{"id":619526,"date":"2026-04-21T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619526\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:14:10","slug":"these-are-the-best-hidden-gems-in-edmonton-according-to-locals-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619526\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the best hidden gems in Edmonton, according to locals | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton can often appear a little rough from the outside looking in, but once you scratch the surface, there\u2019s a treasure trove of fantastic food, events, nature, art, and hidden gems waiting to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p>And, as it turns out, Edmontonians are more than happy to share those gems with the outside world. A user posted\u00a0on r\/Edmonton on Reddit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Edmonton\/comments\/1cwok6j\/what_are_this_citys_hidden_gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">asking what Edmonton\u2019s hidden gems<\/a> are, and within hours, dozens of commenters chimed in with a range of answers that we couldn\u2019t even begin to list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdmonton is nothing but hidden gems,\u201d the top commenter wrote, with a long list including:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2024-05-22-at-1.06.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1975978 size-full\" width=\"1400\" height=\"830\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1975978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reddit<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m convinced that\u2019s why everyone overlooks Edmonton. It took me years of living here to start to appreciate it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Edmonton\/comments\/1cwok6j\/comment\/l4z7xk5\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">someone wrote<\/a> in the response to the top comment.<\/p>\n<p>The second comment suggests even more activities and gems, including a local garment recycling store with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/blenderz-garment-recyclers-edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wicked deals on secondhand clothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2024-05-22-at-1.09.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1975982 size-full\" width=\"1362\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1975982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reddit<\/p>\n<p>We also love this comment, which lists some spots in Edmonton\u2019s Chinatown neighbourhood, which, like Edmonton, is loaded with hidden gems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2024-05-22-at-1.12.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1975985\" width=\"1106\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1975985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reddit<\/p>\n<p>Other top comments include places such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/little-brick-cafe-coffee-edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Little Brick Cafe<\/a> in Riverdale, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/best-taco-spots-edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Mexican Restaurant<\/a> on Argyll Road, and many more to mention. You can find the full thread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Edmonton\/comments\/1cwok6j\/what_are_this_citys_hidden_gems\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your favourite hidden gem in Edmonton? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton can often appear a little rough from the outside looking in, but once you scratch the surface,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-619526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}