NEW CONDO DEVELOPMENT
“The affordable ones!”

1. Shangri-La
     1277 Robson Street
2. Woodwards
     101 West Hastings Street
3. King Edward Village
     4078 Knight Street
     1402 Kingsway

HOME-IMPROVEMENT STORE

1. Home Depot
     Various locations
2. Rona
     Various locations
3. Home Hardware
     Various locations

PLACE TO GET A MORTGAGE
“Hmmm… Scotiabank seems to think we’re richer than we think”

1. Vancity
     Various locations
2. RBC Royal Bank
     Various locations
3. ING Direct (tie)
     Various locations
   TD Canada Trust (tie)
     Various locations

PLACE TO BUY RRSPs

1. Vancity
   Various locations
2. RBC Royal Bank
     Various locations
3. ING Direct
     Various locations

PLACE TO MAKE A BET
“Vancouver real-estate market”,
“Corner of Granville and West 70th to see if you get run over crossing the street”

1. Hastings Racecourse
     Hastings Park Racecourse
2. River Rock Casino
     8811 River Road, Richmond
3. Edgewater Casino
     311–750 Pacific Boulevard

PET SUPPLY STORE

1. Tisol
     Various locations
2. Petcetera
     Various locations
3. Bosley’s
     Various locations

ANIMAL HOSPITAL

1. Granville Island Animal Hospital
     1635 West 4th Avenue
2. Atlas Animal Hospital
     Various locations
3. SPCA Animal Hospital (tie)
     Various locations
   Yaletown Pet Hospital (tie)
     79 Smithe Street

TATTOO STUDIO

1. SacredHeart Tattoo and Body Piercing
     Various locations
2. Adrenaline Professional Body Piercing & Tattoos
     982 Granville Street
3. ElectroLadyLux Tattoos
     876 Commercial Drive

SHOPPING CENTRE
“Heteropolis at Heterotown…sadly”,
“Metrotown—if only they could move it downtown!”

1. Metropolis at Metrotown
     4700 Kingsway, Burnaby
2. Pacific Centre
     700 West Georgia Street
3. Oakridge Centre
     650 West 41st Avenue

GIFT SHOP
“Liquidation World—no lie”

1. Obsessions
     Various locations
2. LouLou
     3067 West Broadway
3. Briers on 4th Avenue
     2070 West 4th Ave

COMIC BOOK SHOP

1. The Comic Shop
     2089 West 4th Avenue
2. Golden Age Collectables
     852 Granville Street
3. Elfsar Collection
     1007 Hamilton Street

MUSIC STORE (CHAIN)

1. HMV
     Various locations
2. A&B Sound
     13260 Delf Place, Richmond
3. Future Shop
     Various locations

MUSIC STORE (INDIE)
“Magic Flute—unfortunately now gone!”

1. Zulu Records
     1972 West 4th Ave
2. Red Cat Records
     4307 Main Street
3. Scratch Records   
   726 Richards Street

MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT STORE
“Long & McQuade (or preferably your local luthier)”

1. Long & McQuade
     Various locations
2. Tom Lee Music
     Various locations
3. Prussin Music
     3607 West Broadway

BOOKSTORE (INDIE)

1. Duthie Books Fourth Avenue
     2239 West 4th Avenue
2. Banyen Books & Sound
     3608 West 4th Avenue
3. Book Warehouse
     Various locations

BOOKSTORE (CHAIN)

1. Chapters
     Various locations
2. Book Warehouse
     Various locations
3. Indigo
     Various locations

SECONDHAND BOOKSTORE

1. Pulpfiction Books
     2422 Main Street
     3133 West Broadway
2. Tanglewood Books
     1553 West Broadway
3. Bibliophile (tie)
     2010 Commercial Drive
   MacLeods Books (tie)
     455 West Pender Street

TOY STORE OR TOY DEPARTMENT

1. Toys R Us
     Various locations
2. The Toybox
     3002 West Broadway
3. Kids Only Market
     1496 Cartwright Street

FLOWER SHOP

1. The Flower Factory
     3604 Main Street
2. Angela & Gabriel’s Flowers
     Various locations
3. Flowerbox (tie)
     1704 Charles Street
   Garlands Florist (tie)
     2950 West Broadway

GARDENING STORE

1. Art Knapp’s
     Various locations
2. GardenWorks
     Various locations
3. Figaro’s Garden
     1896 Victoria Drive

ANTIQUE/REPRODUCTION FURNITURE STORE

1. Antique Warehouse
     226 Southwest Marine Drive
2. Attic Treasures (tie)
     944 Commercial Drive
   Farmhouse Furniture Collections (tie)
     2915 Granville Street
     1098 Southwest Marine Drive
3. Antique Market (tie)
     4280 Main Street
   Country Furniture (tie)
     3097 Granville Street
   Red Rose Antiques (tie)
     4285 Main Street

APPLIANCE STORE

1. Sears
     Various locations
2. Trail Appliances
     Various locations
3. Future Shop
     Various locations

FURNITURE STORE (CHAIN)

1. IKEA
     1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
     3200 Sweden Way, Richmond
2. EQ3
     Various locations
3. The Brick (tie)
     Various locations
   Urban Barn (tie)
     Various locations

FURNITURE STORE (INDEPENDENT)
“I don’t have enough money for anything except IKEA”

1. INspiration Furniture
     2275 West 6th Avenue
2. Inform Interiors (tie)
     97 Water Street
   Koolhaus (tie)
     2199 West 4th Avenue
3. Moe’s Home Collection (tie)
     2360 Granville Street
     1728 Glen Drive
   Once a Tree (tie)
     750 Southwest Marine Drive

SPECIALTY FURNITURE STORE
“What is specialty furniture?”

1. IKEA (tie)
     1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
     3200 Sweden Way, Richmond
   Inform Interiors (tie)
     97 Water Street
2. INspiration Furniture
     1275 West 6th Avenue
3. Moe’s Home Collection
     2360 Granville Street
     1728 Glen Drive

KITCHENWARE STORE

1. Ming Wo
     Various locations
2. Cookworks
     1548 West Broadway
     377 Howe Street
3. IKEA
     1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
     3200 Sweden Way, Richmond

HOME ELECTRONICS STORE

1. Future Shop
     Various locations
2. Best Buy
     Various locations
3. A&B Sound
     13260 Delf Place, Richmond

HOME ACCESSORY/DECOR STORE

1. IKEA
     1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
   3200 Sweden Way, Richmond
3. Home Sense
     Various locations
4. Home Werx
     1055 Davie Street

PLACE TO BUY A CAR STEREO SYSTEM AND HAVE IT INSTALLED
“Steal one and install it yourself”

1. A&B Sound
   13260 Delf Place, Richmond
2. Future Shop
   Various locations
3. Beamriders Sound & Video (tie)
   Various locations
   Ralph’s Radio (tie)
   220 East 1st Avenue

AUTO SERVICE (INDEPENDENT)
“The guy who fixes my car…can’t remember his name. I guess that’s not very helpful”

1. Nic’s Garage
   120 West 1st Avenue
2. Auto Repairs Are Wee
   1115 Kingsway
3. Kon Auto Service (tie)
   1327 Venables Street
   Varsity Motors (tie)
   2880 Arbutus Street

AUTO SERVICE (CHAIN)

1. Canadian Tire
   Various locations
2. Midas
   Various locations
3. Mr. Lube
   Various locations

NEW-CAR DEALER

1. Jim Pattison Downtown Toyota
   1290 Burrard Street
2. Brian Jessel BMW
   2311 Boundary Road
3. Clarkdale VW (tie)
   4575 Main Street
   Happy Honda (tie)
   4780 East Hastings Street

USED-CAR DEALER
“Where you can buy a car and it turns out to be an alien robot”

1. Budget Car Sales
   Various locations
2. Clarkdale Motors
   4575 Main Street
3. Carter Honda
   1502 West 3rd Avenue

SCOOTER DEALER

1. Vespa Vancouver
   1535 West 4th Avenue
2. Carter Honda (tie)
   Various locations
   GWEV (tie)
   3825 Main Street
   
3. Vancouver Yamaha
   1768 East Hastings Street

MOTORCYCLE DEALER

1. Trev Deeley Motorcycles
   2375 Boundary Road
2. Carter Honda
   1502 West 3rd Avenue
   11–1300 Woolridge Street, Coquitlam
3. John Valk BMW Ducati
   278 West 1st Avenue

CAR RENTAL

1. Enterprise
   Various locations
2. Budget
   Various locations
3. National Car Rental
   Various locations

PLACE TO PIMP YOUR RIDE
“Are we really using this term now?”

1. Showtime Customs
   3822 1st Avenue, Burnaby
2. Beamriders Sound & Video Limited
   Various locations
3. Lowriders Unlimited
   101–8250 124th Street, Surrey