Rainy Day
Graze Your Way Through Granville Island Market
Rain-day grazing at Granville Island: warm cinnamon buns, stinky cheese, mini donuts, and a window seat watching False Creek get rained on.
Granville Island
More infoRainy Day
Rain-day grazing at Granville Island: warm cinnamon buns, stinky cheese, mini donuts, and a window seat watching False Creek get rained on.
Granville Island
More infoWhen it's properly bucketing down, the Granville Island Public Market becomes a covered playground for two hungry mouths. The plan is no plan: wander the stalls, split a still-warm cinnamon bun, acquire a wedge of something that smells alarming, grab a paper cone of mini donuts. Then claim a window seat over False Creek and watch the rain dimple the water. Everyone has this idea, so arrive before the crowds.
Skip the reservation and just graze: split a still-warm cinnamon bun, a wedge of stinky cheese, a cone of mini donuts, whatever catches your eye, then grab a window seat over False Creek and watch the rain dimple the water. Pro move, get there before the crowds, because everyone has the same rainy-day idea. Give it about 90 minutes of wandering and pointing. From here you're steps from the rest of the Island's studios and shops.
A market stall crawl works beautifully as a date, right up until one small person spots fifteen things they'd like to eat simultaneously. Keep a hand on each child in the busy aisles, graze slowly, and let the market do the talking. Kids Market next door is a separate adventure for another day.
Indoor food market with individual vendors; nearby Kids Market is a separate attraction. Food costs extra. Busy aisles, keep children close.
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