Food & Drink shopping in Vancouver
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Purdy’s Chocolates
Like a beacon to the weary, this purple-painted chocolate purveyor stands at the corner of Granville and W 11th Ave calling your name. It’s a homegrown British Columbia business with outlets dotted like candy sprinkles across the city, and it’s hard not to pick up a few treats for the road here. Among the favorites are the chocolate hedgehogs, peanut-butter daisies and sweet Georgia browns – roasted pecans wrapped in caramel and chocolate. Check out the sales racks after Christmas and Valentine’s Day for dramatic bargains.
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Dutch Girl Chocolates
This little creaky-floored shop is artfully draped with an Aladdin’s cave of totally irresistible choc treats, many made in the kitchen you’ll glimpse through the hatch out back. Pick up some milk, white or dark chocolate models of cars or tennis racquets, peruse the old-fashioned jars of liquorice sweeties or create a selection box of handmade truffles and bonbons from the cabinet by the counter. And if you’re a visiting Netherlander pining for home, you can pick up all your fave branded Dutch confections right here.
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Konbiniya Japan Centre
At a point on Robson St where the generic chain stores dry up and the Asian businesses begin, this is the kind of colorful, chaotic, even tacky store frequently seen in Tokyo’s clamorous suburbs. It’s the best place in town for Pocky chocolate sticks, wasabi-flavored Kit Kats and Melty Kiss candies, hence the homesick language students shuffling around the aisles. If your accommodation is self-catering, this is a good place to pick up cheap noodles and currymixes.
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La Grotta Del Formaggio
If you insist on eating something other than chocolate or ice cream, drop into this legendary deli, a holdover from the days when this was Vancouver’s ‘Little Italy.’ Peruse the lip-smacking cheese selection then check out the wall of marzipan, olive oil and cream crackers. A good spot to gather some mighty fine picnic fixings, you can scoff the lot in nearby Grandview Park. Check out the ceiling: it’s painted with clouds like the Sistine Chapel.
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Meinhardt Fine Foods
The culinary equivalent of a sex shop for food fans, the narrow aisles at this swanky deli and grocery emporium are lined with international condiments, luxury canned goods and the kind of tempting treats that everyone should try at least once. Drop by for Christmas goodies or build your perfect picnic from the tempting bread, cheese and cold cuts selections. If you’re salivating too much, check out Picnic, Meinhardt’s adjoining eatery for lunch.
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Ten Lee Hong Enterprises
This authentic Chinese tea and herb shop is a great place to buy supplies of good green, red, white and black teas. The friendly staff – women in cool pink pantsuits – are used to dealing with curious Westerners: they’ll instruct you in the art of how to brew and will also serve you samples so you can find your favorite tipple.
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Mink Chocolates
If chocolate is the main food group in your book, follow your candy-primed nose to this designer choccy shop in the downtown core. Select a handful of souvenir bonbons – little edible artworks embossed with prints of trees and coffee cups – then hit the drinks bar for the best velvety hot choc you’ve ever tasted.
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