you should be ashamed of yourselves for taking the name without providing some form of reinforcing the fact.

Went to The Local a couple of weeks ago for drinks and an appy. This is obviously the place to be seen. Beautiful spot in Kits right across from the beach with a huge patio full of thirty/forty somethings in their True Religion Jeans and Christian Audigier T's. No less than two Ferrari's parked outside. Okay enough about the clientele.

A nicely renovated spot and unlike some of the customers not overly pretentious. Had service on the spot from a very friendly girl and enjoyed their wine special, 4.50 for a glass of house red or white you just can't go wrong.

As for the food enjoyed just an apple the edamame beans. They kick these up with a nice chili spice sauce , they were the best beans I've had, really tasty. I watched as various different waitresses brought forth delicious looking burgers and sandwiches to the customers looked very very good.

If you are watching your pennies after shelling out $350.00 for your jeans this is the place. Can't wait to go back but must go shopping first.

This is such an improvement to Malones - our definite go-to place when needing a place to chill out with a cold pint. Awesome beer list, pretty wicked service, well decorated/maintained for a pub in Kits. The food menu is a touch on the expensive side and the vegetarian options are pretty limited. But it is all about the beer and people watching.

As it was our first time at the Local since it opened we were open-minded. The place had a great look. Before we ordered we were brought a jar of water that was filthy dirty on the inside. We literally could wipe our finger on the inside of the jar and find chunks of something on our fingertip. The glasses were no better. We ordered a round of wine and one of the glasses had lipstick on the rim before it even got to our table. The other glasses were smudged with grease or something filmy. It was absolutely disgusting. I decided to order a bucket of beer instead to avoid having to deal with any more dirty glasses (which we sent back). When my bucket of beer arrived, there was honestly 5 or 6 pieces of ice in the whole bucket. It was hilarious - an embarrassment to the establishment. This experience was a total disaster. I will never go back and I would highly recommend others stay away. Yes, the patio has a killer view, but the service and quality is through the floor boards.

Why do restauranteurs in vancouver keep pumping out the same old crap? I miss Malone's with its grungey charm and sandy floor.. A great place to hang out without the pretention and nonsense of most other Vancouver joints.

Two buddies and I had beer and yam fries. They have a great selection of sleeves/pitchers, a lot of tasty local beer. The yam fries were good but their appy menu is almost exactly same as every other joeys/earls/milestones/cactus in the lower mainland. I guess it's a formula that works... it upsets me that everyone and their dog caught on!

I would go back again because it's a) predictable, b) close to the beach, and c) has a bumpin patio. I would not go back because of the horribly contrived and generic atmosphere and ditsy waitresses.