A biased list of reasonably close places, please leave a comment with your feedback and we'll update the list. Of course Vancouver has many, many more that are further afoot!
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Cafes
    -  Take 5 Cafe (429 Granville, Hastings and Granville)
-  Blenz on Hastings - probably the closest but the coffee ain't my cup of tea
-  Waves - not so great coffee but good free wifi from what i hear
-  Caffe Artigiano-  a short walk West on Hastings (740 West Hastings, supposedly best coffee in the city!
-  Starbucks across the street from Wosk on Seymour
Restaurants
Breakfast
    -  Medina Cafe, 556 Beatty Street - excellent Belgian waffles and coffee
-  Brioche (nutella with a baguette! French pastry chef! Siciilan savory chef!)
-  So.cial, 332 Water Street (breakfast starts at 7a.m.)
-  New Town Bakery, 158 East Pender (congee for breakfast! lots of other yummy food if you don't like congee)
-  The Boss (best grilled cheese sandwich in Vancouver)
-  Harbour Centre Food Court (in basement of Harbour Centre across the street from Wosk) - Taco del Mar open for breakfast (not my fav but some like it), coffee shop is open as well
-  Starbucks - Across the Street from Wosk Centre on the Seymour Street Side
Lunch
Asian
    -  The Boss (pepper beef noodles, ox tongue, congee)
-  New Town Bakery (special menu B (vermicelli with pork and bok choy) and C (chicken chowmein) -  is what Richard and I order plus "dong lai chai"  aka Hong Kong milk tea with ice) - In a hurry? Get a steamed pork or chicken bun to go (I like the spicy pork ones the best)
-  Harbour Centre 
        -  Bali Thai - Cheap and cheerful Indonesian, photo
-  Curry Express (next door to Bali Thai) - yummy curries
 
Non Asian
    -  So.cial, 332 Water Street - excellent sandwiches, get there early, buy 2 and split it (it's cheaper)
-  Brioche (spaghetti salsicce and any of their soups, it's all good)
-  Jules Bistro, 216 Abbott (steak frites with peppercorn sauce! not cheap but delicious)
-  Harbour Centre
-  $1 pizza slice on Seymour at Pender just South of the Wosk Centre for cheap and cheerful fast food pizza
Dinner
All of the above, also
    -  Phnom Penh
-  Guu in Gastown (Japanese pub style food)
-  Chambar, 562 Beatty - Belgian and Moroccan delicious food!
 
  
Comments
Don't forget
For people in a hurry, there's a food court in the basement of the SFU Harbour Centre. And for people who are cheap and in a hurry, there are the 2 pizza places on Seymour and Pender ($1 or so a slice).
great updated the page
what are the names of the pizza places?