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#4441 Jackerbie

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:49 PM

How does this oven keep the turkey from spoiling while you are are in New York, before the cooking process begins? Is it also a freezer?

 

Sounds like someone needs to file a patent, and fast!


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#4442 Redd42

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:53 PM

Already been done:

 

http://www.ohgizmo.c...-also-a-fridge/


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#4443 Nparker

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:54 PM

Sounds like someone needs to file a patent, and fast!

I might be too late already ...well sort of.

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Edit: I like Redd42's better.


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#4444 Jackerbie

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:56 PM

^ OK but what is that person doing with four pineapples in the crisper drawers???


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:24 PM

The City of Victoria has approved Cook St. Liquor's proposal to relocate to the former RBC Royal Bank branch on Cook at Sutlej streets.
 
Cook St. Liquors gets green light to take over former Cook Street Village bank branch
https://victoria.cit...ge-bank-branch/


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#4446 29er Radio

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:54 PM

The City of Victoria has approved Cook St. Liquor's proposal to relocate to the former RBC Royal Bank branch on Cook at Sutlej streets.
 
Cook St. Liquors gets green light to take over former Cook Street Village bank branch
https://victoria.cit...ge-bank-branch/

this is great news. I wonder how they got around the city's max store size of around 2000 sq ft. That building has to be bigger than that. Any thoughts out there?


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#4447 Mike K.

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:00 PM

2,000 square feet is the max? Seriously?

I’d wager that if they were held to that limit then the “vault” will be used for storage in lieu of a scotch display.

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#4448 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:01 PM

this is great news. I wonder how they got around the city's max store size of around 2000 sq ft. That building has to be bigger than that. Any thoughts out there?

 

The city has a maximum size for liquor stores?  I imagine that the BC Liquors Signature Store at Fort/Foul Bay is larger than 2000 square feet.

 

I do agree that the liquor store expansion is good news for the Fairfield neighbourhood, and I hope that other amenities come to the area in the near future.  Interestingly enough, the marijuana dispensary north of the Beagle Pub recently folded, so perhaps we will get a new retail or café operation there...


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#4449 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:05 PM

I don't know, wasn't there a thing about how the new liquor store at Hillside violated the CoV rule?


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:09 PM

Gordie's Music in the 1500-block of Pandora is shutting down on November 30th. A close-out sale is on now.

 

The operator says the landlord escalated the lease rate far in excess of what he was willing to pay. The store has been in business for many years.


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:10 PM

I think the size restriction came in when the private stores started up. The blanshard/hillside planned relocation got sidetracked partly because of that restriction i think. I worked a bit on the Cascadia location in Quadra Village and at that time storage was included in the size. I am assuming all the "old" BCLS would be grandfathered in.


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:11 PM

Gordie's Music in the 1500-block of Pandora is shutting down on November 30th. A close-out sale is on now.

 

The operator says the landlord escalated the lease rate far in excess of what he was willing to pay. The store has been in business for many years.

this seems like another loophole issue the NDP should be getting behind.


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:15 PM

I don't know, wasn't there a thing about how the new liquor store at Hillside violated the CoV rule?

 

The zone for Hillside Mall has a max. floor area for the "Liquor retail store" use of 875 sq. m. Other zones that permit "Liquor retail store" may also specify a max. area, but you'd have to check each zone.

 

The zone for the old RBC does not permit "Liquor retail store," so I imagine they will apply for a zoning text amendment or rezoning.



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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:16 PM

They applied for the rezoning and it was approved.


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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:19 PM

...The zone for the old RBC does not permit "Liquor retail store," so I imagine they will apply for a zoning text amendment or rezoning.

Or perhaps just operate without the correct zoning or a license like the Canna Mall on Quadra. I am not sure why more businesses don't do this, since the CoV doesn't do anything to shut them down or collect fines.



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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:20 PM

^ Well, there you have it! CoV hasn't updated VicMap with the new zone yet, then


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Posted 02 November 2017 - 06:38 AM

"Buttoned Up" in Trounce Alley is for sale, $595,000 including inventory.  Apparently the inventory includes of $1 million worth of buttons.  Seriously.


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#4458 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 07:34 AM

Aveda Salon at Douglas and Johnson is moving into the adjacent space immediately to the north.  I imagine that something 'high profile' will replace Aveda on that corner.



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Posted 02 November 2017 - 07:38 AM

What happened to the pot shop they were building there? Is that the space they are moving into?
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#4460 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 09:14 AM

It's possible that the pot shop deal might not have been finalized with the landlord.  Aveda's new space is immediately north of the current space and immediately south of the European deli.  That means that the corner space immediately across Johnson from BK is going to be vacant (unless a new tenant is lined up, which seems likely).


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