Your Guide to Vancouver: Eat + Drink + Shop (& Be Merry)

4.02.2008

Le So.Cial at Le Magasin - Deli

Le Social at Le Magasin
Custom Butcher Shop & Deli
332 Water Street
Vancouver BC, V6B 1B6
Ph: 604.669.4488
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Neighborhood: Gastown
Price: $
Gastown’s Le Magasin is a collection of shops and restaurants, housed in the style of the building’s arcade origins. After shopping at Button Button, I spied a deli on the back side of the posh oyster bar, Le So.Cial. Inside, I found a great Gastown lunch option (one on the gourmet, spendy side of ‘cheap eats’). For $5.95, you can get a small sandwich (basically a hand-sized triangle). These aren’t just any old sandwiches. Le So.Cial’s deli has a selection of local and organic custom cut meats, house made charcuterie, terrines, sausages, bacon and a delicious assortment of condiments. If the deli is too crowded, you can sit in Le So.Cial’s swanky lounge. There are a couple stools and a counter inside the deli which is itself done up in the Le Magasin’s 1911 style with high, pressed-tin ceilings, rustic floors and grand windows. There’s even a tree (dead or fake?) in the middle of the room. Just beware of the cranky butcher...

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