Kelowna Pub Torn Down....

[MAPearce]

People started opening a portion of their rooming houses for consumption of alcohol to the Public in their neighbourhood, hence the name Neighbourhood Public House. Then became Neighbourhood Pub and then shortened to Pub. I see that there is a trend to now call some of them Public or Social Houses.The oldest pub in BC is Six Mile Pub (1848) in the Victoria area http://www.sixmilepub.com/history/yesteryear.

Ahhh ! The Six Mile ... View Royals finest pub.

[forumdoug]

Thanks for to "dirtybiker" and "southy" for the votes of confidence and agreement on the current farmers' market location basically being the *bleep*. :)

southy, actually I'd imagined the Penticton farmer's market would be a bit of a nightmare in terms of traffic and that's why I proposed for it to be well off of Bernard Avenue. Perhaps Ellis St or Clement Ave wouldn't be far enough away from downtown? In any event, it does need to move. What about the Mission Recreation Park or nearby Capital News Centre parking lot on a Saturday morning up until lunch time? Or, potentially, across the street at that private school, which would benefit from the monthly rent being paid to utilize their parking lot?

That's interesting that the Penticton merchants haven't seen increased sales but makes total sense.

Cheers,
Doug

[LANDM]

People started opening a portion of their rooming houses for consumption of alcohol to the Public in their neighbourhood, hence the name Neighbourhood Public House. Then became Neighbourhood Pub and then shortened to Pub. I see that there is a trend to now call some of them Public or Social Houses.The oldest pub in BC is Six Mile Pub (1848) in the Victoria area http://www.sixmilepub.com/history/yesteryear.

The legal designation of neighbourhood pubs was determined much more recently than that and Luigi’s was the first to fit that designation.
Much like when Cottage Wineries were determined to be a certain entity.....I believe Claremont was the first. Grey Monk wasn’t far behind.

[normaM]

Really enjoying this thread! So funny the " no windows"
There was an old hotel back home still had the signage Ladies and Escorts.
But since you know former places what was the name of the restaurant in the Mission that was upstairs across from the Haven at Mission Park? And the name before that one pls.
No one I asks recalls

[LANDM]

Really enjoying this thread! So funny the " no windows"
There was an old hotel back home still had the signage Ladies and Escorts.
But since you know former places what was the name of the restaurant in the Mission that was upstairs across from the Haven at Mission Park? And the name before that one pls.
No one I asks recalls

Was it a crepe place?

[normaM]

Yea, when we moved here it had one name, then changed.. a lot of German food
Elevator and long stairs.. above where the dental place and a bank is now

[dle]

I think you could get a drink at the golf course in Winfield in the 80,s

Nope, the pinsetter was at the bowling alley in the basement at the little mall in Winfield. At the time, the only place on a Sunday to grab a drink.

WalterWhite thought Rutland, I thought Westside, you think Winfield.......at least we are all using our noggins and associating the name with a bowling alley somewhere around here lol!

[dle]

I liked the first location of Ernie's and have had a beer or two at the next location, then had a few at RJ McMaster's Neighbourhood Pub but don't recall if I was there when it changed names again to Tom Collins Pub.

I remember going to the first Ernie's too - long skinny place! Can't remember exactly where it was though.....

Ernies place was right behind Carmelles Creperie. At one time Safeway was in the mall next along the highway behind Ernies.
There was also an insurance place in that mall.
When the Mall expanded they were required to build Dilworth, prior to that the main road was Benvoulin.
Ernies Place was moved to Springfield before the building of Dilworth and had direct access off Benvoulin Road.
When Dilworth was built all they got was the one access which did not serve them well. Also the stairs from the mall did not improve the access.

I must disagree - the stairs from the mall really helped my access after a long day in the trenches shopping lol!

[Piecemaker]

Really enjoying this thread! So funny the " no windows"
There was an old hotel back home still had the signage Ladies and Escorts.
But since you know former places what was the name of the restaurant in the Mission that was upstairs across from the Haven at Mission Park? And the name before that one pls.
No one I asks recalls

Jaxx?

[normaM]

YES!!! but what was it called before? Making myself mental trying to remember
Thanks Piecemaker

[390625]

One of the Sears is becoming a Playdium and part of the other one is becoming Canada’s first Trader Joes

[Lady tehMa]

One of the Sears is becoming a Playdium and part of the other one is becoming Canada’s first Trader Joes

I truly hope that is so, the news fills me with hope and delight!

[alanjh595]

Trader Joe's is an American based grocery store.
Poor location, wrong format, bad parking, I don't see that it can succeed in today's market.

[JayByrd]

Playdium would do well here, and Orchard Park is an ideal place for it. Would be bad news for Scandia though.

Trader Joe's would be interesting. I think their success would depend on what they offer. If they're going to try and compete directly with Safeway/Save On/Superstore, it will go badly. If they offer something that sets them apart, they could do well.

[Bsuds]

YES!!! but what was it called before? Making myself mental trying to remember
Thanks Piecemaker

My wife claims it was opened as Jaxx by the Kuipers family. (and she is Mrs Right) (first name Always)