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Garden City is a one-stop shop
Garden City Centre
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While we await the exciting arrival of Save-On-Foods at 9100 Blundell Road, there are plenty of healthy choices on the menu at Garden City Shopping Centre’s collection of 17 eateries.

Convenience. Variety. Quality. Those three words best describe the selection of healthy dining choices you can get. Stop on your way home or in between errands and enjoy some great options from the variety of community-friendly, locally owned restaurants that deliver cuisines from around the world to settle your appetite.

Here’s a quick look at nine unique and delicious restaurants of the 17 food options at Garden City Shopping Centre which caters to a wide variety of tastes and dietary concerns.

J Squared Ice Cream offers unique options focusing on Artisan Tea flavours with locally sourced ingredients and teas from the Lower Mainland. Come and try their Shanghai Fog, Thai Milk Tea & Vietnamese Cà Phê (Vietnamese Coffee) flavours.

Blenz Coffee’s summer menu offers exclusive refreshing drinks, such as their Chillo Sundaes series inspired by the infamous 1950s shakes made with real dark chocolate. Alternatively, check out their Summer Shaker series inspired by non-alcoholic cocktails (such as the classic mojito), which are naturally sweetened with locally sourced honey from Vernon in the north Okanagan.

The whole family is welcome to enjoy special desserts and fresh beverages at Azure Play Café! This family friendly café offers a variety of fresh fruit teas and shaved ice drinks, a signature tiramisu cake (with cool flavours such as mango passion fruit and barriers tiramisu), and even creative workshops for children and families to join.

Bubble Waffle Café introduces some of Hong Kong’s famous bubble waffles (egg waffles) and other popular street snacks. Check out their extensive soup options, infamous curry rice balls, and delicious Hong Kong drinks and milk teas.

With dishes originating from southern China’s Hainan Province, Hainan Kitchen has perfected their Hainanese chicken recipe, which is also considered one of Singapore’s national dishes. This authentic dish is served with the best quality from this family-owned restaurant.

As far as juicy and delicious burgers go, Garden City’s A&W restaurant serves only the best, grass-fed beef raised without artificial hormones and steroids. For dietary restrictive and conscious customers, A&W takes pride in being the first national burger restaurant in Canada to partner with Beyond Meat to include plant-based proteins for inclusive alternatives on its menu.

If you’re looking for satisfying sandwiches, try out one of Subway’s famous subs made with fresh baked bread daily. This independently owned location also offers healthy wraps and salads, and freshly baked cookies to indulge in.

Garden City’s Little Caesars location offers quick and delicious cheesy pizza options. Try one of their many classic and specialty pizzas that suit all vegetarian or meat lovers’ cravings, or one of their Detroit-styled “Deep! Deep! Dish” pizzas, Delicious!

Check out Garden City’s Church’s Chicken location for their infamous Texan fried chicken recipe. Founded in the Lone Star State (Texas) in 1952, the iconic chicken recipe has been perfected over the years. Visit their link through the Garden City Shopping Centre website for coupons you can redeem at this location.

Visit gardencityshoppingcentre.com to browse all the incredible places to eat, along with the other convenient services and stores in Richmond’s Garden City Shopping Centre.