Molly's Coffee Shop

This is an old photo taken back in the fall of 2004. Molly's is of course gone now but it was one of the last links to False Creek's industrial past. According to painter and historian Michael Kluckner this was actually a converted house. In 1952 it first opened as the Industrial Coffee Shop on Columbia Street near West 2nd Avenue. Molly's closed for good on June 29th of 2007 and was demolished on May 29th 2009 to expand the Mitsubishi car dealership across the street. You can see a shot of the interior here. Vancouver would be a much better place if Molly's was still around!