The last straw: Vancouver restaurants and bars going strawless

A growing crowd of clubs, bars and restaurants in and around Vancouver have reached their last straw.
The watering holes and eateries, in locations that stretch from the ‘burbs to downtown’s Granville Strip, are ditching disposable, plastic straws amid a broader push by policy-makers and environmental groups to cut down on the reliance of single-use plastics. Some, like the Commodore Ballroom, have barred them entirely, while others like White Spot have made them available by request