Hi Guys!
At the beginning of July, we went to Vancouver and stayed in Granville Island.
When I said Granville Island, I was not really implying the fancy super expensive million dollar homes neighborhood tho :P Our hotel was close to many amenities (plus point), but by all means, far from the fanciness of the million dollar homes neighborhood, in fact the area where our hotel was located, was super dirty. In all honesty, this was the first time I saw dirty Canada hahahha (and I lived in Montreal! So that should say something). What is up with that, Vancouver???? 0.o
Our hotel was super expensive, most likely since it is surrounded by restaurants, stores, and whatnot, but yeah, as soon as you step outside the hotel, welcome to dirtiness. Which was sad....because our hotel was SUPER expensive (yeah it needs to be repeated), like holy moly, almost half the price of our California vacation! Yet the neighborhood was....wow....smelly, dirty, welcome to the big city. It was a shocker, TBH.
Anyhoo....
When we checked the local newspaper, we learned about Public Market which is located not too, too far, by foot, from our hotel. So off we went to check it out and it was a very nice market, that once we arrived, I forgot all the complaints of how the little legs were tired - yes from my youngest lol I had to carry him halfway - le sigh
When we went inside the market, just like on cue, my husband and I looked at each other and in unity we said "Nagy Vásárcsarnok". Yep. The Public Market is very much like Grand Central Hall, in Budapest, Hungary. An indoor market.
From fresh produce, dairy, deli, food stalls, bakeries, arts and crafts, you can find inside the Public Market. So many things to see, so many goodies. Just wonderful.
Prices though, are just like any other places of "farmer's" market, some can be so steep, but hey, they are fresh and you want/need them. So there you go ;-)
We came early and able to check out most of the vendors. Later in the day the market became so crowded with customers, especially on lunch time. It was hard to move here and there, or get a seating should you order something to eat/drink.
Boys tried pretzels and later ice cream, from two different vendors. For the pretzels, the line was not bad at all as it was not even lunch time yet, but for the ice cream, it was a bit cray cray, as it was already lunch time. But what won't you do for your little ones, right, even when the line was very long lol
Public Market is located by the water, and there are seating available outside, altho not plenty. It's pretty nice to enjoy your pirogi or hot dogs outside when the weather is nice. The view, the sky, the wind can be truly enjoyable for couples or families, or even when you are by yourself.
The kids truly enjoyed the market, that my oldest said we should just move to Vancouver, lol. If only we could move this kind of market to where we live hahaha Would be nice to have more varieties of food places, stores, entertainments, and whatnot. Our town is all about pizza parlors.....and burgers. And most of the fresh produce are not locally grown even the ones at our small farmer's market, fruits are from far away land, and the market is all about baked goods and crafts. So yeah, after Public Market, of course these kiddies all wanted to move to Vancouver. More to see and shop til parents drop. lol.
What about where you reside. Do you also have a pretty big indoor market with tons of varieties of goodies? How often do you shop there? - you know, support local, but sometime we just cannot afford that. Is it the same at your farmer's market?
Thanks for looking!
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