Joe’s guidebook to Nelson

Joe
Joe’s guidebook to Nelson

Food scene

This is just at the end of the alley from our place. Go left down the alley and you're there! Great coffee, snacks, treats, breakfast, lunch, and lots of good people. If you prefer a quieter coffee look at some of my other suggestions.
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Oso Negro Café
604 Ward Street
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This is just at the end of the alley from our place. Go left down the alley and you're there! Great coffee, snacks, treats, breakfast, lunch, and lots of good people. If you prefer a quieter coffee look at some of my other suggestions.
This is excellent food. If you think vegan food is lacking, just try their Chkn Caesar Wrap!!! Wow, delicious! But really everything is good here. The fact that it's healthy is a major bonus. Just a block away. Go left, out of our flat, down the alley, cross the street and then cross again (pretty much kitty-corner from Oso Negro).
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Sprout Plant Based Eatery
569 Ward St
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This is excellent food. If you think vegan food is lacking, just try their Chkn Caesar Wrap!!! Wow, delicious! But really everything is good here. The fact that it's healthy is a major bonus. Just a block away. Go left, out of our flat, down the alley, cross the street and then cross again (pretty much kitty-corner from Oso Negro).
Good affordable eats! Just a short jaunt down past the library on Victoria St. from out place.
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El Taco
306 Victoria St
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Good affordable eats! Just a short jaunt down past the library on Victoria St. from out place.
Pleasant atmosphere and good food.
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Marzano
153 Baker St
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Pleasant atmosphere and good food.
Nelson’s best sushi and Japanese food
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Kurama Sushi Japanese Restaurant
491 Baker St
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Nelson’s best sushi and Japanese food
Good breakfast and lunch. Also, shares the space with a used book and music store which is kind of pleasant.
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The Vienna Cafe
411 Kootenay St
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Good breakfast and lunch. Also, shares the space with a used book and music store which is kind of pleasant.
Excellent bakery! Delicious organic fare. The baked goods are superlative and the hot lunches are also very good.
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Kootenay Bakery Cafe Cooperative The
377 Baker St
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Excellent bakery! Delicious organic fare. The baked goods are superlative and the hot lunches are also very good.

Sightseeing

A block and a half down the hill and you're there! You will find what you're looking for - whatever it is.
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Baker Street
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A block and a half down the hill and you're there! You will find what you're looking for - whatever it is.
Water park for little kids, field for sports, ice rink, basketball court, playground. This is several block up the hill from our suite but well worth the walk or drive if you have kids or just like a nice park. The best outdoor ice rink in Nelson, bring your stick hockey stick.
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Lion's Park
298 Richards St
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Water park for little kids, field for sports, ice rink, basketball court, playground. This is several block up the hill from our suite but well worth the walk or drive if you have kids or just like a nice park. The best outdoor ice rink in Nelson, bring your stick hockey stick.
Outdoor kids pool (must have a youngster to enter), playground, lookout, gardens, forest paths. The lookout is a must-visit location. See Nelson from above. Walk NW up Baker St to the end and wrap around to Vernon, then up up to Gyro.
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Gyro Park
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Outdoor kids pool (must have a youngster to enter), playground, lookout, gardens, forest paths. The lookout is a must-visit location. See Nelson from above. Walk NW up Baker St to the end and wrap around to Vernon, then up up to Gyro.
Beautiful view after a pleasant, if moderately difficult, hike. This is a must for the outdoorsy visiter or local. Many Nelsonites do this hike as part of their regular exercise routine.
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Pulpit Rock
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Beautiful view after a pleasant, if moderately difficult, hike. This is a must for the outdoorsy visiter or local. Many Nelsonites do this hike as part of their regular exercise routine.
Nelson's Public Library. Computers, books, movies, wifi, pleasantly busy with nice people. My kid loves spending time here and so do I. From out place, go left down the alley and you're there!
Nelson Municipal Library
602 Stanley St
Nelson's Public Library. Computers, books, movies, wifi, pleasantly busy with nice people. My kid loves spending time here and so do I. From out place, go left down the alley and you're there!
"Going to the beach" often means going to Lakeside. Super big, beautiful beach with parkland backing and Nelson's best playground. There's a decent beach-food restaurant too. Keep walking down the paved path and you'll end up at the soccer field. Keep going and you're at the dog park before long. You might jump on the tram while there.
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Lakeside Park
Lakeside Park
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"Going to the beach" often means going to Lakeside. Super big, beautiful beach with parkland backing and Nelson's best playground. There's a decent beach-food restaurant too. Keep walking down the paved path and you'll end up at the soccer field. Keep going and you're at the dog park before long. You might jump on the tram while there.
Here's one of the best hiking trails in Nelson. It's easier than Pulpit Rock hike and you can reach beautiful views very quickly but Lyons Bluff is still a moderate hike and there's optional longer hikes.
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Lyons Bluff Trail
1207 British Columbia 3A
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Here's one of the best hiking trails in Nelson. It's easier than Pulpit Rock hike and you can reach beautiful views very quickly but Lyons Bluff is still a moderate hike and there's optional longer hikes.
This is a pleasant experience and a fun way to get from the prestige to either the Chako Mika Mall or Lakeside Park. This restored 1906 electric streetcar runs on a track from Lakeside park in Fairview to the Prestige at the bottom of Downtown.
Streetcar #23
Hall Street
This is a pleasant experience and a fun way to get from the prestige to either the Chako Mika Mall or Lakeside Park. This restored 1906 electric streetcar runs on a track from Lakeside park in Fairview to the Prestige at the bottom of Downtown.

City/town information

Visit Ymir for a change of pace (or time, this town reminds me of a western movie at times). The Goods is the local hangout and corner store - find most anything you need there like groceries, made-to-order, takeout, booze, etc. On either side of it you’ll fond the local pub and bakery. There's a secret beach not far away too, it's got a diving board into a beautiful pristine pool.
Ymir
Visit Ymir for a change of pace (or time, this town reminds me of a western movie at times). The Goods is the local hangout and corner store - find most anything you need there like groceries, made-to-order, takeout, booze, etc. On either side of it you’ll fond the local pub and bakery. There's a secret beach not far away too, it's got a diving board into a beautiful pristine pool.

Neighbourhoods

This is where Lakeside Park is as well as John's Walk, Queen E park (baseball), Selkirk College, the high school, Tennis Courts, Car Wash, Gas Stations, Junk Food Stops, Soccer Fields, Svoboda (great for dog walking and x-country skiing), and lots of residential.
Fairview
This is where Lakeside Park is as well as John's Walk, Queen E park (baseball), Selkirk College, the high school, Tennis Courts, Car Wash, Gas Stations, Junk Food Stops, Soccer Fields, Svoboda (great for dog walking and x-country skiing), and lots of residential.
The “Crag” is a climbing area, not a neighborhood but airbnb didn’t recognize Hall Siding (the neighborhood). Anyway, there’s a famous climbing cliff here! There’s also a hidden waterfall, some hard-to-find swimming pools, rails-to-trails for biking, running, walking, x-country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. It’s up in the mountains so you’ll get cooler temperatures in the summer and deep snow in the winter.
Hall Siding Crag
The “Crag” is a climbing area, not a neighborhood but airbnb didn’t recognize Hall Siding (the neighborhood). Anyway, there’s a famous climbing cliff here! There’s also a hidden waterfall, some hard-to-find swimming pools, rails-to-trails for biking, running, walking, x-country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. It’s up in the mountains so you’ll get cooler temperatures in the summer and deep snow in the winter.

Favorite attractions

These are my favorite spots to visit.
Whitewater is our closest ski hill and world renowned for great powder. On snow days try to get there before 9am if you want a 1/2 decent parking spot.
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Whitewater Ski Resort
6010 Whitewater Ski Hill Rd
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Whitewater is our closest ski hill and world renowned for great powder. On snow days try to get there before 9am if you want a 1/2 decent parking spot.