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Hasty Market
Category: Food Convenience Stores Convenience Stores [Edit]
3150 Main StVancouver, BC V5T 3G7
Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant, Riley Park
(604) 874-9309
8 reviews for Hasty Market
8 reviews in English
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Review from Robin M.
8/24/2011
Hasty Market, Nasty Market, Hasty Market, Nasty Market, Hasty Market, Nasty Market...
And so it goes. Year after year, month after month, some clever soul with a bucket of black paint, a paintbrush, and a will to keep tradition alive, changes that H to an N. And it just keeps getting changed back.
You would think that after all of this time, after all of these years, Hasty Market would just change its name altogether. But man, I'm glad it hasn't. Every time I pass by I make sure to look -"has it changed? Is the H an N? Is the N back to an H?"
5¢ candies, cans of Coke, over-priced bags of Oreos - it's really just a convenience store... just so happens to have become a pretty special spot in the Vancouver landscape. -
Review from Isabelle G.
Vancouver, BC
1/15/2012
It's weird for me in general to be reviewing a convenience store, however, I have a personal attachment to this store. My parents were the original owners of this store before it sold down the line to numerous owners. I have memories of working there, the old layout is still imprinted in my mind as fresh as the first day.
As I was walking home over the weekend from the record store, I decided to pop in for the first time in literally 14 years. I never did before hand 'cause I never used to hang around the hood and then when my dad passed, didn't want to be emotional. I decided to suck it up and walk in and look at the changed layout and what they had to offer.
I didn't have any intention of buying anything that day, I just wanted to remember in my own way.
I was pleasantly surprised and relived that not only is it in good hands at the moment but the selection has the convenience store staples but a few specialty products as well. The owners are super friendly, just like my dad and his brother were when they owned it back in the day.
It took me 10 minutes to decide on a soda pop to drink 'cause other than your usual suspects IE: Spite, Coke, Pepsi, 7-UP etc., they had specialty pops from different parts of the world. They had rare unusual flavors that I would pay up to $4 a bottle elsewhere and here, at reasonable price. I even found my favorite soda pop Zevia and some cool Seattle based sodas (without having to go to Seattle). I am now on a mission to try all the colas before the end of the year.
It's awesome to see a convenience store having faith with unique drink products in hopes that the customer ship is there besides banking on the usual varieties.
I feel good knowing that it is in the right hands. Cheers.Listed in: Favorite Places on Main to…
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Review from Quinn O.
Vancouver, BC
8/24/2011
Other than the constant fight between whomever decides to change the "H" in "HASTY" to an "N," there's not much to distinguish this from any other 24-hour, independently operated convenience store. The guy behind the counter is always nice enough and if you need a carton of juice or a loaf of bread, etc in the middle of the night, they've got you covered.
But I'm giving it five stars because they always have Cherry Coke. -
Review from Derek W.
1/1/2011
Two words: Vanilla Coke. Oh for 2004, when Vanilla Coke was available everywhere normal coke was sold. Nowadays, you have to make a pilgrimage to Hasty Market on Main for your Vanilla, Cherry, or Diet Cherry Coke.
It can't be easy to distinguish yourself as a convenience store merchant, but Hasty Market somehow manages to do so. I find most convenience stories oppressively bright and institutional. Hasty market manages to offer just the right amount of cluttered goods, with options for exotic beverages (see Vanilla Coke mention above) in the coolers along the back wall at not unreasonable prices. And the gentlmen behind the counter are unusually friendly and helpful. When's the last time you saw a convenience store clerk actually get out from behind the counter and show a confused customer where an item is?
I never imagined I would write a review for a convenience store on Yelp, but Hasty Market has earned it. -
Review from Rheanna F.
Vancouver, BC
1/17/2011
I really like how they have never bothered to fix the slight typographical touch-up done to their 'HASTY MARKET' sign. With one ingenious stroke of paint, someone has changed an otherwise innocuous store facade to made-you-look NASTY MARKET.
I don't know if it's apathy or ingenuity that has led the owners to leave the sign as is, but either way, it deserves a five. -
Review from Rich B.
8/2/2009
Let's face it, Hasty Market is pretty much like any other convenience store. more convenient than some, less convenient than others. Entirely unremarkable, apart from one very important thing - the letter 'H' looks almost exactly like an 'N'. Makes me laugh like a drain every time I go past, which is pretty much twice a day. I get funny looks on the number 3, but I just can't help myself.
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Review from Nadine N.
Vancouver, BC
9/27/2008
Hasty Market has a really good supply of sweet treats for a corner store. In addition to the usual Kit Kats and Coffe Crisp bars, Hasty Market also has a lot of other premium chocolate bars. If it's ice cream that you are in the mood for you'll lots of varieties from Cadbury bars to Ben and Jerry's. They also have all the usual stuff like potato chips, lottery tickets, and cigarettes, but who cares about that.
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Review from Victoria R.
BC
1/8/2009
There has to be a Hasty Market in every neighbourhood in the city. This corner store has style though. Your usual junk food candidates emerge on the shelves: Canned goods, chips and nuts, candy bars, chocolate and other items fill the store. It sells flowers, lottery tickets, cigarettes and frozen treats. I wish corner stores here were like in SF. They carry organic products there, gosh darn it. I want quality organic products to eat and my grocery store.
