Ed's Daily Café and Commissary

For co-owners Brett Turner and Dax Droski, Ed's Daily began as something simple: they needed kitchen space for their catering business. “Commissary space is really limited in Vancouver,” explains manager Carly Parkin. “So after months of searching for a kitchen big enough to suit their needs, they stumbled upon this space. It had been sitting empty for years, and it was quite decrepit.”

Decrepit or not, since opening its doors in the spring of 2015, Ed's has become far more than just a kitchen, having grown from a simple cafe to a culinary incubator of sorts; part commissary, part catering business, part event space, part restaurant. “We want to make it a real community hub,” Carly notes.

The 4,500-square-foot venue on Powell Street has been completely reimagined, providing not only a desperately-needed kitchen space for local chefs and caterers, but a restaurant that serves up fresh meals in a lively, intimate atmosphere. The menu features an ever-changing, seasonal lineup of healthy salads, grain bowls and sandwiches prepared with locally sourced ingredients.