James Street

Valerie Scarisbrick
06 Apr 2023

Hamilton’s first Art Crawl of the spring kicks off next weekend

If you enjoy art, shopping, trying new foods, and exploring the city, Art Crawl is an event for you! Hamilton’s monthly Art Crawl is a way for artists in the city to share their art or music, as...

Craig Clark
11 Feb 2020

Kobe Bryant artwork going up on James Street North

One of Hamilton’s most celebrated places for street art will now feature a massive painting of Kobe Bryant. The legendary basketball player, who died suddenly in a tragic helicopter crash on J...

Oluseyi Olomodosi
24 Jan 2020

Trueshot Coffee is set for its official grand opening this Saturday

Kevin Lau’s coffee journey has been a years-long process with a consistent theme of growth. As Trueshot Coffee, his first foray into coffee shop ownership gets set for its grand opening event this ...

Michael Kras
21 Jan 2020

Thunder Alley in Hamilton City Centre has closed

If you haven’t bowled a few rounds at Thunder Alley before, it looks like you’ve missed your chance completely. Located on the lower level of Hamilton City Centre, bowling alley and karaoke bar Th...

Craig Clark
09 Nov 2019

Monarchs By The Sea book launch and illustration collection at James Street Bookseller and Gallery

We are in the midst of the fall reading series, fall book launches and other fall literary events. It’s great to see Hamilton’s literary scene thriving with an explosion of independent boo...

Anonymous
27 Jun 2019

The story of how the restaurant Jack & Lois came to be

I was working on some low budget Christmas movies at an old school across from Dofasco in 2010. The film industry is a tricky business in the sense that you are always looking for your next meal. Once...

Robert Cekan
10 Oct 2018

Nique owners opening two new spots at James North and Barton

The team behind Nique Restaurant will be opening the doors to two new spots at the south-east corner of James Street North and Barton. The first of which will be an Italian restaurant known as Martell...

Nicole Grosel
12 Sep 2016

September Recommender

New to Hamilton? Starting School? Nics is Here to Help! BEST BREAKFAST Hands down, no questions asked, and with zero lag in response time – West Town is my absolute favourite place to roll into on a...

Sarah Podemski
02 Aug 2016

Art Crawling to James South?

One Retailer’s Quest to Expand the Art Crawl South of King Street Early on in my career, I started out as a jewelry maker, setting up shop at monthly art crawl events. I loved the experience of ...

Frank Florio
05 Nov 2015

Midnight In Paris… I mean, James Street

Why Hamilton’s present may be better than its past In Woody Allen’s 2010 film, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson portrays a writer on holiday in Paris. One midnight, as he strolls the streets alo...