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The Naam embodies Vancouver’s hippy culture of the 1960s and 70s. Opened in 1968, it was counter-culture central, especially as hippies weren’t allowed in some restaurants.
- Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip arriving at City Hall, 1950. Upvote Downvote.
- Seymour Street and Georgia Street, 1952. Upvote Downvote.
- Aerial view of the West End, 1957. Upvote Downvote.
- Aristocratic Restaurant on 2856 Cambie Street, Vancouver, 1951. Upvote Downvote.
Feb 1, 2018 · Chapter Five: The Fifties. Posted on February 1, 2018 in Vancouver School District History. Introduction. During the 1950s, Vancouver experienced an economic boom, rapid growth, a dramatic rise in the school population, an increase in ethnic and cultural diversity, and the threat of annihilation in a global nuclear war.
Mar 12, 2015 · View All 27 Photos. 1 of 27. At one time, the Vancouver region had a rail transit system — the interurban — that reached farther than the SkyTrain and Canada Line. But in the 1950s, we ...
- Tomahawk Barbeque
- The White Spot
- The Ovaltine Cafe
- Northern Cafe and Grill
- Foo’s Ho Ho
- Argo Café
- Hy’s Steakhouse/Hy’S Encore
- Helen’s Grill
- Aki Restaurant
- Roundel Café
Photo: Gary A.K./Flickr It’s no accident that a visit to North Vancouver’s Tomahawk Barbeque summons up a sense of a time gone by. It’s the oldest restaurant running in Vancouver, and focuses on their longstanding menu of comfort classics and a family atmosphere. On the menuyou’ll find hearty breakfast fare; burgers named after famous chiefs; and o...
Photo: Stuart Thomson/VPL How many Pirate Paks have you ordered in your Vancouver lifetime? Or Legendary Platters? Well, Vancouver’s veteran White Spotchain goes way (way, way) back in the city’s history. Nat Bailey and his 1918 Model T-turned-mobile lunch counter was a food truck before it was hip, and he soon went brick-and-mortar with the first ...
Photo: Kenny Louie/Flickr The Ovaltineis about as old school diner as you can get. A little dingy, cheap eats, and servers who probably want to be somewhere else, but, oh, how it is beloved to locals. The downside (besides the questionable quality of the greasy food) is that they aren’t open at night or into the wee hours, which is probably when yo...
Photos by Herman E./Yelp Formerly known as the LT Cafe, this easy-to-miss diner is atop a hardware store on the site of Northern Building Supply. While the National Post calls this Canada’s oldest most rundown restaurant (it’s not the oldest, for certain), the son of the building company’s founder claimed a few years back the diner has been feeding...
Photo: Chuck Chuck Chuck/Flickr Foo‘s is Vancouver’s oldest restaurant in Chinatown. Here you’ll find country-style Cantonese cuisine, and a kind of cooking and dining that was very popular in the area over half a century ago, and that helped make Chinese food mainstream in the U.S. and Canada. The Ho Ho comes from Ho Ho Chop Suey, with whom Foo’s ...
Photo: roaming-the-planet/Flickr Things have evolved at the Argo Cafésince their greasy spoon days. For the last decade the owners have focused on serving “slow food, fast,” at an affordable price. In addition to comfort classics, Argo puts out several daily specials, which are shared with fans via email and Twitter.
Photo: Hy’s Encore vintage menu via Hy’s Steakhouse/Facebook The steakhouse is a special category among restaurant genres, and Vancouver’s Hy’s is one of the few left from the heyday of the dark-paneled rooms and special occasion beef-centric dinners. The Hy’s legacy began in 1955 in Calgary, but it wasn’t long before founder Hy Aisenstat took his ...
Photo: Helen’s Grill Helen’s Grillis another long-lasting star in the pantheon of Vancouver’s historic diner scene. All day breakfast greasy spoon style is on the menu here, and on weekends it remains a popular pick, which means crowds of hungry (and hungover?) eaters eager for plates of eggs and mugs of diner issue coffee.
Photo: Raj Taneja/Flickr Although Aki is alive and kicking on Pender in Coal Harbour, it’s in a fairly new spot after they closed down their original Powell location, then went–literally–underground on Thurlow for several years. The barrier-breaker when it comes to raw fish in Vancouver, we have Aki to thank for introducing diners here to sushi, wh...
Photo: Mark Faviell/Flickr The Roundel Caféis where hippy meets classic diner. Vegetarians will appreciate the plentiful options on the menu that are meat-free. This neighbourhood joint serves dinner Thursdays and Fridays, but remains best-known for their brunch and breakfasts.
Apr 12, 2013 · Vancouver's Transit System in the 1950's + the Edmonton Streetcar Librarian. Colleen Hardwick recommends this vintage footage – with some remarkable shots of Main Street to Hastings, just at the time the streetcars were being replaced by trolley and diesel buses. This just in from Yuri Artibise: a short subject by Paramount Pictures from 1941 ...
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May 5, 2009 · The largest periods of migration occurred in 1950s, when the Italian-Canadian population climbed to the highest. Italian ladies play cards at Roma Hall on Friday nights. Italians moved to Vancouver through immigration waves in early 1800s and then in the early 1900s. In 1881, only 1,849 Canadians claimed to be Italian.
