Tag Archives | Main Street

The Rumpus Room, Main at 11th, more retro ambience for Mount Pleasant

If there was a local restaurant award for set decoration, the newly minted Rumpus Room on Main at 11th would get the prize. They’ve taken the old “Juicy Fried Chicken” location and converted it into a dive bar, circa 1973. Why they’ve chosen this particular period to harken back to is a bit of a [...]

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Helping the developers

Mount Pleasant residents are enlisted by a property development company to help move gentrification forward.

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Retro Pomo Boho

Lucy’s Retro diner emulates real diner food a little too well.

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Taco Hunt / 7 > Budgie’s Burritos

The cavernous, ragtag “Budgies Burritos” on Kingsway below Broadway is a popular spot for a meat-less lunch in the neighbourhood.

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Main Street Alleyway

There’s been a recent round of graffiti clean up in the alleyway west of Main from 16th to 25th, but now a doorway artist has sprung up and a couple in impromptu murals have been sparred.

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Broadway & Kingsway Hi-Rise > Open House (April 12), Report

If the April 12 Open House at Heritage Hall, presented by the developer Rize Alliance, was designed to address concerns made at the heavily attended Community Review Workshop, it failed miserably.

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April 12 > Open House for the Hi-Rise development

Mark down April 12 on your calendars – An Open House for the Hi-Rise development at Broadway & Kingsway.

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Broadway & Kingsway > Hi-rise Complex Planned

Report from the “Community Review Workshop” on the proposed massive hi-rise aimed at Kingsway & Broadway.

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Mystery Meal / 2

Which Vancouver restaurant is responsible for this classic British dish?

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Reno’s Cafe

Reno’s restaurant on Broadway, one of the dying breed of the “greasy spoons”.

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