Comments on: Old Faithful Shop, Vancouver

By: Connie C

Connie C — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:50:12 +0000

Thanks bettyQ. Will keep looking for the right size. Most are for regular sized liquor or spirit bottles. I am looking for something slightly smaller to fit the smaller opening and proportionate in size to the smaller bottles.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:37:26 +0000

Connie C…also check out e-bay….bottle pourer with cork or just simply bottle pourer.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:11:28 +0000

Connie C…go google WIDGETCO.COM …..they have cork stoppers ranging from 000 size and up. They also have what I think you are looking for. ..click on pouring spouts.

Hope that helps!

By: Connie C

Connie C — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:57:01 +0000

Thanks MM for the archive link on cruets. What I am looking for are the smaller version of the cork stopper fitted with a stainless steel curved pourer that would fit a smaller than the usual size of the diameter of a wine bottle opening. I have seen big ones, with rubber stoppers instead of the cork but won’t fit the small opening of nice container bottles given to me by the host of our guest house in Pretoria on a recent visit to South Africa. I commented on her nice small oil and vinegar bottles fitted with the cork stopper and pourer. She gave me two nice small container bottles and referred me to Benin’s , a large purveyor of home goods in Pretoria, but no luck on the pourers similar to hers. While at the store, I chanced upon a contemporary design heavy gauge stainless steel French press good for two cups of coffee which I got instead.

Nice to have the smaller containers/servers when having two to four people at the dinner table.

By: ami

ami — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:19:34 +0000

Good thing there’s a Seattle Premium Outlet near the border from Bristish Columbia.

By: cwid

cwid — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:26:56 +0000

Ooops! too many typos. Should have been written as: It’s a fact of life that Canadian prices are generally higher than their US counterparts….

By: cwid

cwid — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:35:26 +0000

It’s a face of life that Canadian prices are generally higher their US counterparts. And Old Faithful’s price structure is typical. That’s why cross border shopping is very much alive.

Here’s more on this:

https://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/life/money/article/153722–why-consumer-goods-cost-more-in-canada-than-in-the-u-s

By: Mimi

Mimi — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:28:17 +0000

There must be an ‘in’ thing going on with shops selling empty vials and bottles because there’s one shop at Ion Orchard called Vom Fass which sells oils and essences. Prices are way high, but the visual presentation of their items is amazing.

By: proteinshake

proteinshake — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:46:57 +0000

I think these are fair prices for the nostalgia and lifestyle that the products evoke — esp if they are good quality. I think maybe this is just the retail outlet for a predominantly online and wholesale business (I hope this is the case, as rent is not cheap).

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:45:21 +0000

Connie C, did you mean something like these cruets? They were a gift but I have seen them in some upscale kitchen supply shops in the U.S... If you are just looking for corks, they sell small ones in Divisoria, or you can craft them from used wine bottle corks with a sharp knife.