Bosa Foods

Great place for a quick bite if you’re in the area. Go upstairs for more seating.
We end up browsing way too long at all the specialty Italian products here.
First time I’ve seen pomegranate orange Sanpellegrino, it’s delicious, nice and sweet. Also bought a nice balsamic vinegar I can’t wait to try.

you will never need another place to buy gifts again. Kitchen wear, imported cheese, a line of pasta and sauces from cheap to very high end. Real Truffles, samples, and insane selection of fine sliced meats and a high end butcher. Going to a friends for dinner? Grab a bottle of high end olive oil flavoured with truffle, porcini or lemon. An incredible selection of balsamic vinegars. The best ones are worth every cent. think of them as wines or port. They don’t take credit cards! debit or cheques only!

I love strolling down their aisles where you can find quality products. I come here to buy the nutty grana padano, dried pappardelle pasta (not brave enough to make my own pasta), straight from Spain manchego cheese and serrano ham. I mull over which balsamic vinegar I should try or if I should get the sundried olive tapenade. I also love looking through their fine selection of kitchen utensils. The only thing is with quality comes a big price tag. I have to rein in my foodie dreams when shopping here.

I normally come to buy groceries but yesterday we had lunch here and it’s awesome! The sandwiches are huge and so inexpensive at ~$ 6. It can get busy at lunchtime because it is that good. Enjoy your lunch inside at the small bar, or outside in the sunshine (but conveniently covered, so no worries for those rainy days). I like to buy some Italian groceries here because they’ve got a great selection and the prices are fair and comparable to many other non-​specialty stores: pastas, deli meats, sauces, condiments. The location is so convenient by the highway, it’s just tucked away in the side streets nearby the Vancouver Police department.

Love this place. Always have the best selection of Italian specialty foods, pasta, meat galore. Deli counter is awesome and hard to walk by. Really great, but they don’t take credit cards so bring cash/​debit.

This store has a really nice, large assortment of quality looking italian and european items.
The panini I bought was a good price, pressed perfectly, and delicious.
Coffee was great also.
If you are going to make a charceuterie board at any point in your life I would definitely come here to purchase everything. It’s like whole foods but less expensive!
There is also a nice section of housewares and kitchen stuff that would make really nice gifts.

I love shopping here, I live exploring and trying there huge assortment of cheese, meats, gnocchi, pasta etc. I found cumin infused cheese today– which tastes amazing. I normally try and go on the weekdays as it gets pretty crazy on the weekend.

This is my go to Italian super market.
Their fresh grilled sandwiches put them over the top.
I just can’t drive by with out stopping for one of their great sandwiches.
Also I stock up on Olives, deli meats, fresh buns and once in a while their pork loin stuffed chicken breast.

I like getting my meats here. Ground meat is also cheaper and better quality than most butchers. Parking is terrible and it’s pretty busy here. Cheese is reasonably priced. I like their kitchen gadget section. Deli meats are good here. Love the Parma but it’s not cheap. The sandwiches are yummy and not crazy expensive. The only downside is this place doesn’t take credit cards. Not sure why. Seems so crazy. Who doesn’t take credit cards these days?

The prices have gone up! I would always get the pork braising cubes when I go there, but not anymore with a $ 3.00 mark up!!! I was shocked, iv been going there for years… at least once a week. Not worth it anymore though :(sad, sad, sad!

I came here on a Saturday afternoon to do some Italian food shopping. They have tons of olive oils, pasta, and canned goods. In addition, they also have a large deli with meats, cheeses and olives, as well as paninis and espressos. I also like the fact that they offer samples of their food as well. This location is a little hidden (next to Highway 1 and Boundary), but it has a decent amount of parking. Before you come here, make sure you bring some cash (or Canadian debit). Unfortunately, I didn’t have any Canadian money with me: the closest ATM is about a mile (1.67 km) away.

I was told about this place by some friends who were helping me find some good chocolate.
They had a decent selection of Italian foods, different items and groceries for every day needs.
They are in my mind, very hard to get to. They are tucked off Boundary right next to the highway. The parking lot is on off a street that doesn’t connect to other streets really, and is generally really awkward.
The staff were really snooty when I asked where to find their chocolate. Chocolate is located right next to the checkout in case you’re ever there and wondering.
I poked around and things were okay, nothing better than what you find on the Drive or at other little bodegas.
I don’t know why I’d need to go here, but, if you’re in the area and need some Italian or just regular goods, it’s there.

I expected more selection and just more in terms of everything when I came here to just shop for pasta sauce, and to see what other things would catch my eye, and my wallet. Even with a goal in mind it was hard for me to locate what I wanted. This place is big for an ethnic store, but not a full on supermarket, and I found something of everything all over the place. There were 3 different sections here for cheese alone, where you probably could make it more efficient as a store to put in one place.
This place is not the easiest to find, I know of it cause I live not too far from here, but if you were clueless on where it is, just know that it is very close to the new Vancouver Police station on Boundary. Coming here on a Saturday, be prepared to battle it out for parking, the lot may look big, but it’s not and it fills up with cars and people pretty quick. Not much in terms of produce selection but your here for the pasta, sauces and meat, they have a whole ton of this stuff. They even sell cookware and all types of Italian foods.
It’s hard to find someone to guide you to what your looking for, as help is there, it’s just hard to find. I ended up buying a sauce for some pasta I had made my dear, and they just had a few brands, which shocked me, as this place is so big, I would have expected more variety. I got to the cashier and the sauce was under $ 5, so I busted out my debit card, and anything below $ 5 is cash only… well time for you to break change for my $ 100 bill… if your buying something cheap, make sure to have cash or you’ll be buying more.

I found my new favorite Italian Deli (sorry Cioffi! But you still hold a place in my heart — no one can beat your meat… selections)! It’s a great place to go for a quick lunch of a beautiful panini or other Italian dishes (the arancini seem to be a hit). Then if you dare to browse the aisles, you’ll be lost in the wonder that is olive oils, and italian jams, and breads, and cookies, pastries, and cheese!
So glad I finally found it! I knew Bosa was there, but wasn’t exactly sure how to go there. Now that I’ve discovered it, I’ll be coming back quite often!
Debit or Cash only!

Bosa is a playground for my Italian loving eyes.
You can find everything you find in speciality shops and everything you don’t find in Bosa. Their selection is massive and better value than anywhere else.
This is the best and almost only place you should go to shop for meat and cheese. The selection of cured meats is insane — I have dreams about living in places like this surrounded by and endless supply delicious Italian fare.
I even see products here I only saw it Italy. Not only do they have the usual things you’d find in a grocery store, they have fresh made pasta, pastries, and sandwiches. I’ve heard from a few people that their favorite sandwich place is Bosa. I had my first one today for only $ 5 and it was good.
Beware the traffic jam that leads you into this place. There’s always a jam on Boundary.

Bosa Foods is a little hard to find if you didn’t have their address. It’s beside the highway and behind a police station, but once you get there, you will be glad you did.
A whole aisle dedicated to pasta. Over ¹⁄₃ of the deli is just of different types of olives. The best truffle oil prices in town. This is a keeper!
However, Bosa needs to work on their customer service. Nobody greets you and when I asked where a particular item was located, they just pointed to the direction without saying one word. Not even a smile. And what’s with the cash or debit only? Such a fancy looking grocery store and you don’t take credit card?

Many moons ago I bought my bf the greatest Francis Francis espresso machine, it was shiny, and retro looking, and made a killer espresso. BUT it only took pods… not the newfangled pods either that Nespresso and such take, but little discs of pre-​measured hard pressed espresso grounds. So nice and easy to use, but so hard to find the pods. In comes Bosa foods, they not only carried the illy pods we loved (at half the cost of the few downtown places we found them!), but also numerous other brands. We have been visiting them ever since. Often we’d just go as far as their Victoria Ave location (although we can no longer find pods at that one) Once this fabulous big new location was opened we make sure to go once a month. Mostly for our pods, but I can’t help but also stock up on cheap pasta & sauces, as well as peruse the amazing cheese section.
Italian Costco is my best description.

I hated my old job. With a deep seeded passion. BUT it was close to Bosa which meant lunch-​time excursions for yummy amazing groceries.
Now, i love my job. But i am nowhere near Bosa. And I haven’t been in ages. And I really miss just wandering down the aisles and picking up random ingredients like anchovies, amazing pasta, frozen meatballs, grilled veegtables… mmmmm. Kinda felt like how shopping should be… where you actually kinda want to buy everything as opposed to trying to find someone of decent quality that isn’t going to break the bank.
So wish there was one downtown… although then i’d probably need a second job to support the Bosa habit.

Shopping at Bosa Foods is like grocery shopping in Italy without the need for a flight or a passport. All of the Italian being spoken throughout the store only reinforces the fabulous atmosphere. The store contains an excellent selection of pastas, oils, balsamic vinegar, breads, canned goods, olives, cheeses, cold cuts, frozen foods and meats. They also have a pretty amazing deli where you can get a panini or some prepared foods. You can even pick up a bocce set while you are here too!
On the downside, their produce selection is miniscule so it is really difficult to do one-​stop shopping. They also do not take Visa.

Every time I’ve bought an overpriced hunk of Parmigiano Reggiano for my pasta, I have known in the back of my mind that it’s much cheaper at Bosa. This Italian grocery store sits next to Highway 1 near the First Avenue exit, always beckoning to me as I fly by. I can tell you that it’s completely worth the effort to seek it out; the prices and selection are great, and it’s a rather pretty store, too.
Their cheese and deli sections are amazing, of course. Proscuitto, pancetta, fennel sausage, fruiliano, padano… Plus there’s olive oil, truffle oil, balsamic vinegar, breadsticks (hello, Mr. Sample Basket), cookies with hazelnut chocolate drizzle, Italian sodas, all sorts of tomato products, and pasta. I’ll be cooking well tonight.