Great spot to hang out at night, shop, eat at a variety of places, and ice skate. It was close to…read moreour hotel ( inn at ft Gary) For food, there are plenty of options, including a totally gluten free Mexican place, salads, vegetarian, fine dining (1), burgers, beer, and more. They have a well stocked candy shop and Winnipeg themed stores

This is probably the coolest place in the city hands down. This area is connected to the museum and…read moreoffers a park, food market and retail shops. There is also a beer garden by the river so you can enjoy the outdoors while it lasts. The market is two stories with the food on the bottom and retail on top. There are a ton of options so you will definitely find something for everyone. I recommend Fergies fish and chips and the common for a beer sampler. For dessert, my go tos are Fro-gurts and neon cone. Each one of these places offers great service and their food is delicious. If you come to Winnipeg, you should definitely explore this area!

They may have put lipstick on the building, but it's still a super old and tiny mall with cliche'd…read more'dead mall' shops. There's a healthy seniors mall-wakers club and is a popular place to nap. There's four or five hair salons though so you could probably shop for a good deal on getting your hurr did. We will pop in for the book store and massive liquor store.

Very wonderful place, winners is inside too, a lot of discount. There are also some famous brands.read more

After I dropped by Circle K, I headed over to this Giant Tiger in the same plaza. It's a quiet…read moreplaza with a bunch of businesses. I visited my first Giant Tiger in Winnipeg. I love this Canadian chain so much that I had to check this store out. It's an older store. It's also different. A CIBC ATM machine greeted me. It was my first seeing any ATM at a Giant Tiger store. Produce appeared in front of me. I saw a bag of pears. I decided to get one. This store has a decent variety of plushies. There were Squishmallows and Sesame Street plushies at decent prices. I ended up getting a Cookie Monster plushie that screamed cute. The grocery section was nice. The produce looked great. I loved the variety of apples in bags. The cases of ramen made me happy. You know you're in Winnipeg when you can get a Winnipeg Jets zamboni coin bank. It was cool to see. I almost got one. This store was different. It had a purified water centre in the back of the store. It was busy! I paid for my items at a self-checkout kiosk. I had no problem entering my phone number associated with my VIP rewards, scanning my items, and paying for them with a credit card. The transaction went smoothly. What I found weird was seeing all the cheap clothing as I exited the store. Shouldn't it be after you enter the store?! If you need a pay phone, there's an MTS one just before you exit the store. The pears were yummy. I actually brought a couple of them back on the plane because the bag had a generous number of them. They held up nicely. It's an older store. I like its quirkiness. It did have items that I wanted and needed. I'd return when I'm in the area again. (272)

Tip: There's underground parking that's heated in the wintertime. Otherwise, a number of buses run…read morealong Portage Avenue that stop in front of this mall. For sentimental reasons, my rating is three stars. The state of Portage Place these days is truly a two-star rating, which is sad. Portage Place is a mall in downtown Winnipeg. I used to work at the Air Canada Building across from it. I visited it often, as my first two jobs in Winnipeg were both downtown. I liked the building's glass design that allowed natural sunlight to shine in. It had a tower with a clock inside. It was nice. The blue trim made this mall unique and modern. I rarely came to work without dinner on an evening or midnight shift, unless we were ordering in or I wanted to fetch dinner for a change. I remember one time heading over to the food court. There was a teriyaki place. I ordered chicken teriyaki on steamed rice. I loved it. I haven't changed much. I still like getting teriyaki with a protein whenever I'm at a food court. When McNally Robinson, a local independent bookstore, decided to branch out, it opened a location at Portage Place. I loved dropping by after work or during a lunch break. Sadly, it's gone, along with many businesses that have shuttered for good over the years. The McNally Robinson at Grant Park Shopping Centre still endures. It's the only one that remains in Winnipeg. The problem is trying to revitalize the downtown area. Eaton's shuttered in the early 2000's. Canada Life Centre replaced it. The flagship Hudson's Bay store has also closed. As cool as it was walking the skywalk to get to these stores, it's not as enjoyable these days because there's nothing to truly look forward to visiting. Branigan's had opened a location in this mall. It was a local chain and I loved dining there. I frequented the St. Vital Mall location more. Sadly, this entire chain is gone, too. I drove by this mall the last time I was in the city. It was a short stay. Part of me wants to see what the mall is like these days. Part of me doesn't because I have fond memories of the mall and I'd probably end up being sad about its current state. I am pleased that Prairie Theatre Exchange is still offering classes and has performances on the third floor. I look forward to checking it out. The anchor store at this mall is Dollarama. It's weird saying it. However, I'm glad that there is an anchor store! There is underground parking. It's heated in the wintertime. I am glad that this mall is still around, but it's such a shame that many stores have shuttered over the years. (133)

Winnipeg has been trying to revitalize our downtown area for 10+ years including this mall to no…read moresuch success. Infact, over the years I have watched the mall become less and less. Stores have left, Imax theater and the Globe Cinema. Many store fronts are empty or up for lease for long periods of time. Some spaces are converted into offices. There is very little of a shopping experience in Portage Place. So if you are looking for shopping, I suggest you go elsewhere. There is Staples, florist, Shoppers Drug Mart, Dollarama, Ardenes, Suzy Shier, Stitches, fair weather, payless, few cell phone companies, Bentleys, few random pop up shops and a place to buy sporting memoribla. The food court has variety of fast food places from taco bell, east indian buffet, pita pit, fish and chips, thai, A and W and a pizza place to name a few. Decent size seating area of hard plastic seats. There is plenty of mall security around. This is due to recent violent incidents, a high occurance of theft, loitering & people being solicited for drugs in food court. The only good thing about this mall is Prairie Theater Exchange. This puts on a fantastic season every year and a must see.