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Various art galleries: First Nations art
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    by toonsarah
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    Tofini is a great place to browse for First nations (native) art. Galleries we liked included the Eagle Aerie Gallery , which is located in a traditional Northwest Coast longhouse and features the work of a single artist, Roy Henry Vickers, one of Canada's premier artists. We also liked the Himwitsa Gallery, a First Nations owned and operated gallery with a great selection of native paintings, masks, carvings and jewellery.

    We’d already bought an original painting elsewhere on the island, and a print on Quadra, so in Tofino we made ourselves resist all temptation and limit ourselves to a couple of attractive art cards. But we enjoyed visiting the galleries nevertheless.

    Of course prices vary a lot depending on what you choose. An attractive card will be only a couple of dollars, a good quality print maybe $50 - $100, and original art works start at about $100. There's also beautiful one-off jewellery pieces for $50 and up.
    [all prices Canadian dolalrs]

  • Theme: Art
  • Directions: Check out Main and Campbell Streets
  • Website: see above
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    Castaways Second Hand Scores: Probably the cheapest clothing in Tofino
    It's a cute little place located behind another clothing store, beside a gelato store. It had some of the cheapest stuff I could find in Tofino. The stuff was in very good condition.

    Anything you want, but know that everything is second-hand.

    I got a nice, soft skirt for $8. I saw earrings for $1, and shirts there seemed to be $7-8.

  • Theme: Discount Store
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    Chocolate Tofino: Gorge on the best chocolate around
    It's a small shop, but full of the most delicious gourmet chocolates and gelato you will ever find. It's an award winner!

    In this chocolate shop, don't miss the white chocolate bark with nuts and dried blueberry + raspberry, the chocolate crispy logs, and quite simply THE best plain chocolate bars I've ever tasted in my life.

    It's not cheap, but it's worth every penny. $5-$10 minimum.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: 1180 Pacific Rim Hwy
  • Phone: 1-250-725-2526
  • Directions: On the way into the town of Tofino, look out on your righthand side for the signs advertising Beaches, Groovy Movie, Live to Surf, and of course, Chocolate Tofino. Turn right into the parking areas.
  • Website: www.chocolatetofino.com
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    The Crow's Nest: Best gift store in Tofino or Ucluelet
    This shop is the best gift shop. They have such unique, funky items. I absolutely loved it. They also had unique greeting cards, stationery, etc.

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  • Theme: Gifts
  • Address: 205 Main Street, Ucluelet
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    Beaches Grocery: Yummy Groceries
    Blurry Beaches in winter - with rare Tofino snow. - Tofino
    Blurry Beaches in winter -
    with rare Tofino snow.
    by opiumpoppy
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    This grocery is owned by the mayor. Yup. But the thing about it is, it's small, cozy, and eccentric. There will almost always be interesting music playing, friendly service, and lots of goodies. The produce tends to be cheaper here than at the Co-Op, and there's some delicious baked goods as well. You can also get small pizzas (yum!) and some odds and ends too.

    The cookies - definately. There's one with a funny name that I forget, but it has dried blueberries and white chocolate.

    The mini-pizzas are great.

    Organic produce is available here too.

    About average for groceries - a bit more than in a city, but not by much.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: 1184 Pacific Rim Hwy
  • Phone: 250-725-2270
  • Directions: It's not in the town itself - it's about 4 km before it, amongst the shops like Groovie Movie, Live to Surf, etc - look for the signs.
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