A Granville Island donut shop that’s been around since 1979 has Coming Soon signs up on Main Street in Vancouver.
We spotted the yellow Lee’s Donuts signs in the window right beside The Soap Dispensary.
The sign reads “Lee’s Donuts, Main Street, Coming Soon!” with the brand’s smiling donut mascot, and the door has its own decal of the mascot holding a balloon.
Lee’s is taking over the old Show Off clothing store, next door to Sushi Main.
There’s no opening date yet.
The Main Street shop hasn’t been announced, and it isn’t on the brand’s website.
The locations page lists 11 open stores and four coming soon, including Old Town in Victoria and Guildford Town Centre in Surrey, but nothing on Main Street.
It’s also separate from the brand’s spot listed for 133 West 49th Avenue, across from Langara College.
We’ve seen this before.
When we spotted Lee’s signs going up at Metropolis at Metrotown in late October, that shop wasn’t on the website either.
It has since quietly opened, and it still isn’t listed.
So the Main Street shop could open soon, with or without an announcement.
Lee’s goes back to a counter Alan and Betty-Ann Lee opened inside Granville Island Public Market in 1979.
The Lee family ran it for decades before a group of local Vancouver entrepreneurs took over in 2018, and the brand says its donuts are still handmade the traditional way.
This stretch of Main already has its fair share of coffee shops and restaurants.
Now it gets a place for a box of honey dips too.
Lee’s joins other upcoming spots we’ve spotted around East Van and beyond, like Tucci’s and Tahini’s on Fraser Street and Sammi & Soupe Dumpling in Kerrisdale and the West End.
Address
Main Street, next to Sushi Main (3710 Main Street), Vancouver, BC
