Vancouver is a truly multicultural city. It's nice to come to this area on Main Street, but it offers a very small sampling of the buisnesses owned and operated by the East Indian community in Vancouver (I'd say the same of Chinatown). It's worth going to, but you'll get a richer sampling of foods and services dispersed throughout Vancouver, Surrey... More

My trip of Punjabi Market was quite disappointing. I felt that the few stores making this small market don't capture the essence of the large Indo-Canadian population in Greater Vancouver. A better experience would be to travel to Surrey and use this as your guide: http://www.ekam.ca/search/?q=restaurants&r=metro&l=vancouver More

I expected a great deal from this area but I'm not sure if it was the time of day (late morning) or the fact that the neighborhood itself is declining, but many store fronts were vacant and those establishments that were there mainly consisted of restaurants (Himalayas is notable and pretty good grub), food markets and sari shops. I expected... More

Punjabi Street in Vancouver has by far the best deals that I have seen on Indian clothes in North America. Rockbottom prices - salwar suits starting at $9.99, negotiable prices, and excellent food make this a great spot to hit. More