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BC-certified independent high school on Mellis Drive offering Grade 8 to 12 credit courses and university preparation. It serves local families alongside international students working toward a Canadian Dogwood diploma.
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Independent No. 5 Road shop with well over a decade of local trade, doing diagnostics, general mechanical repairs and inspections. Known for spelling out what actually needs fixing now versus what can safely wait.
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All-day cafe on Moncton Street doing brunch, fusion paellas, eggs benedict and handmade Shanghai dumplings. Fans of Once Upon a Time will recognise the frontage as Granny's Diner. Family-friendly with a kids' menu and a private room for groups.
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Independent shop on No. 3 Road doing general repairs, tune-ups, restorations and performance customization. Regulars rate it for straight explanations and not upselling, which is why it turns up repeatedly in local recommendations.
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A whisky lounge inside Club Versante with a large by-the-glass list and izakaya-style plates off a robata grill. There is a glassed-in vault dining room, live entertainment several nights a week, and two small private rooms. Dressier than a pub.
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Upstairs on the Bayview pier with big windows over Fisherman's Wharf, Catch serves West Coast seafood alongside steaks, burgers and pasta. Locals come for the sunset patio, the halibut and black cod, and a kitchen that runs late on weekend nights.
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Warehouse-style importer on Vulcan Way stacked with wicker and rattan baskets, ceramics, kitchenware and inexpensive housewares. Trade-oriented but open to the public weekdays and Saturday, and the place to go for volume and low prices.
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A restaurant and bar on Minoru Boulevard serving Pacific Northwest cooking from breakfast through dinner, with cocktails, BC wine and local beer. Live music on Thursdays and free parking. Handy to Richmond Centre, Minoru Park and the hospital.
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Richmond head office of a small B.C. brokerage group writing auto, home, commercial, marine, travel and farm insurance. The marine side is the locally interesting bit - useful if you keep a boat at Steveston or moored somewhere along the Fraser.
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Long-running licensed Montessori centre on St Albans Road, operating since 1994, for children from 12 months to school age. Infant, toddler and three-to-six classes, with English, Mandarin and French woven through the day.
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Boutique wedding studio on Sexsmith Road doing pre-wedding and wedding-day photography plus cinematography, with hair, makeup and gown shoots handled in house. It also books family, maternity and newborn studio sessions.
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Independent cleaner on Francis Road in south-central Richmond, doing everyday dry cleaning and pressing for a mostly local, repeat clientele. A small counter-service shop rather than a chain drop-off point, so you deal with the owner.
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Hunan restaurant just off the Alexandra Road strip serving genuinely spicy provincial cooking: chopped chilli fish head, smoked pork, and stir-fries heavy on fresh and pickled peppers. Also known for an oversized youtiao shared around the table.
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Upscale Cantonese seafood house inside Empire Centre on No. 3 Road. Known for elaborate, modern-looking dim sum, live tank seafood and Peking duck. One of the standard Richmond picks for banquets and big weekend family lunches.
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A small Steveston burger-and-beer room on No. 1 Road with seasonal local plates and a busy weekend brunch that runs on a ninety-minute seating limit. Reservations and the waitlist are handled online rather than by phone.
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Independent K-8 school in east Richmond built specifically for gifted and twice-exceptional learners, with a Ministry special education designation. Small classes, inquiry-led work and extension projects rather than acceleration for its own sake.
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Licensed group-in-home centre on Geal Road in Steveston, taking 30-month to five-year-olds in a small, multilingual setting. Running since 2010, it pairs Montessori materials with standard early childhood education practice.
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An Aberdeen Square shop steps from the SkyTrain doing dessert-like drinks: taro and purple sweet potato milk, oreo slush with cheese foam, salted cream toppings. More indulgent than most of the strip, and the portions are generous.
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An unusual crossover at No. 3 and Cook: fruit-forward bubble tea on one side, French-style low-sugar cakes on the other. Mango pomelo sago and passion fruit teas get ordered most, and the cake boxes make it a gift stop as well.
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Family-run jeweller on the ground floor of Aberdeen Centre, dealing in Swiss watches and fine jewellery. Known locally for a low-pressure showroom where staff will sit you down with tea, and for servicing and sizing what they sell.
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Second-floor general dental office on Westminster Highway, minutes from Richmond City Hall and the Canada Line. Routine exams and hygiene, extractions with follow-up care, nightguards and whitening. Convenient if you work in the City Centre core.
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One of Richmond's larger general-practice law firms, on Commerce Parkway in east Richmond. Real estate and conveyancing, wills and estates, family law, business law and civil litigation all under one roof, with a second office in White Rock by appointment.
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A one-stop shop on Moncton Street: cuts, balayage, toners, K18 and hair botox treatments, extensions and bridal styling, plus brow lamination, lash lifts, permanent makeup and nails. Useful when you want hair and brows done in the same visit.
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