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[Nparker]

VEGAN HIPPIE-CHICK CAFE - 1034 Fort St.   Formerly Hillary's Cheese.

Free Buddha bowl for every 10^_th customer to come in with a man-bun and ironic eye wear.

[thundergun]

Don't have any links but have heard a couple of rumours about Westside Village. Hopefully they come to fruition - Vic West has some good options but considering how much it's growing, it could use more amenities.

 

1. Quizno's may be closing (no surprise there) and I've heard Big Wheel Burger could be opening up another location in that spot.

 

2. The former TD bank location (it moved one spot West) which is it's own small building closest to the Tyee/Bay corner is being eyed by the people behind Brown's for a restaurant/lounge that could be a Brown's or something else.

[mikesevigny]

I noticed the Quiznos at Mackenzie and Shelbourne had its sign taped over like the one on Douglas did, are they all owned by the same people?  They're going to start serving breakfast soon according to the signs, because what the soggiest subs in town probably needed was scrambled eggs.

[HB]

A&W on Millstream Rd at McCallum  will be open 24 hours per day beginning March 2017

[bluefox]

I noticed the Quiznos at Mackenzie and Shelbourne had its sign taped over like the one on Douglas did, are they all owned by the same people?  They're going to start serving breakfast soon according to the signs, because what the soggiest subs in town probably needed was scrambled eggs.

 

You don't like your warm thinly-sliced meat dipped in hot water?

[HB]

No prefer it dried out like rawhide at Subway then smothered in mayo to make it wet

Edited by HB, 14 February 2017 - 09:05 PM.

[Nparker]

No prefer it dried out like rawhide at Subway then smothered in mayo to make it wet

6 kinds of mayo though...

[VicHockeyFan]

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These folks are taking over the 45 sq. ft. storefront space on lower Johnson St.

[amor de cosmos]

^ vicbuzz story. good luck to the guy. people might want benches nearby. maybe they could go to market square?

http://victoriabuzz....ail-storefront/

[VicHockeyFan]

^ Easily.  Market Square has a massive 40-foot long bench now.

[Matt R.]

This business has been operating for a few years and is already well established.

Matt.

[VicHockeyFan]

They also wholesale baked goods each morning to several retail vendors too.

[FirstTimeHomeCrier]

I saw a "For Lease" sign up on Meat & Bread on Yates today. Yelp is showing that they are closed and the Yates street location on their website is coming up "Page Not Found." I've never been, but I remember a hipster acquaintance of mine liking it.

[VicHockeyFan]

I saw a "For Lease" sign up on Meat & Bread on Yates today. Yelp is showing that they are closed and the Yates street location on their website is coming up "Page Not Found." I've never been, but I remember a hipster acquaintance of mine liking it.

 

Ya, it was open 2 years.

[29er Radio]

another vancouver success story finding it hard to gain traction in our town.

[Kapten Kapsell]

another vancouver success story finding it hard to gain traction in our town.

 

I went just once (on a Saturday)... the choices were quite limited.   I prefer the sandwiches at Fol Epi or Roast (in the Hudson Market).

 

Perhaps some of the "Vancouver Success Stories" find it hard to compete against good local options in Victoria? 

[VicHockeyFan]

another vancouver success story finding it hard to gain traction in our town.

 

I'm not sure what their problem was.  The appeal just kind of faded.  And I guess there was an unwillingness to expand their menu, which seemed to be a chief complaint once the initial sales dropped off a bit.

 

Who knows, maybe they brought some staff over temporarily, and then had issues finding local staff to take over.

[jonny]

Limited menu + limited hours + expensive leased space + expensive ingredients - high volume liquor sales + no corporate agility/adaptability =

[Matt R.]

They had a local team. A friend of mine used to cook there, they would sometimes run out of meat in the early afternoon and just close up shop ahead of posted hours.

Matt.

[jonny]

I'm guessing their rent was huge and their margins weren't that great as they were using pretty high quality ingredients.