The number of restaurants and bars offering patio dining and drinking has surged in the last five years, according to statistics from the B.C. Liquor Control and Licensing Branch.
More than 20,000 new patio seats in the Greater Vancouver Regional District were approved by the body between July 2007 and July 2012 with 80 per cent of the permits going to restaurants and the remainder to bars. As of July 5, there are almost 60,000 outdoor seats in the GVRD for diners and drinkers to lounge in.
Michael V’inkin Lee – Vancouver Sun – July 6, 2012.
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