Insurance
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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Other insurance brokers and nearby businesses in the Richmond directory.
Long-standing City Centre brokerage on Ackroyd Road offering Autoplan, homeowner and tenant, commercial and travel insurance, with Cantonese and Mandarin service. Convenient if you are already downtown Richmond for errands or catching the Canada Line.
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Independent Richmond insurance brokerage on Westminster Highway near No. 3 Road, handling ICBC Autoplan, private auto, home and commercial policies. Small enough that you deal with the same broker each renewal rather than a rotating call centre queue.
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West Richmond brokerage in the Seafair area on No. 1 Road, part of the InsureBC network. Autoplan, home, strata, tenant and business coverage for the Seafair, Terra Nova and Steveston side of the city, without a trip into the City Centre crowds.
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Richmond's kosher bakery, family-run and Filipino-Jewish, turning out challah, cinnamon rolls, croissants, muffins and donuts. The hours are short and it closes Saturdays, so plan around them. Bread is baked fresh rather than held over.
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Neighbourhood salon in the Blundell Centre strip, open Tuesday through Saturday. Straightforward cuts for the whole family, and it is one of the few nearby spots that also does eyebrow threading and facial waxing while you are in.
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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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From the blog
Longer reads from the editor, with the places worth a detour linked inside them.
Nothing on Alexandra Road is a hidden gem. It is just in a strip mall with bad signage and no patio, which is why visitors never find it. Here is how I actually use Richmond's plazas and food courts, which specialists are worth the drive, and when not to bother.
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The West Dyke Trail is about five and a half kilometres of flat gravel between Terra Nova Rural Park and Garry Point, and I ride it most mornings. Here is what is actually at the north end, which way to walk so the wind is on your side, and why winter is the better season for it.
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I live four blocks off Moncton Street, so this is the Steveston I actually use: where to park before the Bayview lots fill, how to buy fish straight off the boats at the wharf, the honest answer to the Pajo's versus Dave's question, and why the history here is not decoration.
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