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The newest guide sits at the top. I go back and rewrite the older ones when something changes on the ground.
The trades run out of bays and workshops north of the rail line and serve the whole Tri-Cities. Here is how hiring one works in PoCo, and what to ask before work starts.
Skip the big-box script: PoCo's grocery life is independent grocers, butchers, delis and a farmers market. Here is where the city actually fills its cart.
PoCo's brewers have built a taproom cluster on the city's east side, and the old-style pubs still hold their corners. A guide to drinking locally in a railway town.
From donuts on the Shaughnessy strip to Belgian chocolate on Marpole Avenue, PoCo's bakeries and dessert counters cover every occasion. A sweet-toothed local's map.
For a city its size, PoCo takes sushi seriously. Here are the counters and Japanese rooms across the city, from the Shaughnessy strip to Mary Hill Road and the east side.
A commuter town runs on coffee. Here are the PoCo cafes, juice bars and bubble tea counters worth knowing, strip by strip, from the Village Drive cluster to the west side.
PoCo's kitchens live along its shopping strips, from the Shaughnessy Street classics to the dense Lougheed corridor. A neighbor's guide to where the city actually eats.
PoCo's five neighborhoods each have their own strip, their own errands and their own rhythm. Here is how Central, Mary Hill, Lincoln, Glenwood and the river lands fit together.
Tips and corrections
Somewhere I missed, or something I got wrong?
I read everything that comes in. If a place has closed, changed hands, or is simply better than I gave it credit for, tell me and I'll go back and eat there again.