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1. Granville Island Public Market
Vancouver, BC V6H 3S3
(604) 666-6477
Categories:
Grocery,
Fruits & Veggies
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
I think I should just live on Granville island. I mean, it's got everything a person could ever need -- fresh fruit and veggies, butchers and fish mongers, flower shops and bakeries, coffee and art supplies, books and clothes, a community centre,…More »
2. Marquis Wine Cellars
Vancouver, BC V6E 1M3
(604) 684-0445
Category:
Beer, Wine & Spirits
Neighbourhood: West End
I love wine, but buying it can sometimes be tricky. Constantly on the lookout for a new kind to try, I find asking for wine recommendations at most BC Liquor stores about as useful as asking the busker outside The Bay what espresso machine he'd…More »
3. Whole Foods: Capers Community Market
Vancouver, BC V6G 1C8
(604) 687-5288
Categories:
Delis,
Health Food Store,
Grocery
Neighbourhood: West End
Sigh.
- Capers had some nice soft lighting; Whole Foods has kind of... brightened things up -- you know, just enough to be annoying, but not enough to really know why exactly you're annoyed.
- Capers' staff seemed genuinely happy to help and were…More »
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/24/2011
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that I adore Capers this much? I don't know for sure, but I do… Read more »
4. Fresh Is Best
Fresh IS best! Spicy salsa, intense guacamole, fresh tortillas, all gluten free!
How is it that I've been buying their products for years without actually knowing that they have a store in Kits? I've walked past Fresh is Best so many times over the…More »
5. BC Liquor
Vancouver, BC V6G 1E1
(604) 660-9031
Category:
Beer, Wine & Spirits
Neighbourhood: West End
Oh Store 233, my friendly neighbourhood liquor vendor you. Your selection is vast, your staff is friendly, your shoplifters are shirtless and entertaining, you carry my favourite French wines and Scottish whiskeys. You are clean and only faintly…More »
6. Safeway
Vancouver, BC V6G 1E2
(604) 683-6155
Categories:
Delis,
Sandwiches,
Florists
Neighbourhood: West End
True story:
Man wandering through the produce section, sticking random bananas, oranges, apples, limes (wtf?) and any other piece of fruit he can fit into his jacket. Intrigued, I follow him through the store. Man continues to stuff his jacket with…More »
2 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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8/24/2011
Blugh. This place is so depressing. Anemic-looking meat, hard tomatoes that didn't have a chance to… Read more »
7. Denman Place Wines
Vancouver, BC V6G 2M4
(604) 633-1863
Category:
Beer, Wine & Spirits
Neighbourhood: West End
They may not have the biggest wine selection in the city, but those they do carry are by far some of my favourites. And if they don't happen to have my favourite chenin blanc, the staff will suggest something just as good. They know their wine, they…More »
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/9/2011
I walk past the Denman Place mall on a daily basis and physically go into the time warp at least a… Read more »
8. Tango's Gourmet Meats
Vancouver, BC V6G 2L9
(604) 681-2121
Categories:
Delis,
Meat Shops
Neighbourhood: West End
I like my meat two ways and two ways only: (1) fresh (read: local), and (2) organic. Bonus points if it's affordable. Enter Tango's: a slightly unassuming little mom n' pop meat shop in the west end. High quality cuts of viande sold by nice people…More »
9. Oyama Sausage Company
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
(604) 327-7407
Categories:
Meat Shops,
Cheese Shops
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
MEAT.
Cured meat, ground meat, cut meat, sausaged meat, game meat, duck meat, boar meat, sake-cured meat, fruit-infused meat, organic meat, local meat, free-range meat -- it's all about the MEAT, people!
I'm hosting a sausage party, and Oyama's…More »
10. Big Lou's Butcher Shop
Vancouver, BC V6A 0B6
(604) 566-9229
Categories:
Meat Shops,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside
I'm a sucker for meat. For real though. And cured meat? Gimme some of that and I'm putty in the hands of the provider.
A tribute to old school butcher shops, a stylish addition to Vancouver's food scene, a welcome change in the Railtown landscape, Big…More »
11. No Frills
A go-to Vancouver-proper place to buy No Name goods (a brand that's bomb for so many things -- it's cheap, it's actually kind of good mostly, and the branding is sick), this is by far the least depressing No Frills I've ever been in.
Still the same…More »
12. Sunrise Markets
Vancouver, BC V6A 1G4
(604) 685-8019
Category:
Grocery
Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside
I don't come to Sunrise for the best "grade A" produce, I don't even come here for the second best ('B' produce?) -- I come to Sunrise for the cheapest groceries to be found in all of Vancouver. Hell, they're the cheapest to be found *anywhere* in…More »
13. Rice World
Vancouver, BC V6A 2Y9
(604) 683-7833
Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside
What a strange little place. Don't expect any frills here, because it's not what you're gonna get. What you will find is boxes upon boxes, row after row of the cheapest fish sauce, soy sauce, plum sauce, hot sauce, shrimp paste, bean paste and every…More »
14. Buy-Low Foods
The name just happens to be Buy-Low, I'm sure of it. Has anyone *reeeally* bought very low here? A bit of a misnomer, really... psshht, semantics. BUT in a strange little mall like Kingsgate, what more can a person expect?
So here we are, at Buy-Low.…More »
15. Nesters Market
Vancouver, BC V6B
(604) 688-7550
Category:
Grocery
Neighbourhoods: Gastown, Downtown Eastside
Limited selection. Way overpriced. Super friendly staff. That about sums the Nesters experience.
Also, ironic that most of the deli department employees are vegetarian. Maybe that's their whole plan? Shrewdly placing insider-vegans in the meat…More »
16. Granville Island
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
(604) 685-8335
Category:
Parks
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
Maaan, how could a person *not* give Granville Island 5 stars? It's an island, people. It does what it do, and do it does well. You don't need to be loaded with dollah bills to enjoy this place -- instead you can just wander. Window shop. Stop to…More »
17. No Frills
Eeeugh, whatever you do, do not -- let me repeat, DO NOT -- touch the baskets. Yellow like the colour of my skin reflecting the fluorescent lighting and bouncing from the sickly bright yellow signs, these bad boys show every. single. grubby little…More »
18. Liberty Wine Merchants
Vancouver, BC V6H 3S2
(604) 602-1120
Categories:
Wineries,
Beer, Wine & Spirits
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
As if I need another excuse to spend even more cash while at Granville Island, but here we are, Liberty Wine Merchants. We meet again. I need me a wine to go with this stinky cheese and cured meat I just bought from Oyama, or these fresh oysters from…More »
19. Save On Foods
What a racket.
At what point did Save On become more expensive than Safeway? Yes, there's that whole Save On card thing, but who the hell ever carries it in their wallet? Oh, right -- the keychain. Nice idea in theory, but really it's basically just…More »
20. Figaro's Garden
Vancouver, BC V5N 4K2
(604) 253-1696
Category:
Nurseries & Gardening
Neighbourhoods: Grandview-Woodlands, The Drive
In a time not to long ago in a place not too far away, I lived on a farm. Yes, I am a farmer's daughter (save your jokes for later, please). My summers were spent begging my dad to try driving the tractor (to this day, I still never have), gathering…More »
21. Bosa Foods
Vancouver, BC V5L 4E2
(604) 253-5578
When it comes to any and all things Italian food, this place is boss. Cheese and olives and oils and pastas and prosciutto and antipasto and sausages and artichokes and shelves upon shelves of sauces and spreads and pestos (plural!) -- they're all…More »
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