Guidebook for Vancouver

Katie
Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

This grocery/coffee shop is literally around the corner from our home. Delicious lattes, lovely croissants, outside seating in a beautiful neighbourhood
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The Mighty Oak
198 W 18th Ave
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This grocery/coffee shop is literally around the corner from our home. Delicious lattes, lovely croissants, outside seating in a beautiful neighbourhood
Popular Vancouver coffee shop with excellent doughnuts
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49th Parallel Café & Lucky's Doughnuts - MAIN
2902 Main St
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Popular Vancouver coffee shop with excellent doughnuts
Tasty comfort food
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Burgoo
3096 Main St
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Tasty comfort food
Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
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Mario's Gelati Ltd.
88 E 1st Ave
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Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
Excellent vegetarian meals, huge nachos
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The Foundation
2301 Main Street
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Excellent vegetarian meals, huge nachos
Good food, nice space
Heartwood Community Cafe
317 E Broadway
Good food, nice space
Some of the best coffee in Vancouver
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Matchstick Fraser St.
639 E 15th Ave
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Some of the best coffee in Vancouver
Delicious chocolates! In the evenings you can order drinks from the take out window and sit in the little "parklet"
Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France
198 East 21st Avenue
Delicious chocolates! In the evenings you can order drinks from the take out window and sit in the little "parklet"
Great fish for cooking, or you can buy ready made salads/candied salmon/actual fish related meals
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The Fish Counter
3825 Main St
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Great fish for cooking, or you can buy ready made salads/candied salmon/actual fish related meals
Good coffee, semi-snobby
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Gene Coffee Bar
2404 Main St
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Good coffee, semi-snobby
Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
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Rocky Mountain Flatbread, Main Street
4186 Main St
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Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
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BierCraft Bistro
3305 Cambie St
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Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
Pretty good sushi!
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Shiro Japanese
3096 Cambie St
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Pretty good sushi!
Classic Vancouver coffee shop
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JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
3010 Main St
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Classic Vancouver coffee shop
Decently priced Italian, nice staff
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Pronto
3473 Cambie Street
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Decently priced Italian, nice staff
Fancy French food, yum
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Pied a Terre
3369 Cambie Street
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Fancy French food, yum
More fancy french food!
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Les Faux Bourgeois
663 E 15th Ave
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More fancy french food!
cheap late night sushi! they have local shows sometimes
Simply Delicious Restaurant & Bar
4316 Main St
cheap late night sushi! they have local shows sometimes
hip restaurant (sister to Cascade Lounge, Charlies Italian, and El Camino) - good weekday specials
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The Union
219 Union St
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hip restaurant (sister to Cascade Lounge, Charlies Italian, and El Camino) - good weekday specials
pretty good sushi
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Hime Sushi
4490 W 10th Ave
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pretty good sushi
popular sushi place, cost effective
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Toshi Sushi
181 E 16th Ave
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popular sushi place, cost effective
weird, kitschy sushi place. sister restaurant to the famed Eatery
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The General Public Sushi Lodge
3289 Main St
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weird, kitschy sushi place. sister restaurant to the famed Eatery
The sushi isn't great but they have 9 dollar pitchers, outdoor seating, and a speaker system that lets you plug in your own music
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Nikkyu Japanese Restaurant
3302 Main St
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The sushi isn't great but they have 9 dollar pitchers, outdoor seating, and a speaker system that lets you plug in your own music
Good thai food
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Bob Likes Thai Food
3755 Main St
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Good thai food
Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
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Tropika
2975 Cambie St
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Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
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Slickity Jim's Chat 'n' Chew
3475 Main St
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Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
Good dimsum
Golden Harvest Seafood Restaurant
4818 Main St
Good dimsum
Pretty good Vietnamese food
Pho Hoang Vietnamese Restaurant
3388 Main Street
Pretty good Vietnamese food
Good Tacos
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Los Cuervos Taqueria & Cantina
603 Kingsway
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Good Tacos
Nummy tacos
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La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop
2450 Yukon St
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Nummy tacos
Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
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Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
1690 Robson St
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Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
Excellent specialty coffee
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Elysian Coffee - Broadway
590 W Broadway
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Excellent specialty coffee
Cute cafe with bike services
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Tandem Bike Cafe (Closed) Bike Shop Open Until Dec 21st
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Cute cafe with bike services
Fancy vegetarian food
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The Acorn Restaurant
3995 Main St
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Fancy vegetarian food
Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
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The Last Crumb Cafe
3080 Main Street
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Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
Simple breakfast foods
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Jethro's Fine Grub
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Simple breakfast foods
Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)
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Earnest Ice Cream
3992 Fraser St
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Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)

Essentials

Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
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Choices Markets
1202 Richards St
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Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
Organic grocery store
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Organic Acres Market
3603 Main St
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Organic grocery store

Shopping

Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
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Neptoon Records
3561 Main St
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Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
Great record store, sells tickets to many events in Vancouver
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Red Cat Records
4386 Main St
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Great record store, sells tickets to many events in Vancouver
Nifty local clothing/lifestyle brand.
Lifetime Collective Little Mountain Workshop
4386 Main St
Nifty local clothing/lifestyle brand.
Yarn emporium!
Three Bags Full Knit Shop
153 Main St
Yarn emporium!
Specialty bookstore, great selection of books & comics
Lucky's Books & Comics
3128 Main St
Specialty bookstore, great selection of books & comics
BOOKS! Mostly used, some new. Great prices!
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Pulp Fiction Books
2422 Main St
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BOOKS! Mostly used, some new. Great prices!
Popular consignment store, excellent selection of new & used clothing and homewares
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Front & Company
3772 Main St
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Popular consignment store, excellent selection of new & used clothing and homewares
Cute specialty stationery store. Button making, letter writing, card making stations. Create your own t-shirts. Great postcards! They have a letter writing club every first Thursday of the month!
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The Regional Assembly of Text
3934 Main St
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Cute specialty stationery store. Button making, letter writing, card making stations. Create your own t-shirts. Great postcards! They have a letter writing club every first Thursday of the month!
Hip young clothes
The Archetype
2549 Main Street
Hip young clothes
cool skate shop. dudes like it
Antisocial Skateboard Shop
2337 Main St
cool skate shop. dudes like it
video store?? sometimes they have local shows
They Live Video
4340 Main St
video store?? sometimes they have local shows
the original Mountain Equipment Co-op location! Great outdoors gear, cheap
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MEC Vancouver
111 E 2nd Ave
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the original Mountain Equipment Co-op location! Great outdoors gear, cheap
Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
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The Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples
3718 Main St
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Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
Modern homewares store
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Vancouver Special
3612 Main St
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Modern homewares store

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent beer selection, nice space
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The Cascade Room
2616 Main St
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Decent beer selection, nice space
Local Vancouver brewery with a good selection of snacks
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33 Acres Brewing Company
15 W 8th Ave
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Local Vancouver brewery with a good selection of snacks
Local Vancouver brewery tasting room with excellent beers, growler fills. Usually has a food truck parked outside from which food can be purchased and brought inside.
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Brassneck Brewery
2148 Main St
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Local Vancouver brewery tasting room with excellent beers, growler fills. Usually has a food truck parked outside from which food can be purchased and brought inside.
Great beers, along the bike route
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Bomber Brewing
1488 Adanac St
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Great beers, along the bike route
"Dive" bar with nice outdoor patio in the summer
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The Narrow Lounge
1898 Main St
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"Dive" bar with nice outdoor patio in the summer
Another "dive" bar, decent beer selection, lots of events, pinball. Well known for queer/LGBT events
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Cobalt Hotel
917 Main St
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Another "dive" bar, decent beer selection, lots of events, pinball. Well known for queer/LGBT events
Fun bar with a lot of shows and events. Sunday burlesque, some fridays they have soul music or Vancouver's favorite "Ice Cream Social"
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Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward St
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Fun bar with a lot of shows and events. Sunday burlesque, some fridays they have soul music or Vancouver's favorite "Ice Cream Social"
Excellent drinks! Fun tiki atmosphere. Food's pretty good too
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The Shameful Tiki Room
4362 Main St
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Excellent drinks! Fun tiki atmosphere. Food's pretty good too
billiards! they have local shows sometimes too
Guys & Dolls Billiards
2434 Main St
billiards! they have local shows sometimes too
cheap bar, easy hangout spot. free pool & darts
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Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro & Bar
730 Main St
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cheap bar, easy hangout spot. free pool & darts
Decent food, good selection of import beers
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Portland Craft
3835 Main St
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Decent food, good selection of import beers
Vancouver's newest hip night spot
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Fox Cabaret
2321 Main St
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Vancouver's newest hip night spot
casual, relaxed, supposedly aussie bar (pool, darts, etc)
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The Anza Club
3 W 8th Ave
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casual, relaxed, supposedly aussie bar (pool, darts, etc)

Everything Else

Popular hang out spot, more often called "Dude Chilling Park". http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/01/10/google-makes-dude-chilling-park-official/
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Guelph Park
2390 Brunswick St
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Popular hang out spot, more often called "Dude Chilling Park". http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/01/10/google-makes-dude-chilling-park-official/
"Vancouver's last true comic book store" - my uncle
Rx Comics
2418 Main St
"Vancouver's last true comic book store" - my uncle
Drop medical clinic, usually short wait times
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Vancouver
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Drop medical clinic, usually short wait times
the best beer store in Vancouver??!
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Brewery Creek Cold Beer & Wine
3045 Main St
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the best beer store in Vancouver??!
Awesome liquor store with walk in beer fridge
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Firefly Fine Wines & Ales
2809 Cambie St
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Awesome liquor store with walk in beer fridge
Great park, tons of green space. Visit the Bloedel Conservatory if you're into birds/tropical plants
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伊麗莎白女王公園
4600 Cambie St
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Great park, tons of green space. Visit the Bloedel Conservatory if you're into birds/tropical plants
Closest skytrain station to our house (15 minute walk)
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愛德華王站
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Closest skytrain station to our house (15 minute walk)
bouldering only!
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The Hive Bouldering Gym
520 Industrial Ave
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bouldering only!
Great place to get photos printed/developed
The Lab Vancouver
295 E 2nd Ave
Great place to get photos printed/developed
Neighbourhood friendly bike store
Ride On It Bike Shop
8722 Granville St
Neighbourhood friendly bike store
another good bike store
The Bike Doctor
137 W Broadway
another good bike store
Community minded bike shop with a teaching philosophy. Often quite busy
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Our Community Bikes
2429 Main St
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Community minded bike shop with a teaching philosophy. Often quite busy
Excellent selection of cheese & charcuterie
Benton Brothers Fine Cheese
1689 Johnston St
Excellent selection of cheese & charcuterie

Entertainment & Activities

Fun interactive family experience
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TELUS World of Science的科學世界
1455 Quebec St
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Fun interactive family experience
Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
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Cliffhanger Climbing Gym
670 Industrial Ave
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Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps
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Mount Pleasant Park
3161 Ontario St
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Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps

Arts & Culture

small movie theatre
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The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie St
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small movie theatre