Guidebook for Vancouver
Food Scene
Best...sandwiches...ever!!! It’s take out only but beats subway hands down every time.
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La Grotta Del Formaggio
1791 Commercial DrBest...sandwiches...ever!!! It’s take out only but beats subway hands down every time.
Drinks & Nightlife
Local pub for a pint. Offsales beer and wine store beside.
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Toby's Liquor Store- Commercial Drive
2733 Commercial DrLocal pub for a pint. Offsales beer and wine store beside.
This place a few blocks up the drive but worth the stroll. They have a lot of different beers to try and even a sampler. The food is good too.
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St. Augustine's
2360 Commercial DrThis place a few blocks up the drive but worth the stroll. They have a lot of different beers to try and even a sampler. The food is good too.
Getting Around
A key transit hub in Vancouver. Two skytrain lines. Be downtown in 10 mins. Convention center 15 mins. Rogers arena is just two stops away. Train station and science world is one stop away. Also a major bus route. The 99 B line goes down Broadway all the way to UBC.
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Commercial Platform 3 station
A key transit hub in Vancouver. Two skytrain lines. Be downtown in 10 mins. Convention center 15 mins. Rogers arena is just two stops away. Train station and science world is one stop away. Also a major bus route. The 99 B line goes down Broadway all the way to UBC.
Essentials
Major grocery store and pharmacy. Good for all your staples.
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Safeway Broadway & Commercial
1780 E BroadwayMajor grocery store and pharmacy. Good for all your staples.
City Avenue Market
2279 Commercial DrSome specialty groceries and lots of fresh produce
Parks & Nature
This is a great like lake and piece of nature in the city. Walking distance from the house. It has a great new playground outside the community center with sandpit. There’s a trail that goes around the lake easily walked in about 15 mins. A little beach forthe kids and a dog park on the other side. The farmers market is also here on saturdays in the spring and summer.
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Trout Lake Beach
This is a great like lake and piece of nature in the city. Walking distance from the house. It has a great new playground outside the community center with sandpit. There’s a trail that goes around the lake easily walked in about 15 mins. A little beach forthe kids and a dog park on the other side. The farmers market is also here on saturdays in the spring and summer.
Entertainment & Activities
A newly built community center. It has an ice rink and a play gym on Everyday except Saturday for little kids 10am-12-pm for about $3. Ride on toys , tunnels, play mats age 6mo-4 years I believe. Contact the center to confirm before going. There also a great gym to workout and lots of classes on like yoga and Pilates available for drop in.
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Trout Lake Community Centre
3360 Victoria DrA newly built community center. It has an ice rink and a play gym on Everyday except Saturday for little kids 10am-12-pm for about $3. Ride on toys , tunnels, play mats age 6mo-4 years I believe. Contact the center to confirm before going. There also a great gym to workout and lots of classes on like yoga and Pilates available for drop in.
Just two skytrain stops away. Hockey games, concerts and everything in between.
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Rogers Arena
800 Griffiths WayJust two skytrain stops away. Hockey games, concerts and everything in between.