Hasty Market

Ali is so sick my man can’t get enough of that LMAO jk… Still a pretty sick dude tho ;) true about the sodas what that dude said hahahhaha snacks are good all the time especially at 1 am LOL!!! Thanks

As everyone else so rightly says … they have the best selection of soda in Metro Vancouver/​Western Canada plus a great selection of snacks both in the chip and candy realm of things.
Then you add in the factor that you usually get to deal with ALI … A-​L-​I !!! what can I say about Ali. this man literally knows every regular by name … and knows about them and asks them how they are doing, how was their class at school, etc and actually means it! He loves dealing with people and people love dealing with him.
If your someone into trying different sodas and your not regularly going to Hasty Market you really need to give your head a shake and head over ASAP style.

I mistakenly posted a negative review here but confused it for a different business. Can’t figure out how to delete it so I’ll drop 5 stars for your trouble. Sorry for the confusion

Never in my life have a reviewed a convenience store. I’m doing it, because I actually did a google search to see if anyone else feels that store has
something magical about it, it’s like entering the Twilight Zone, except nothing weird or creepy happens. Love Love Love these guys,
I’d go in there when my B. F and I had a fight just because, I swear, you open that door and it’s a different world. Aside from that, their prices are great, they have good quality groceries, not a lot, but organic things that you’d not expect from a corner store. And they have a great selection of candy, some that I remember from when I was a kid.
Ali, Bubba, I LOVE you guys. Thanks for existing.

The single greatest convenience store in the world. They’ve got it all. I actually did some of my grocery shopping here. It’s not very pricey either.
I’m amazed that some of the clerks remembered my name even if I didn’t come in all that often.

Ali has upped his service ninja game yet again but I hesitate to say why, in the fear that an unsavory person may read this and take advantage of such awesome. And so, I begin this review with a disclaimer:
Are you a good person?
Have you ever thought of kicking a puppy? Or taking candy from small, adorable children? Do you own a big van and spend your Saturday afternoons lurking? Or do you, or have you ever had a large mustache that you twirl ominously while partaking in activities like tying damsels onto railroad tracks?
If you’ve answered no to the above, we can safely assume you are a good human. Please read on.
In preparation of a big move, my overwhelming need to procrastinate by walking for craft soda has expanded exponentially. So tonight, like many other nights, I made the 15 minute trek to Hasty for my root beer fix. Upon reaching my favourite little neighbourhood store, and loading up on various craft beverages, I realized I had forgot my wallet.
Now sure, i’m a regular but Ali didn’t blink an eye. With a quick flick on the register, he took my name, told me my total and said I could pay next time I was in. It was done with the ease that assures me this is not the first time this kind gesture has been offered.
It brought me back to a time where neighbourhod grocers would happily keep tabs or pubs that keep them tucked away until you stumble in the next afternoon. I grew up with this kind of trust and service, but I haven’t seen it before in this big ol’ city we live in. It’s the kind of neighbourly awesome that makes me love this haunt so much.
I’m moving out of the area (well, the country) but Riley Park & Mount Pleasant peeps? Go here. From craft soda, to kitchen staples and everything in between, this place serves up late night snack cravings with old school service.

Must be the best convenience store in the universe. The guys here are so nice, they have something calm and lovely around them. They have a bunch of Dutch candy which you can’t find anywhere else — so they got me there. Now the guy behind the counter has also been practicing to remember my kind of difficult Dutch name for the past 3 years and now he greats me everytime!

Ir doesn’t matter if you’re stumbling home late or getting up early for work — there’s something to make you happy. Including the employees! They are the nicest dudes and in one of the fridges they have home made samosas that are delicious.
Check out their rad selection of soda if you’re into that kind of thing.
All in all — I’m happy to be living near the Nasty. Err — Hasty.

It’s weird for me in general to be reviewing a convenience store, however, I have a personal attachment to this store. My parents were the original owners of this store before it sold down the line to numerous owners. I have memories of working there, the old layout is still imprinted in my mind as fresh as the first day.
As I was walking home over the weekend from the record store, I decided to pop in for the first time in literally 14 years. I never did before hand ’cause I never used to hang around the hood and then when my dad passed, didn’t want to be emotional. I decided to suck it up and walk in and look at the changed layout and what they had to offer.
I didn’t have any intention of buying anything that day, I just wanted to remember in my own way.
I was pleasantly surprised and relived that not only is it in good hands at the moment but the selection has the convenience store staples but a few specialty products as well. The owners are super friendly, just like my dad and his brother were when they owned it back in the day.
It took me 10 minutes to decide on a soda pop to drink ’cause other than your usual suspects IE: Spite, Coke, Pepsi, 7-​UP etc., they had specialty pops from different parts of the world. They had rare unusual flavors that I would pay up to $ 4 a bottle elsewhere and here, at reasonable price. I even found my favorite soda pop Zevia and some cool Seattle based sodas (without having to go to Seattle). I am now on a mission to try all the colas before the end of the year.
It’s awesome to see a convenience store having faith with unique drink products in hopes that the customer ship is there besides banking on the usual varieties.
I feel good knowing that it is in the right hands. Cheers.

Hasty Market, Nasty Market, Hasty Market, Nasty Market, Hasty Market, Nasty Market…
And so it goes. Year after year, month after month, some clever soul with a bucket of black paint, a paintbrush, and a will to keep tradition alive, changes that H to an N. And it just keeps getting changed back.
You would think that after all of this time, after all of these years, Hasty Market would just change its name altogether. But man, I’m glad it hasn’t. Every time I pass by I make sure to look -«has it changed? Is the H an N? Is the N back to an H?»
5¢ candies, cans of Coke, over-​priced bags of Oreos — it’s really just a convenience store… just so happens to have become a pretty special spot in the Vancouver landscape.

Other than the constant fight between whomever decides to change the «H» in «HASTY» to an «N,» there’s not much to distinguish this from any other 24-​hour, independently operated convenience store. The guy behind the counter is always nice enough and if you need a carton of juice or a loaf of bread, etc in the middle of the night, they’ve got you covered.
But I’m giving it five stars because they always have Cherry Coke.

I really like how they have never bothered to fix the slight typographical touch-​up done to their ‘HASTY MARKET’ sign. With one ingenious stroke of paint, someone has changed an otherwise innocuous store façade to made-​you-​look NASTY MARKET.
I don’t know if it’s apathy or ingenuity that has led the owners to leave the sign as is, but either way, it deserves a five.

Two words: Vanilla Coke. Oh for 2004, when Vanilla Coke was available everywhere normal coke was sold. Nowadays, you have to make a pilgrimage to Hasty Market on Main for your Vanilla, Cherry, or Diet Cherry Coke.
It can’t be easy to distinguish yourself as a convenience store merchant, but Hasty Market somehow manages to do so. I find most convenience stories oppressively bright and institutional. Hasty market manages to offer just the right amount of cluttered goods, with options for exotic beverages (see Vanilla Coke mention above) in the coolers along the back wall at not unreasonable prices. And the gentlmen behind the counter are unusually friendly and helpful. When’s the last time you saw a convenience store clerk actually get out from behind the counter and show a confused customer where an item is?
I never imagined I would write a review for a convenience store on Unilocal,but Hasty Market has earned it.

Let’s face it, Hasty Market is pretty much like any other convenience store. more convenient than some, less convenient than others. Entirely unremarkable, apart from one very important thing — the letter ‘H’ looks almost exactly like an ‘N’. Makes me laugh like a drain every time I go past, which is pretty much twice a day. I get funny looks on the number 3, but I just can’t help myself.

There has to be a Hasty Market in every neighbourhood in the city. This corner store has style though. Your usual junk food candidates emerge on the shelves: Canned goods, chips and nuts, candy bars, chocolate and other items fill the store. It sells flowers, lottery tickets, cigarettes and frozen treats. I wish corner stores here were like in SF. They carry organic products there, gosh darn it. I want quality organic products to eat and my grocery store.

Hasty Market has a really good supply of sweet treats for a corner store. In addition to the usual Kit Kats and Coffe Crisp bars, Hasty Market also has a lot of other premium chocolate bars. If it’s ice cream that you are in the mood for you’ll lots of varieties from Cadbury bars to Ben and Jerry’s. They also have all the usual stuff like potato chips, lottery tickets, and cigarettes, but who cares about that.