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North Burnaby's Best Food Shops

The 4000 to 4500 blocks of East Hastings Street are crammed with locally owned butcher shops, markets, and delicatessens stocking incredible local fare at too-good-to-be-true prices (B.C. apples for 59 cents a pound?!). Here are four of the best:

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Palm Springs Eternal

Thanks to the weak American economy and strong Canadian dollar, the desert has never looked better

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Yaletown

After Expo 86, pavilion sites gave way to condos, warehouses converted into lofts, and loading docks became destinations for beauty services and popular mid-tier restaurants

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Granville Island

The city’s most-loved public space and top tourist draw packs old tin-sided buildings, a top arts university, studios, and a public market onto a manmade island overlooking downtown

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Hastings-Sunrise

East of downtown, Hastings-Sunrise is an unpolished family neighbourhood known for its old-fashioned delis and bakeries—with prices just as old fashioned. No shortage of family entertainment either: in winter, it’s home to the Vancouver Giants; in summer, the Pacific National Exhibition and Playland keep things lively

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