+1 for Ask For Luigi (get the pate campagnola
) , my favourite pasta place (and in my opinion the best pasta) in Vancouver at the moment.
Also to add to the Italian on the list Nook and Tavola, same owners and the restos are 20 steps from each other. Nook on Denman, and Tavolva on Robson just past Denman where Tapastree used to be.