Perhaps a little less rancid than the other places, but still pretty divey and pretty central is the Bunker on Robson, between Jervis and Broughton. It's one of the few places in Vancouver that has neither windows nor a food menu. Straight drinking on way outdated furniture and screaming over too loud music. It can be fun, for sure. I'd certainly prefer it to the Cambie, unless you enjoy huge crowds of uber-obnoxious adolescent backpackers, and both the Ivanhoe and the Cobalt, which, I confess, are just too damn divey for me. If you can't use the bathroom without a Hazmat suit and are constantly worried about standing too close to people, for fear of either getting pickpocketed or accidentally stuck with a dirty needle, it kinda encroaches on my general enjoyment. But that's just me.
