Where to begin with describing the Drive? It's brash. It's got opinions. The pedestrians are anything but and will walk into the street as if every day is Car Free Day. Located in Vancouver's east side, the neighbourhood officially known as Grandview-Woodland has been the nexus of a wide variety of different ethnic and cultural groups since its heyday as a Vancouver's counter-culture scene. Since then it has seen waves of first Italian, then Portuguese, Latin American and East Asian immigrants settling and making the neighbourhood home. It's not so much a melting pot and more of a Jackson Pollock painting with each blob of paint be it Chinese, Ethiopian, lesbian, or crust-punk adding its own unique voice and presence to a larger whole.
The local nerd bar.
Craft beers for days!
My family and I have been going to the this market for more years than I can remember. They have great, reasonably-priced fresh produce and other goods for all your mediterranean shopping needs. But what they're really known for is there their deli which has a wide array of different deli meats and cheeses. Try the double smoked gouda.
