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The Window Seat at Slickety Jim's

BCBusiness

| September 15, 2009

Image by: Allan Cole Roberts

3 p.m.: A look through the glass at the charming tabletop miscellany at Slickety Jim's, on Vancouver's Main Street. Early on the morning of Thursday, November 12, 2009, a fire destroyed the beloved eatery, along with three neighbouring businesses. Take a look at some more pre-fire photos of Slickety Jim's and environs from the talented local photographer Allan Cole Roberts. (Additional photos of the fire here.)

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- Tourism and Hospitality

Yves, you are an idiot.

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-11-13 16:52.

Yves, you are an idiot. Every new development that replaces the old in this neighborhood is another cheezy glass job shoebox that we have seen a million times before. The retail spaces will be twice as much, have no character and will bring another group of people who couldn't afford the even more ridiculous rents on Granville. Ever think that money isn't everything? I am sure that the amounts of cash they are going to get on insurance is not worth destroying something they built with their own hands and invested in before this was a cool neighborhood. And by the way, there is "heritage" as in Kits and there is "heritage" as in East Van. If you can't tell the difference, keep it real at the Shark Club. Ass.

Ok, stop the violins ...

Submitted by Yves (not verified) on Fri, 2009-11-13 08:30.

Ok, stop the violins ... Although this fire did gut a few businesses, the eateries remain easily forgetable from the point of view of the food. As a quaint place to go, fine, but the reality is that all of these businesses should theoretically be swimming in insurance money and they can all rent cheaper in the area, which is literally wall-to-wall empty stores in all directions. I work in the area & those units are about as "heritage" as a 1950's warehouse. In fact ... the fire is probably a Godsend, allowing the businesses to take over one of the many vacant storefronts in the area. If we (as a citizens ...) are lucky, the development that replaces the stores will be more in character with the stone and brick accents of Mount Pleasant.

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