This is not my favourite place to shop for magazines. It's a very small and bright yellow space,…read moremarks off right there for being jostly and headache-inducing. They do stock a wide variety of titles, but they're so crammed together on the shelves it's hard to browse. Plus, the setup of the store means that the owner/cashier is directly behind me as I'm looking, and I find it very uncomfortable to have someone's eyes burning into my back as I'm trying to shop. If I open a magazine to look through, I do so half-cringing, waiting at any moment for a voice (Apu? Is that you?) to cry out "Hey! This is not a lending library!" That's never actually happen, but still. On the plus side, some of you might like that they stock a lot of Vancouver pictorial books and maps, as well as several international newspapers. For me, I'll only go here if I need some trashy gossip rags for the SeaBus; it's not my serious new magazine discovery port of call.

I will never go back to this shop again and will not recommend it to anybody!!!. The owner woman in…read moreher forties or fifties is extremely rude and aggressive. She was yelling and screaming at me for her own fault. I was working at a big company near Londsdale Quay. One day I went to the shop to grab a painkiller. i picked up a very tiny bottle of ty****l as it was the only thing they had. At the cashier the owner woman told me how much it was, and it was quite expensive. I believe it was about three times more expensive than regular stores. I felt disappointed at the price, but bought it anyway as I was having a really bad headache and there were no other stores available near me at that time. I did not complain or gave her a nasty look at all, but I guess she sensed that I was disappointed at the price. I gave her a $20 bill and she gave me the wrong amount of change. So I went back to her to get the right amount. She gave me a nasty evil look and she yelled at me she didn't make a mistake. So I said, "Then, you think I am making up a story just for a couple of dollars? I came back here to get the right amount of my change." The woman eventually gave my the change but she started to scream at me, "It is a small store, that's why the price is expensive. You don't like it? Then you go to a different shop!! I never made this kind of mistake before". Also she asked me where I was working so that she would go to my employer and complain about me. She probably thought that I was working at one of those shops at the Quay market, and she could badmouth me to put me in trouble. However, when I told her where I was working, she became quiet for a few seconds, then she said, "I am sorry" but still in an abominable manner. Obviously, she instinctively realized if she did any stupid things that she could end up losing her business instead of hurting me. Apparently the woman doesn't seem to know what business ethics are all about. Just because she owns a small shop, and there are no competitors around her, doesn't mean she could jack up the price as high as she wants. I didn't' complain to her about the price nor gave her a bad look. However, just because she noticed disappointment on my face, she didn't give me the right amount of change. Well, she insisted that it was just a mistake but who knows? Obviously, this woman has absolutely no professionalism, but the only thing she could do was yelling and screaming at her customer despite the fact that she was at fault. I would never go back to this shop again, and I wouldn't recommend anybody to go there either. The good thing is that now there are many shops available over there to go instead like Shoppers Drug Mart etc.

3/4 of the magazines in the city…read more BTW, McNews, the main distributor for Western Canada has now moved to Edmonton, Alberta.

This store is tucked away literally under Melville Street, by the entrance/exit to the SkyTrain…read morestation. Yes, there are stores here. Parking here is available in the Royal Centre parking lot at some crazy ripoff price. They sell your usual bits. Gum, bus passes, and lottery tickets. The guy is friendly. The store is quite cramped though.

Terrible service. Kranky. Impolite. Can't put it all down to language. He fawns over his older…read moreregular customers. If you don't see the minimum $6 for card use sign and try to use debit you will get yelled at.

John and his wife provide a much needed service to the Kerrisdale neighbourhood in proving a full…read moreservice magazine and newspaper shop together with lottery and some snacks...seven days a week!! I cannot recall a day that they have not been open. They are totally dedicated to their many long term customers. It's wonderful to have such a commitment to the community.

You should sell your business you are a crotchety old man who is rude and uncouth. FYI I have…read morebought thousands of dollars of stuff from you over the years and never ever have I ever stolen from you! Why? Because I don't steal I know better. So yeah I'll never ever be buying another damn thing from you. RUDE AND INSOLENT! Oh and you most certainly do not deserve the one star you are getting but yelp forces me to give it to you so you earn it out of pittance and nothing more. What could possibly improve sell the place and retire.

I always fullfil my plastic bottle water here near my hotels. It doesn't matter if you travel to…read moreanother country, you just pay whatever you need, drink more water and they have all snacks, pick whatever you want and bring them to your hotels. Take a sunshine and enjoy your ocean view

Coca-cola Vanilla is supposed to be hard to find. 10 minutes…read morewalk, from where I live, I found Fleet Street Convenience Store. I'd read an article that listed places Vanilla Coke could be found. In the comments, rather than in the article itself, someone mentioned this place. I thought I'd check, as I pass by often enough. Sure enough, the store was exactly where the directions placed it (375 Water Street, down a short flight of stairs, past the Sushi place on your right and at the end of a short hall). Considering how small the store is, it's got a great selection of things. On one shelf of his Coca-cola fridge, there is a front-back line of Coca-cola Vanilla cans. Jackpot. The comment that mentioned it is currently 3 months old, so I'm guessing the cans are in steady supply. The store keeper is a very pleasant man and didn't mind chatting (I found a way to overcome the chip problems I've been having with my debit card and he seemed impressed). This little place is a gem and I would spend a couple of minutes, to go out of my way to Fleet Street Convenience Store, rather than go to a stereotypical Abattoir-like corner store. No stunning(-ly bad) prices, here!

$1 for bottled water (tax-in) in the middle of a tourist town. good guy that store owner :-)read more

I found this gem via social media and it's going to become one of my must stop by spot. Not too…read morefare from a threat store on 3rd and Lonsdale Ave, it easily accessible. The books goes from 1$ to 10$ with a big variety of books. I was event able to find some classic French books They do not "buy" used books but they WILL exchange store credit for your used books.

soooo many books and magazines! could spend hours here. If you want to search though to find your…read morenext read or collect some magazines for display or for collaging, this is the place!