The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is extending invitations to the next ‘Places That Matter’ presentations:
Save-On-Meats – June 25
Located on the once bustling Hastings Street corridor, Save on Meats has welcomed the residents of downtown Vancouver since 1957. Starting as a full service butcher shop, owner Al Des Laurier later added a lunch counter, home to the legendary cheese burger, and a grocery store converting a butcher shop into a community hub. After a short closure in 2010 with Al’s retirement, the updated east side icon reopened to again serve the community with entrepreneur Mark Brand, who shared Al’s community vision. The iconic” flying” pigs neon sign was the creation of Wallace Neon’s art director who retained the 1940s-era revolving sign. The new sign adds new lettering along with the famous pigs.
Tuesday, June 25th 2013 at 12pm noon. 43 Hastings St. W.
Join us and hear Mark Brand and John Atkin speak to the history and current life of Save On Meats and the iconic neon sign! Stay for lunch or grab groceries at the butcher. Revisit this Vancouver legend.
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Celebrities – June 27
