Pallet has opened its newest location with bright interiors, a heated patio and plenty of room to work, relax or catch up with friends.<\/p>\n
Coffee lovers in Olympic Village now have a new neighbourhood cafe\u00a0to add to their daily routine.<\/p>\n
Local specialty coffee chain Pallet Coffee Roasters officially opened their newest Vancouver cafe\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0(July 9) at 2035 Yukon St.<\/p>\n
It’s replacing a former Starbucks at the bustling intersection of Yukon Street and West 2nd Avenue with a bright, welcoming cafe\u00a0designed for everything from a quick caffeine stop to an afternoon work session or some patio vibes.<\/p>\n
The spot is already getting some attention. I visited there on\u00a0opening day and\u00a0saw customers streaming in through the doors, including several\u00a0Vancouver police officers grabbing coffee during their shifts. The VPD precinct is only steps away, and it’s likely the cafe\u00a0will soon be a familiar spot for first responders, as well as office workers and neighbourhood residents in Mount Pleasant.<\/p>\n
Although located at a busy\u00a0intersection, the moment you step inside, the atmosphere changes.<\/p>\n
Large windows overlook the constant movement of traffic and pedestrians outside, but the cafe\u00a0itself feels calm and inviting (credit goes to the music). I noticed some customers enjoying their seats with their laptops, others quietly reading\u00a0books, and some gathered with\u00a0friends over coffee.<\/p>\n
For those who want to enjoy the cold breeze on a sunny day, there’s\u00a0a heated covered patio which offers around 15 outdoor seats.<\/p>\n
New Pallet Coffee location sees instant support, staff says<\/p>\n
“It’s an amazing neighbourhood. It’s a great corner. It’s very bright inside,” says\u00a0Deeba Sharifi, head of operations at Pallet Coffee Roasters.<\/p>\n
“The customers and the residents and the workers and everybody here are very, very nice to us and we’re very happy to be serving the neighbourhood.”<\/p>\n
Sharifi says the opening has been about four to five months in the making, with staff already feeling welcomed by the community.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had a lot of people coming in asking about when we’re opening,” he says. “Everyone is saying they’re super happy to have us. Hearing customers say they’ve been waiting months for us to open really motivates our team to keep serving the community.”<\/p>\n
He adds\u00a0that the mix of residential buildings and nearby offices makes Olympic Village an ideal fit for the cafe.<\/p>\n
“We’re hoping for it to be busy because it’s a mix of residential and commercial. It’s a mix of everything, which is nice,” he says.<\/p>\n
Pallet Coffee is based in Vancouver and specializes in locally roasted specialty coffee. The company roasts\u00a0beans at its roastery in Vancouver and bakes its pastries in-house at its commissary.<\/p>\n
“The whole basis of our slogan is to bring coffee love to the community,” Sharifi says. “The idea is to bring good specialty coffee to the Vancouver coffee scene and be involved with different neighbourhoods by providing great service, great food and great quality.”<\/p>\n
The menu offers a wide selection of baked goods and light meals, including butter and almond croissants, sandwiches, toast options, sun-dried tomato scones, walnut chocolate cookies, pistachio cranberry cookies, matcha loaf, London Fog loaves\u00a0and lemon raspberry loaves.<\/p>\n
I also spotted a shelf full of Pallet merchandise featuring the Limited Edition Nomad Flip Tumbler, Harbour Bear Tote Bag, Good Day Space Bear hoodies in black and white, Misto Picnic Tote Bag, coffee filters, AeroPress brewers, keychains and other coffee accessories.<\/p>\n
I asked what he drinks\u00a0every day and Sharifi didn’t hesitate.<\/p>\n
“I always drink the flat white,” he says. “It’s the thing I have in the morning. It’s the thing I have after I finish my shift.”<\/p>\n
For customers looking for something sweeter, he recommends the Golden Hour \u2014 an iced latte topped with vanilla cream and a Biscoff cookie crumble.<\/p>\n
“If you want to try a really good specialty drink, we have a Golden Hour,” he says. “It’s very tasty, but it’s a little on the sweeter side.”<\/p>\n
So, if you want\u00a0to work remotely at a cafe, read\u00a0a book, grab coffee before walking your dog or simply take\u00a0a break from the bustle outside, Pallet’s newest location offers another inviting community space in Olympic Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pallet has opened its newest location with bright interiors, a heated patio and plenty of room to work,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-792926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792926","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=792926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}