Main Street: Vancouver’s MICHELIN Mile

Published on Main snacks; Photo: Sarah Annand

As the October 3 reveal of the 2024 MICHELIN Guide Vancouver approaches, anticipation increases. Which neighbourhoods will receive further MICHELIN stars and recognitions?

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Main Street: Vancouver’s MICHELIN Mile

Where to Shop in Vancouver: Independent and Hip Main Street

Photo: Mount Pleasant BIA

Named one of North America’s “coolest streets,” Main Street is packed with restaurants as well as unique independent boutiques that make it ideal for leisurely shopping.

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Where to Shop in Vancouver: Independent and Hip Main Street

Celebrating the Unique Vibrant Character of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant

Photo: Mount Pleasant BIA

While in the last decade, Mount Pleasant has become an exciting hub for restaurants, breweries, and shopping boutiques, this popular Vancouver neighbourhood has a fascinating history—one that is well worth preserving.

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Celebrating the Unique Vibrant Character of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant

Take a Self-Guided Mount Pleasant Brewery Tour

Tasting room at 33 Acres Brewery

Photo: 33 Acres Brewery

The Vancouver area is home to several dozen craft breweries, creating a wide variety of small-batch beers. The Mount Pleasant neighbourhood has a particularly dense concentration of microbreweries. In fact, the area was historically known as Brewery Creek and people have been making beer here since the 1880s. Today it’s a great spot to spend an afternoon biking or walking between tasting rooms. Our 1.5-kilometre-long route visits six different breweries!

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Take a Self-Guided Mount Pleasant Brewery Tour

7 Sunset Worthy Spots in Vancouver

If you’re looking to spend an evening watching the sky transform in a rainbow of yellows, oranges, pinks, purples, and blues, here’s a great list of places you can do it. Continue reading:
7 Sunset Worthy Spots in Vancouver

Massive street party takes over 14+ blocks during the Vancouver Mural Festival this weekend

vancouver mural festival 2019

Image courtesy of Vancouver Mural Festival | Facebook.com

Vancouver’s outdoor mural scene continues to grow each year, largely thanks to the Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF), an annual event that takes place each August.

The festival kicked off this month with new murals and daily events, all leading up to a massive Mountain Pleasant Street Party and concert on August 10.

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Massive street party takes over 14+ blocks during the Vancouver Mural Festival this weekend

Vancouver Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant

Welcome to Mount Pleasant! (Tourism Vancouver/Hubert Kang)

Often referred to as “South Main”, Mount Pleasant encompasses the stretch of Main Street between East 2nd and East 33rd avenues, including the residential streets on either side. The neighbourhood is packed with stylish breweries, vintage boutiques and eclectic eateries, forming a hipster-preferred ‘hood that’s come a long way from its early industrial days.

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Vancouver Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant

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