Best Lifestyle
NEW CONDO DEVELOPMENT
“The affordable ones!”
- Shangri-La
1277 Robson Street - Woodwards
101 West Hastings Street - King Edward Village
4078 Knight Street
1402 Kingsway
HOME-IMPROVEMENT STORE
- Home Depot
Various locations - Rona
Various locations - Home Hardware
Various locations
PLACE TO GET A MORTGAGE
“Hmmm”¦ Scotiabank seems to think we’re richer than we think”
- Vancity
Various locations - RBC Royal Bank
Various locations - ING Direct (tie)
Various locations
TD Canada Trust (tie)
Various locations
PLACE TO BUY RRSPs
- Vancity
Various locations - RBC Royal Bank
Various locations - 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”
- Hastings Racecourse
Hastings Park Racecourse - River Rock Casino
8811 River Road, Richmond - Edgewater Casino
311–750 Pacific Boulevard
PET SUPPLY STORE
- Tisol
Various locations - Petcetera
Various locations - Bosley’s
Various locations
- Granville Island Animal Hospital
1635 West 4th Avenue - Atlas Animal Hospital
Various locations - SPCA Animal Hospital (tie)
Various locations
Yaletown Pet Hospital (tie)
79 Smithe Street
- SacredHeart Tattoo and Body Piercing
Various locations - Adrenaline Professional Body Piercing & Tattoos
982 Granville Street - ElectroLadyLux Tattoos
876 Commercial Drive
SHOPPING CENTRE
“Heteropolis at Heterotown”¦sadly”,
“Metrotown—if only they could move it downtown!”
- Metropolis at Metrotown
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby - Pacific Centre
700 West Georgia Street - Oakridge Centre
650 West 41st Avenue
GIFT SHOP
“Liquidation World—no lie”
- Obsessions
Various locations - LouLou
3067 West Broadway - Briers on 4th Avenue
2070 West 4th Ave
- The Comic Shop
2089 West 4th Avenue - Golden Age Collectables
852 Granville Street - Elfsar Collection
1007 Hamilton Street
- HMV
Various locations - A&B Sound
Various locations - Future Shop
Various locations
MUSIC STORE (INDIE)
“Magic Flute—unfortunately now gone!”
- Zulu Records
1972 West 4th Ave - Red Cat Records
4307 Main Street - Scratch Records
726 Richards Street
MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT STORE
“Long & McQuade (or preferably your local luthier)”
- Long & McQuade
Various locations - Tom Lee Music
Various locations - Prussin Music
3607 West Broadway
- Duthie Books Fourth Avenue
2239 West 4th Avenue - Banyen Books & Sound
3608 West 4th Avenue - Book Warehouse
Various locations
BOOKSTORE (CHAIN)
- Chapters
Various locations - Book Warehouse
Various locations - Indigo
Various locations
SECONDHAND BOOKSTORE
- Pulpfiction Books
2422 Main Street
3133 West Broadway - Tanglewood Books
1553 West Broadway - Bibliophile (tie)
2010 Commercial Drive
MacLeods Books (tie)
455 West Pender Street
- Toys R Us
Various locations - The Toybox
3002 West Broadway - Kids Only Market
1496 Cartwright Street
- The Flower Factory
3604 Main Street - Angela & Gabriel’s Flowers
Various locations - Flowerbox (tie)
1704 Charles Street
Garlands Florist (tie)
2950 West Broadway
GARDENING STORE
- Art Knapp’s
Various locations - GardenWorks
Various locations - Figaro’s Garden
1896 Victoria Drive
ANTIQUE/REPRODUCTION FURNITURE STORE
- Antique Warehouse
226 Southwest Marine Drive - Attic Treasures (tie)
944 Commercial Drive
Farmhouse Furniture Collections (tie)
2915 Granville Street
1098 Southwest Marine Drive - Antique Market (tie)
4280 Main Street
Country Furniture (tie)
3097 Granville Street
Red Rose Antiques (tie)
4285 Main Street
APPLIANCE STORE
- Sears
Various locations - Trail Appliances
Various locations - Future Shop
Various locations
FURNITURE STORE (CHAIN)
- IKEA
1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
3200 Sweden Way, Richmond - EQ3
Various locations - The Brick (tie)
Various locations
Urban Barn (tie)
Various locations
FURNITURE STORE (INDEPENDENT)
“I don’t have enough money for anything except IKEA”
- INspiration Furniture
2275 West 6th Avenue - Inform Interiors (tie)
97 Water Street
Koolhaus (tie)
2199 West 4th Avenue - 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?”
- IKEA (tie)
1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
3200 Sweden Way, Richmond
Inform Interiors (tie)
97 Water Street - INspiration Furniture
1275 West 6th Avenue - Moe’s Home Collection
2360 Granville Street
1728 Glen Drive
KITCHENWARE STORE
- Ming Wo
Various locations - Cookworks
1548 West Broadway
377 Howe Street - IKEA
1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
3200 Sweden Way, Richmond
HOME ELECTRONICS STORE
- Future Shop
Various locations - Best Buy
Various locations - A&B Sound
Various locations
HOME ACCESSORY/DECOR STORE
- IKEA
1000 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam
3200 Sweden Way, Richmond - Home Sense
Various locations - Home Werx
1055 Davie Street
PLACE TO BUY A CAR STEREO SYSTEM AND HAVE IT INSTALLED
“Steal one and install it yourself”
- A&B Sound
Various locations - Future Shop
Various locations - 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”
- Nic’s Garage
120 West 1st Avenue - Auto Repairs Are Wee
1115 Kingsway - Kon Auto Service (tie)
1327 Venables Street
Varsity Motors (tie)
2880 Arbutus Street
AUTO SERVICE (CHAIN)
- Canadian Tire
Various locations - Midas
Various locations - Mr. Lube
Various locations
NEW-CAR DEALER
- Jim Pattison Downtown Toyota
1290 Burrard Street - Brian Jessel BMW
2311 Boundary Road - 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”
- Budget Car Sales
Various locations - Clarkdale Motors
4575 Main Street - Carter Honda
1502 West 3rd Avenue
- Vespa Vancouver
1535 West 4th Avenue - Carter Honda (tie)
Various locations
GWEV (tie)
3825 Main Street - Vancouver Yamaha
1768 East Hastings Street
MOTORCYCLE DEALER
- Trev Deeley Motorcycles
2375 Boundary Road - Carter Honda
1502 West 3rd Avenue
11–1300 Woolridge Street, Coquitlam - John Valk BMW Ducati
278 West 1st Avenue
CAR RENTAL
- Enterprise
Various locations - Budget
Various locations - National Car Rental
Various locations
PLACE TO PIMP YOUR RIDE
“Are we really using this term now?”
- Showtime Customs
3822 1st Avenue, Burnaby - Beamriders Sound & Video Limited
Various locations - Lowriders Unlimited
101–8250 124th Street, Surrey
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