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33 Acres’ Community Journal Spotlights One of Vancouver’s Coolest Shops

For their Community Journal project, our friends at 33 Acres Brewing Company recently created this video spotlight on Gastown’s Community Thrift & Vintage. Good people celebrating other good people is a good thing!

“When you’ve been left out of society for so long, it’s meaningful for people to go to a place that seems exclusive to them. We make sure they feel welcomed and give them a sense of personal value by offering a supportive work environment.” – Jenni Lee Nelson founded @communitythriftandvintage as a means to offer vintage clothing while also creating a philanthropic opportunity for women of the DTES.

Read the full story in Issue 06 of their Community Journal here.

Neighbourhood: Main Street
15 West 8th Ave.
604-620-4589

Community Thrift & Vintage
Neighbourhood: Gastown
11 W Hastings St.
604-629-8396

Scenes from Last Night’s Dine Out World Chef Exchange at The Acorn

The event saw a special collaboration between The Acorn and Wilsons from Bristol, UK. Although I wasn’t among the lucky ones to score a spot at either of the sold out seatings, I was invited to slip by pre-service for a glimpse of what was to come.

Yes Shef: An Evening In Images

A lineup of BC's most talented women working in the hospitality sector come together in in the Star Sapphire Ballroom at the Fairmont Pacific Rim for an exceptional cause at the WORTH (Women of Recreation, Tourism & Hospitality) Association's Yes Shef event...

Why Did Vancouver Make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?

In the latest video from the Vancouver-curious YouTube channel 'About Here', we learn of a terrible NIMBY move of yore.

This Mt. Pleasant Restaurant Features ‘Sadio’, the ‘World’s Saddest Patio’

Most nearby restaurants were allowed temporary patio permits. Wallflower was denied theirs, but it hasn't broken their spirit.