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Neighborhoods and Nourishment: An Exploration of Food and Community in Vancouver’s East End (10 am Tour)
February 21, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$30
From bakeries and butchers to ice cream and importers such as Tosi, Bosa and Benny’s, Strathcona’s legacy food stores endures. Celebrate Heritage Week by participating in a walking tour with John Atkin as he explores the legacies of the food producers and suppliers that were once found in Strathcona neighbourhood.
Please note: John Atkin will be hosting another Heritage Week Walking Tour at 1:00 pm. Learn about the other tour here.
Tickets for both tours can be purchased here and will go on sale on January 12 at 10am.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Photo credit: S Carlson