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Sorrento Barbers

Meet Massimo, Joe, Vince, and Elena at Sorrento Barbers, 2417 E. Hastings. Joe opened the store over forty years ago, when Massimo and Vince each…

Baaad Anna’s Yarn Store

Meet Nicola at Baaad Anna’s Yarn Store, 2667 E. Hastings. Nicola has worked at the specialty yarn shop for thee years, and loves teaching the skill…

Steam Tea House

Meet Nolan at Steam Tea House, 2342 E. Hastings (inside Donald’s Market). Nolan has sold single estate and micro-batch tea from the smallest tea shop in Vancouver…

West Coast Tattoo

Meet Thomas Lockhart, owner of West Coast Tattoo, formerly located at 620 Davie St. Thomas moved his famous tattoo shop to 2108 E. Hastings five…

Storm Brewing

Meet James at Storm Brewing, 310 Commercial Drive. Storm is the oldest operating craft brewery in East Van, renowned for producing innovative, unpretentious, award-winning craft beers…

Odd Society Spirits

Have you been to Odd Society Spirits yet? Odd Society is a small-batch craft distillery on 1725 Powell St Check out their website and  video.

Save the date: Santa and the Carollers Saturday Dec 14, 11am – 3pm

Santa and the NOEL Christmas Caroling Trio will be visiting Hastings Street Saturday, December 14, from 11 am – 3 pm. Be sure to stop and say…

Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau

Meet Diego, Chris, and Leona at the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, 1870 Pandora St. Chris and his team have already shipped 50,000 toys for kids in…

Shop Local

Our merchants have lots of locally-made goodies for your table, tree, or stocking. Shop local this holiday and keep your money working in your community.

Westcoast Guitars

A warm welcome to Shannon and Glen at Westcoast Guitars Vancouver, 110-2741 E. Hastings St. This is the pair’s third music store (the previous two were…

Edible Vancouver features the East Village

Big thanks to Claire Livia Lassam and Edible Vancouver for the wonderful feature on our commercial district in this month’s issue! Great to see nods to our…

The Wreaths are up!

We hope you enjoy a little holiday cheer under our festive wreaths this season!

Christmas Window Decorating Contest

Vote by ballot at participating stores for the best-decorated window in our commercial district, November 20 to December 15. Merchants, please call 604-215-2401 to register…

Beauty Cosmetic and Fragrance – 10 Year Anniversary

10th ANNIVERSARY SALE: Saturday, November 23rd, 11 am to 7 pm at Beauty Cosmetic and Fragrance Inc., 2542 E. Hastings. Amazing deals include 50% off spa…

Help Laughing Bean Coffee Help those in need from the Philippines Typhoon Disaster

Laughing Bean Coffee will be holding a fundraiser in benefit of the Phillipines Typhoon Disaster. – thousands dead… – nearly 600,000 displaced… – utter devastation…

New Business: The Brighton

Very pleased to announce that The Brighton, a pub-style restaurant, is scheduled to open its doors Tuesday, November 12, at 2471 E. Hastings St. We wish…

Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Meet Anna, manager of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society at 2775 E. Hastings. Anna, who has worked with the society since 1999, fell in love with tap…

Marke from Platform 7 Coffee

Meet Marke at Platform 7 Coffee, 2331 E. Hastings. The coffee shop has been open less than a month, but has already generated considerable excitement for…

London Drugs – Token Fundraiser

These reusable shopping cart tokens are being sold at all LondonDrugs stores for the month of October; the $5 pair of tokens benefit a local non-profit, the Aboriginal…

Zimba Design

Meet Pam at Zimba Design, 1916 Triumph St. Zimba, a Southern African word meaning ‘shelter,’ offers complete site and space planning, from building to interior design….

Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Meet Barbara Vargas and her students, Quinn, Bram, Jamie, and Roman, at Vancouver Tap Dance Society, 2775 E. Hastings. Find out about the society’s fall line-up…

Parallel 49 Brewing Company

Congrats to Parallel 49 Brewing Company, included in a list of 11 best new Canadian breweries by The Huffington Post Canada. Cheers!

Windsor Meats

Meet Jesse and Dave at Windsor Meat Co. East Village, 2267 E. Hastings. Dave and Jesse have worked for Windsor Meat Co. for almost 5 years,…

Steam Tea House

Congratulations to Nolan at Steam Tea House on being featured in the fall edition of Edible Vancouver. Read all about it on page 59 & 60.Free copies available…