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Chocolate & Pastries at Thierry
Broke & Bougie
Riverside Picnic at Gates Park
PoCo's riverside park on the Traboulay Trail, where the picnic table is free and the salmon show up in fall.
Broke & Bougie
PoCo's riverside park on the Traboulay Trail, where the picnic table is free and the salmon show up in fall.
Gates Park is downtown Port Coquitlam's backyard in the best possible way: a big, easy riverside green on the Coquitlam River with the Traboulay Trail running right through. The move is simple. Grab takeout. Claim a picnic table under the trees. Let the river do the entertaining. It is free, it is central, and in fall the salmon actually swim past your lunch, which is either deeply calming or deeply alarming depending on your relationship with the food chain. The Traboulay Trail is right there if you want to walk off whatever you just ate, or you can stay at the table and watch the water until the light changes. No plan required, no budget required beyond whatever you picked up on the way. Low effort, high payoff. Ideal for a lazy first date, and an even more comfortable fifth.
