Archives: What They Said About Commercial Drive
August 2006: Sweet Ride on the East Side
What’s cool on a hot day? If you’re a sweet-toothed cyclist, try gelato tasting in East Vancouver. The bike routes are dotted with delectable gelaterias, ideal sampling pit stops. To participate, you need a bike and basic cycling skills, but primarily a taste for the delicious Italian frozen dessert. more
2006 Golden Plates Awards: Commercial Drive is a hit
Commercial Drive is clearly a favourite among Restaurant critics and readers in the Georgia Straight's 10th annual Golden Plates Awards. more
2006: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver 2006
The 2006 results of the Georgia Straight's "Best of Vancouver" edition are in and the winners are... more
July, 2006: World Cup carnival on Commercial
World Cup soccer final drew all of Vancouver to celebrate on funky Commercial Drive. Fans sat on parking meters, pickups and park benches while the less fortunate lined up 20-deep outside the drive's cafes to get a glimpse of the game. more
2006: Georgia Straight's "Best of Vancouver"
The results are in for the Georgia Straight's 9th annual "Golden Plates" Awards! And the Readers' choices are … more
November 10, 2005, Outdoors: By Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic
Vancouver, B.C.'s Commercial Drive is a retro, multiethnic kick
VANCOUVER, B.C. — There is one big problem with taking a stroll around Vancouver's Commercial Drive district:
Wander a few blocks in one direction and you have to choose among 200 flavors (some of the more extreme: gorgonzola pear, lavender, chili) when you order up a dish of gelato from the neighborhood's well-stocked shrine to Italian ice cream, La Casa Gelato. more
2005: Stella's! Stella's!, The Vancouver Courier, Reviewed by Tim Pawsey
What's in a name? It all depends. Canadians get twisted when people put sugar in wine and call it icewine; and the French don't exactly relish the notion of calling any wine that bubbles "champagne." The Spanish, however, just chuckle at plates of food that lie somewhere between generous appetizers and hobbit-sized mains being referred to as "tapas." more
2005: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver 2005
The results of the Georgia Straight's "Best of Vancouver" edition are in and Commercial Drive does very nicely in this annual contest. And the winners are... more
February 24, 2005, Hip Parental Tastes Rub Off on Babes, The Georgia Straight, by Janet Smith
What happens when a generation obsessed with the aesthetic appeal of iPods, Barcelona chairs, and vintage Air Jordans decides it’s time to start breeding? Forget about Disney figurines, teddy-bear crib sheets, and eyelet-trimmed lamps: increasingly, offspring-minded urbanites are outfitting baby rooms with the same keen eye they apply to the rest of their homes. more
2004: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver 2004
The results of the Georgia Straight's "Best of Vancouver" edition are in and Commercial Drive does very nicely in this annual contest. And the winners are...
2004: Secret Vancouver:
The Unique Guidebook to Vancouver's Hidden Sites, Sounds
and Tastes
Secret Vancouver's first edition of this unique guide for "travelers with a yen for the undiscovered and out-of-the-ordinary" finds much to reveal about the Drive. more
2004: Vancouver:
The Unknown City
"Walked the back alleys, rattled on locked doors, tickled the city's underbelly, and muddled over manuscripts... in the interest of what [they hope] will be both a subversive and seductive account of the unknown city." Not in the least surprising to us here on the Drive, the authors uncovered a great deal about Vancouver by mining the Drive to reveal these previously unknown, now know factoids. more
May 2004: The Ultimate Vancouver, Where Magazine
Traditional and trendy mix in this culturally diverse neighbourhood centred on Commercial Drive between Venables and Broadway. Utne Reader chose The Drive as one of North America's hippest neighbourhoods… more
2003: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver 2003 What They Said about Commercial Drive
Once again the Georgia Straight has come out with their 8th annual Best of Vancouver Issue. Commercial Drive came in a resounding first place in the Neighbourhood category! more
Dec 12, 2002: Commercial Drive Inc., Vancouver Sun, by Kevin Potvin
Insightful stats on Commercial Drive and a challenging economic theory for its survival. more
Dec 16, 2002: Driver Merchants Thrive on Calling Their Own Shots, Vancouver Sun, by Ian McSorley
(response to Commercial Drive Inc.)
Kevin Potvin's article, "Commercial Drive, Inc." is a great insight to the vibrancy of our unique neighbourhood. It remains a thriving, creative community, despite the trend towards homogenous, franchised commerce in North America. more
Fall 2002: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver
The
results of the Georgia Straight's "Best of Vancouver" edition are in and Commercial Drive does very nicely in
this 7th annual contest. And the winners are... more
Fall 2001: Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver
Best
of Vancouver: One of the city's favorite neighborhoods
and some of the best businesses. more
Sept, 2001: Vancouver Magazine, Good Pizza: Pie de Résistance
This
is the pizza margherita, the gold standard of pies, and
you'll find the best at Marcello. more
Sept, 2001: Vancouver Magazine, Up Markets: Realty Check
News
flash: Location is important, but how to decide the right
location for you? A tour of six very busy neighbourhoods. more
Summer, 2000: Beautiful British
Columbia Traveller
by Diane Bailey & Drew McKibben
One
of the hippest strips in Vancouver, Commercial is a saucy
blend of ethnic eateries, vintage stores, produce markets,
bohemian cafes, Italian barbers, European butchers, Rasta
shops, and pasta stops. more
August 28, 1999: National Post, By Finbarr O'Reilly
Vancouver - If you think the government has no influence on what goes on in our bedrooms, think again. more
1999: Gay.com Network
by Gregg Drinkwater
Vancouver: Scenic, hip, multicultural and gay-friendly Commercial Drive – Although the bulk of Vancouver's
gay businesses and residents are clustered in the West
End, another popular queer part of town is Commercial
Drive. more
