Downtown East Village

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About this Neighborhood

Downtown East Village is Calgary's oldest ground, settled around Fort Calgary back to 1900 and reinvented into a riverfront, mixed-use quarter. Its 22 restaurants average 4.6, and the wider area pulls a 4.7 Yelp rating across more than 2,100 reviews, anchored by Ten Foot Henry, Village Ice Cream and Namo Café Bistro. Fourteen cafes and seven parks make the most of the district's parkland along the rivers, all wrapped in a very walkable 93 score. Foursquare tastes highlight theatres, music venues and performing-arts spaces, marking East Village as the culture-forward edge of downtown Calgary.

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