[Burnaby] Station Square | 35,38,48,41,52 fl | Completed

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Large Cat

Two Dairy Queens

Getting away from food, there's:

Two Aldo (I though there were more)
Two Body Mods
Three Bell
Two Champs
Two Claire's (second is Icing By Claire's)
Three Eccotique
Two Fido
Two Guess
Two Le Chateau
Two Lids

...and that's only the first half of the alphabet. Metrotown is big enough that I guess it's worth it to have locations at either end.

Hell even Station Square is supposed to have two Caffe Artigiano.

[officedweller]

Posted today by Yellow Fever -
looks to be 2 elevator cores shown:

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

updates..

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20151128_080911 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

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[JamesOwnz]

Originally Posted by Large Cat

Two Dairy Queens

pffft they don't count.. stupid Orange Julius hybrids.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by JamesOwnz

pffft they don't count.. stupid Orange Julius hybrids.

What Metrotown/Station Square needs:

(one or more of any, would be nice)

- a Harvey's
- a Wendy's
- a DQ ( a proper one)
- a Denny's or White Spot (yes, I know there's one of each and a Wendy's further down the road on Kingsway.
- Church's Chicken
- a Carl's Jr/Hardee's (do those even exist in Vancouver?)
- a Fatburger
- Five Guy's
- Red Robin
- Steak-N-Shake (also probably don't exist in Van.....or Canada)
- a Jack in the Box......

......and in the " a man can dream" category.....:

In-N-Out and Whataburger.
( Yeah, I know.... I know....; never gonna happen)

[GeeCee]

Burger joints aren't really the direction that the Metrotown area is moving in. It's largely not white people who are buying into the new condo towers going up there.

[trofirhen]

I always thought Knight and Day was a good restaurant. It would not be classified as a "burger joint," either, I don't think, though the fare is Canadian.

[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I always thought Knight and Day was a good restaurant. It would not be classified as a "burger joint," either, I don't think, though the fare is Canadian.

The Knight and Day on Kingsway near Metrotown/Station Square is long gone. It's now a Korean place.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I always thought Knight and Day was a good restaurant. It would not be classified as a "burger joint," either, I don't think, though the fare is Canadian.

You thought Knight and Day was a good restaurant? How many Michelin stars did you give Denny's?

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

What Metrotown/Station Square needs:

(one or more of any, would be nice)

- a Harvey's
- a Wendy's
- a DQ ( a proper one)
- a Denny's or White Spot (yes, I know there's one of each and a Wendy's further down the road on Kingsway.
- Church's Chicken
- a Carl's Jr/Hardee's (do those even exist in Vancouver?)
- a Fatburger
- Five Guy's
- Red Robin
- Steak-N-Shake (also probably don't exist in Van.....or Canada)
- a Jack in the Box......

......and in the " a man can dream" category.....:

In-N-Out and Whataburger.
( Yeah, I know.... I know....; never gonna happen)

What's going in to Station Square: Neptune Wonton / Sports Bar, Boston Pizza, Freshii, Tim Hortons and Subway. The only other place announced so far is Caffe Artigiano. It's definitely not planning on being the burger heaven you dream of.

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

You thought Knight and Day was a good restaurant? How many Michelin stars did you give Denny's?

3 Michelin stars from me when its 3AM and I'm drunk and hungry

Hopefully the Boston Pizza is a new franchisee, the one there previously sucked.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

What Metrotown/Station Square needs:

(one or more of any, would be nice)

...

( Yeah, I know.... I know....; never gonna happen)

So I looked up all those burger places you listed - Steak-N-Shake, Jack in the Box, In-N-Out and Whataburger do not exist up here (hell some of them don't exist until you get down to southern Oregon).

But... one little thing to make you somewhat happy - there are a few Carl's Jr locations. There's Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Port Moody and 625 Howe St, Vancouver.

[WBC]

What Metrotown needs and it does not have to be in the mall:

- produce store (Kins or Langley farm market)
- Cobs Bread

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by WBC

What Metrotown needs and it does not have to be in the mall:

- produce store (Kins or Langley farm market)
- Cobs Bread

There used to be a Langley Farm Market (in the main hallway towards the Bay) - they moved to 12th Ave and Kingsway. I'm guessing how much they were paying in rent played a big part of that. While there are a couple of small bakeries in the mall, I'd suspect a more straight up bread store would have the same problem. I doubt Station Square rent will be all that much lower.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

What Metrotown/Station Square needs:

(one or more of any, would be nice)

- a Harvey's
- a Wendy's
- a DQ ( a proper one)
- a Denny's or White Spot (yes, I know there's one of each and a Wendy's further down the road on Kingsway.
- Church's Chicken
- a Carl's Jr/Hardee's (do those even exist in Vancouver?)
- a Fatburger
- Five Guy's
- Red Robin
- Steak-N-Shake (also probably don't exist in Van.....or Canada)
- a Jack in the Box......

......and in the " a man can dream" category.....:

In-N-Out and Whataburger.
( Yeah, I know.... I know....; never gonna happen)

The plan is to create a Yaletown type of look and feel, as far as the restaurant end of it goes. I know they won't deviate from that plan.

[memememe76]

With the exceptions of those establishments that have little or no presence in Canada/Vancouver, Guildford has all of those. I'm pretty sure that this is not Metrotown's endgame.

[SpongeG]

no more red robin that place was always good

[WBC]

Originally Posted by Sheba

There used to be a Langley Farm Market (in the main hallway towards the Bay) - they moved to 12th Ave and Kingsway. I'm guessing how much they were paying in rent played a big part of that. While there are a couple of small bakeries in the mall, I'd suspect a more straight up bread store would have the same problem. I doubt Station Square rent will be all that much lower.

Yes, Langley farm market used to be in the mall and I loved it. Very convenient for me... But they have been gone for several years now. They used to have huge sales but probably had to move due to rents. However, Metrotown has a lot of old retail space outside of the mall that could easily host a nice produce store...Old Orchard Mall would be a perfect spot - parking and everything... And Kins Farm Market is found in other busy malls like Brentwood and Royal Mall in West Van. Same goes for Cobs bread...

On a side note, even though Metrotown has a bunch of grocery stores almost all of them are old, gross and waiting to be torn down and turned into condos. New Save on Foods will be a welcome new addition...And my other wish - Donald's Market!

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by WBC

Yes, Langley farm market used to be in the mall and I loved it. Very convenient for me... But they have been gone for several years now. They used to have huge sales but probably had to move due to rents. However, Metrotown has a lot of old retail space outside of the mall that could easily host a nice produce store...Old Orchard Mall would be a perfect spot - parking and everything... And Kins Farm Market is found in other busy malls like Brentwood and Royal Mall in West Van. Same goes for Cobs bread...

On a side note, even though Metrotown has a bunch of grocery stores almost all of them are old, gross and waiting to be torn down and turned into condos. New Save on Foods will be a welcome new addition...And my other wish - Donald's Market!

I used to go to Langley Farm Market in Metro too. I went to the 'new' location one time and it wasn't that impressive. There are a few smaller fruit & veg stores I check out.

Kingsway has a lot of old retail space - that's bound to be redeveloped, including Old Orchard. I kind of wonder how long it won't take until we hear something about that being replaced with something new and shiny.

It's going to be a PriceSmart Foods and should be open this weekend. Have you been to the Donald's Market at New West Quay?

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

no more red robin that place was always good

I also love Red Robbin, I hope its presence from metro Vancouver doesn't disappear.

Red Robbin and White Spot were always my burger joints. Te one downtown with the window over looking Robson or the outside patio was always one of my favorite dinning experiences in Vancouver.

Not everything needs to be overpriced fusion food, cheap sushi, or super expensive steak houses.

[GeeCee]

Red Robin probably isn't going anywhere, but I don't think it'll be returning to Station Square. The franchiser that ran all of the Red Robin restaurants in Canada was bought out by the US owner earlier this year.