AHA MEDIA visits Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s Restaurant in Vancouver near Chinatown

July 21, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

Following an article in Vancouver Metro News, AHA MEDIA visits Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s Restaurant located in Vancouver near Chinatown.

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/264784–experience-where-hendrix-lived-in-vancouver

Experience where Hendrix lived in Vancouver

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Jimi Hendrix’s grandmother’s restaurant at 207 Union St., which will be open to the public today.

DANIEL TAM

METRO VANCOUVER

July 20, 2009 5:36 a.m.

Jimi Hendrix’s grandmother’s Vancouver restaurant will open to the public today after months of restoration.

The grand opening will feature look-a-likes and the CD release of building owner Vincent Fedora.

The inside of the building has been restored to its original look and painted red, orange and purple.

Fedora discovered the property’s history when he visited the Jimi Hendrix Experience Museum in Seattle. He saw an envelope containing a postcard Jimi Hendrix wrote to his grandmother with the address of his property, 207 Union St., written on it.

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Below are photos and videos of AHA MEDIA’s visit to the new local Jimi Hendrix shrine in Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s Restaurant now owned by Vicent Fedora.

Jimi Hendrix's grandmother's Vancouver restaurant

Press release of grand opening of Jimi Hendrix shrine in Vancouver

In this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA has a first look at historic Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s restaurant at 207 Union Street ( corner of Main and Union ) near Chinatown in Vancouver.

It is currently owned by Vincent Fedora who has planned a CD release party of his own works and a Jimi Hendrix look a like contest.

He has decorated the restaurant in Jimi Hendrix’s colors of red, orange and purple and plans to make it into a local shrine to Jimi Hendrix.

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of the video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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Jimi Hendrix Look a like contest in Vancouver

In this video, April Smith speaks with Vincent Fedora – current owner of Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s restaurant in Vancouver.

Fedora’s plans are to create a shrine to Jimi Hendrix and make the place more decorative. He mentions a CD release party of his own music and a Jimi Hendrix look a like contest tonight Monday July 20, 2009.

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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In this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA speaks with Vincent Fedora, owner of Jimi Hendrix shrine at Jimi Hendrix’s Grandmother’s restaurant on Main and Union Streets in Vancouver near Chinatown.

There is going to be a grand opening with a Jimi Hendrix’s look alike contest and Vincent Fedora’s CD release party tonight at 8PM Monday July 20, 2009

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.