Rupert's Place was one of those plain no nonsense little commercial shops that was located in Lower Mount Pleasant industrial area. Although Rupert's didn't look like much it did have a bit of a story. If you looked through the front door you would have seen the place was pretty messy inside. Messy to the point that it looked as though someone had actually ransacked the place. I guess that's just how they rolled at Rupert's. A search on the name brought up a comment on Yelp that Rupert wasn't the name of the shop's owner but rather the name of his cat!
In the last few years there's been a huge commercial real estate boom in the Lower Mount Pleasant area with a big influx of fashion and high tech businesses (Hootsuite) as well as many new commercial developments. The area is bounded by Main Street to Cambie, and from 2nd Avenue to Broadway is now nicknamed Mount Pixel. With all the new interest in the area rents and leases are starting to skyrocket. Many of the old traditional service and supply businesses are disappearing soon being replaced by the more upscale. Sometime in early 2015 Rupert's closed it's doors and the space has since been taken over by Fife Bakery.
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