Commemorated on 1 plaque
Located on the once bustling Hastings Street corridor, Save on Meats has welcomed the residents of downtown Vancouver since 1957. Starting as a full service butcher shop, owner Al Des Laurier later added a lunch counter, home to the legendary cheese burger, and a grocery store converting a butcher shop into a community hub. After a short closure in 2010 with Al’s retirement, the updated east side icon reopened to again serve the community with entrepreneur Mark Brand, who shared Al’s community vision. The iconic “flying” pigs neon sign was the creation of Wallace Neon’s art director who retained the 1940s-era revolving sign. The new sign adds new lettering along with the famous pigs.
43 Hastings Street W, Vancouver, BC, Canada where it sited