[OT] Pacific Mall

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:20:19PM -0400, Michael Lauzon wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:02, Lennart
> Sorensen<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hmm, well its somewhat like many of the large fleamarkets in the GTA,
> > except the stores are actually each contained in a glass box, and they
> > sell all new stuff rather than sometimes used things.
> >
> > It is modeled on the markets of hong kong as far as I know.
> >
> > It is absolutely crazy busy on weekends.
> >
> > There are lots of stores carying asian DVDs and VCDs (and in some cases
> > western ones too), karaoke equipment, cell phones (often unlocked GSM
> > phone models you can't even get here since rogers doesn't carry them),
> > DVD players (region free of course), computer stuff (canada computers
> > has a store there among others, although of course their prices are the
> > same as their other stores.  There isn't really much hope for getting
> > cheaper computer parts in general, since there isn't much margin left.),
> > stores with parts for fancying up cars (like honda civics as far as I
> > can tell), etc.  The food court is all chinese stuff and very good (unlike
> > any chinese food you would find at the food court of a normal mall).
> >
> > --
> > Len Sorensen
> 
> Maybe I'll go this weekend, to check it out, sounds like fun, although
> I really should have went 7yrs ago.  What else is in that area that I
> should check out, actually where is PM?

Steeles and kennedy I believe is the intersection.

I suppose T&T is a nice asian supermarket near it (just west of it
on steeles) but you can find those downtown now as well, so not as
interesting.  Some people might like the mongolian grill (which is a
chain of course.  We used to go to it when at university in waterloo a
decade ago).

-- 
Len Sorensen
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