Y’know Monty Python’s "and now for something completely different" line? New boutique and cafe Goodge Place takes that wacky British whimsicality and applies it to gloriously eccentric aristocratic style.
Run by Vancouver’s Emily McLean (back home in B.C. post a 15-year stint in London), the boutique, with its can’t-miss-it, black-and-white, exterior barcode awning, gets its name from the London square where her great-grandfather once kept shop. Expect House of Hackney mugs ($64.99) and Travis Sandoval Canary Cake Domes ($360) along with fun curiosities (cicada rings and perfumes that go on scentless and bloom in response to your skin). Front-of-store sees a charming cafe with Milano coffee and Cadeaux Bakery treats (gemlike pate du fruit while you shop?).
This is imported European style at its finest. —Adrienne Matei
Goodge Place, 1523 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver, 604-714-1133, www.goodgeplace.com
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