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A quiet, long-established Japanese restaurant on Second Avenue serving sushi, sashimi and cooked dinners. It runs separate lunch and dinner sittings seven days a week, takes reservations by phone only, and has free parking behind the building.
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Long-running Richmond hobby shop near the airport, now in a larger unit on Russ Baker Way. Plastic model kits, miniatures and paints, board games, trading cards and comics, with tables for in-store gaming. A destination shop rather than a browse-by.
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Racquet sports specialist on the upper level of Aberdeen Centre, with a strong badminton focus plus table tennis and snowboarding gear. It runs the adjoining Yonex shop, and does racquet stringing, which matters in a city with a serious badminton scene.
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Third-floor studio in Aberdeen Square, open daily in the afternoons. A quieter, mall-based alternative to a storefront shop, doing custom pieces and smaller fine-line work for a mostly local Richmond clientele.
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Richmond-based independent brokerage on Alexandra Road in the Golden Village, with a sales team well over a hundred strong. Beyond resale listings it also runs rental property management and strata management, so landlords use it as much as buyers do.
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Richmond building services and janitorial contractor with an office on Shellbridge Way near Bridgeport Road. Provides scheduled commercial cleaning and building maintenance for offices and strata properties around Richmond and Metro Vancouver.
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South Richmond vet clinic in the Coppersmith plaza, open weekends and with one late evening a week but closed Mondays. Shares ownership with Seafair Animal Clinic, so between the two locations you can usually be seen seven days a week.
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Dry cleaner in the Ironwood plaza at No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway, in business since 2000. It handles the usual suits and shirts plus bulkier household pieces, and there is plenty of parking in the plaza lot.
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Practice in the Ironwood complex in south Richmond that leans toward implants, cosmetic smile design and Invisalign. Sedation and laughing gas are offered, which makes it a common pick for anxious patients and longer treatment appointments.
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Optometry clinic in the Ironwood complex that does a lot of myopia control work for children: orthokeratology, atropine and MiSight lenses. Also fits scleral and hybrid lenses for keratoconus and sells designer frames. Open six days a week.
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Over 10,000 square feet of Japanese goods on Alderbridge Way, most of it imported directly. Bento, sushi and hot food made in-house each morning, plus frozen fish, seasonings, cosmetics and kitchenware. It closes at 6pm, so go earlier than you think.
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A small scoop shop off Blundell Road making its own ice cream in rotating batches, leaning Asian with black sesame, Thai milk tea, Vietnamese coffee and ube. No seating and no free samples, but the ice cream is dense and pints travel home well.
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Cantonese seafood restaurant that moved from Alexandra Road to a larger room on north No. 3 Road. Dim sum runs daily with an early-bird discount before 11am, and dinner leans on live tank fish, crab and roast meats.
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A cash-only Capstan Way shop making Hong Kong and Taiwanese-style treats such as buns, swiss rolls, cookies and sponge cakes, with a lighter hand on sugar and oil. The mango cake is the local pick and prices sit under the fancier patisseries.
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Long-running Steveston women's boutique that has traded since 1980 and specialises in travel-friendly clothing: pieces that pack small, resist creasing and layer well. Popular with cruise and Europe-bound shoppers looking for one outfit that does everything.
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Small Richmond electrical company run by a Red Seal journeyman, taking on panel upgrades, added circuits and lighting, smart-home wiring, EV charger installs and emergency repairs for both houses and commercial spaces around Metro Vancouver.
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A small Malaysian takeout on No. 3 Road turning out laksa, nasi lemak, chicken rice and roti. It runs mainly on pickup and delivery with limited seating. Portions are generous, prices are low, and the sambal carries real heat.
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Working jewellery studio in Steveston Village where the pieces are designed and made on site. Custom engagement and remount work is a big part of the business, and they also run hands-on classes if you want to make a ring yourself.
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An old-school Chinese bakery and cafe where sponge cakes, egg tarts and buns come out cheap and steady all day long. There is a small dining side doing rice plates and milk tea if you would rather sit than grab a box and go.
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A long-running Cantonese bakery near Brighouse station where you grab a tray and tongs and load up from self-serve shelves. Portuguese egg tarts, pineapple buns, pork buns and sausage rolls come out through the day, and it stays open until 9pm. Cash only.
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The Parker Place branch of Richmond's best-known Cantonese bakery, running the same tray-and-tongs format with rows of sweet and savoury buns, egg tarts and cocktail buns. Handy if you are already at the mall for groceries or the food court.
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Barbershop in the Coppersmith plaza near Ironwood, convenient if you are already doing errands in south Richmond. Classic men's and boys' cuts and beard tidy-ups, with a lot of long-time repeat customers.
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The Richmond room of the long-established Kirin group, on Westminster Highway near No. 3 Road. Refined Cantonese cooking with some northern Chinese dishes, live seafood, and a dim sum lunch that skews lighter than most in the area.
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A casual Greek taverna a block off the boardwalk, doing souvlaki, roast lamb, calamari and platters meant for sharing. It has been a Steveston fixture for years and is the neighbourhood default for an unfussy family dinner with a glass of wine.
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