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.

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.

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.

Yesterday my neighbour put paper from FedEx on my door with their "sorry, they missed me"…read more... 1) Your "Sorry" is not accepted. You never arranged wiith me about the day and time you will come, so, why do you expect me to be at home? 2) No idea why my neighbour is involved and what is his role in our with you business. 3) At your paper i was asked to come to your office after 1pm next day. Extremally not comfortable time for me, and again i was never asked if i can come this day and time. I have made a time and came to your office to pick up my pursel, despite of it has broken half of my day ectremally important plans. When i came -- pursel is not there! and i am asked to come again on weekends! I am sorry, i am working on weekends and i can not ask my boss about days off every day because of your disresponsibility. More then that, i was asked why no one at my home, at the time when the pursel was attempted to dliver like is your daughter not at home or anyone else? " No my daughter is not at home, first of all because of i do not have a daughter, secondfully if i have, she is not obligated to sit at home and wait for you unlimited amount of days and times without arrangement with her about that. You did not reach anyone to arrange, so, why did you come? My time is expensive, and moreover nervous system what was stressed by you. I have waisted 4 hours of my time, doing what you want and all day stressed. I did not work and did not earn money because of you asked me to come to your ffice , i did not receive my pursel because of you did not have it and i did not have rest because of got stressed by your disresponsible actions. Who is going to pay me for that? You have to pay for your disresponsibility, 1 hour of my work costs $110, i waisted 4 hours + all day stress. Who is going to return me my health after all? And this is not the end, I still did not receive my pursel. I would tolerate if 2 years old child would expect me or "my daughter" (whom i even don't have!) to be unlimited amount of days and times at home waiting for your delivery without any idea when it is going to happen, but such way of thinking from adult people is can not be tolerated.

I needed to mail a sympathy card to an old friend in the U.S. who lost her husband recently. It…read morewas important that the card be delivered without a problem such as insufficient postage. So I wanted an actual human to approve the amount of postage I had placed on the envelope. I walked into Yaletown Express for this purpose. There was one person working at the Canada Post counter. She was looking down and seemed busy dealing with some papers on the counter. So I politely waited at the head of the queue. After a moment, she looked up at me and said "Yes?". Her face was expressionless, appearing just a bit annoyed. Her voice was flat. I walked up to the counter and asked if she could confirm that the amount was correct for a letter to the U.S. She looked at it for a moment and set it down without a word. I may have sensed a slight nod of her head, as if to indicate it was OK. Without looking up at me, she said "Anything else?". I said, "No, thank you very much" with a smile. I made a point of looking right at her, in the hope she would somehow acknowledge me as a person. She just kept looking down with the same glum expression and didn't utter a word. I walked out of the store thinking to myself, there's someone who must hate her job so much that she can't even show minimal pleasantness toward a customer. I literally felt as if I had irritated her simply by entering the store. This person should not be dealing with the public, and certainly shouldn't be representing Canada Post. Let me add that I've used this outlet many times before, and have mostly received pleasant service.

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

It's a mixed bag of books, some magazines, from the old (Soviet-linked) People's Co-op Bookstore…read moreand recent donations. The shop is roughly subject sorted, but pull any books you are interested in and you might not find them in the clutter organization again. Let them put them back if you don't want it at the very cheap prices. The day after your first visit, you will have sudden visions or recollections: "I wonder if they have .... " the best mark of an eclectic (Look it up) bookstore like no other. Worth a visit or two. Several good coffee shops with expansive windows to see the world while you skim your purchases.

A great place to browse for books and magazines especially political and local interest topics…read more Good place for gift shopping and calendars, too!

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

This shop is really really really cool. It is a great place to buy someone a gift. Everything here…read moreis like Japanese themed. They have a lot of stuff good for a home. This place is definitely expensive, would not recommend if you're broke, I'm not though. But yea I bought a soap shaped as a fish. I thought this was the coolest thing ever, I've never seen that before. Yea I paid $50 CAD for a soap. Yea that's absolutely ridiculous and yes you can call me stupid BUT at least it's cool though, amirite. Also, it smells good. But yea it's a gift, however I think I need to come back here and buy one for me. I think this is one of the coolest shops in gastown, this isn't a place you're going to read a review for and go, you just kinda walk into it like I did. Also, this place has really good books, I ended up buying the same book I saw here on amazon for half the price. But hey, at least I bought that fish soap.

Old Faithful is one of those shops that is merchandised so well where if you remove something off…read moreof a shelf someone else could tell exactly what you moved. I have been to the Old Faithful shop many times and it hasn't disappointed. It is very true to their theme of artisan, home-made or well-crafted-and-the-woodsy-bent items, which speaks to a particular customer. Some may love this shop and others may find it expensive and too specific to integrate into their personal style. I appreciate the care in the selection of the goods and the kindness of the employees. The first time I was in the shop (being overwhelmed by the visuals) I just bought several journals. When I got home, I realized that I wanted more and ordered them by phone because they don't use their website for special orders. They were very nice and when the package arrived, it was beautiful. Brown paper package, tied up with string... no kidding. This time I bought a huge wool blanket that I thought I could fit in my luggage (I couldn't) and it made a perfect gift. The thing about the blanket purchase was how much banter I had the the employees while I was purchasing it. While we were talking, THEY referenced that I had bought the journals the previous year. What memory. Their attention to detail gets me every time. I will always go back to Old Faithful when I am in Vancouver... whether or not I can fit what I buy into my luggage.