Downtown Calgary has...
- 5 full-sized grocery stores (Safeway, Sunterra, Co-Op, Urban Fare, and Superstore)
- 6+ specialty grocery stores (Amaranth Whole Foods Market, Community Natural Foods, H-Mart Asian Grocery, A-Mart Korean Grocery, Kay's Market, East Village Grocery, Chinatown Groceries)
- 5 Pharmacy/Food Options (3 Shoppers Drug Mart, 2 London Drugs)
Really well served for only 4 km2 with 50,000 people.
The inner ring neighbourhoods surrounding downtown each have a grocery store too except for Inglewood. Kensington (circled), Crescent Heights, Bankview/Marda Loop, and Mission each have Safeway, Bridgeland has Blush Lane (circled).
The biggest downtown food desert we have is Eau Claire, but even they're only a 5 - 15 minute walk over the Peace Bridge to the Kensington Safeway. No one in the CBD, West End, Chinatown, East Village, or Beltline is more than 8 blocks from a full service option. Additionally, the East Village Superstore is only 1 block from City Hall Station on the Downtown Free-Fare Ctrain Zone.
Red = Full-sized | Green = Specialty | Blue = Pharmacy/Food