It has been a Strathcona hub for three decades and is closing at a time when the city hopes to encourage more corner stores and help the dwindling number that are still open
Published Oct 15, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 7 minute read
Gloria Bernardino at the Union Market in Vancouver on Oct. 5, 2023. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
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If unique is what you seek, the Union Market fits the bill.
The small grocery store is in what was originally the living room of a 120-year-old house at 810 Union Street in Strathcona. It sells all manner of groceries, but also acts as a neighbourhood bakery, café and unofficial community centre.
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“What’s really fantastic about the Union is the sense of community that it engendered,” said Vancouver city councillor Pete Fry, who has been going there for decades.
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