Best Corner Store

When you first meet Joe Tomeh, you might mistake his gruff exterior and lack of verbosity for either crankiness or indifference. But you’d be wrong on both counts. Joe is a pillar of his north end community, supplying smokes and snacks to a wildly diverse clientele, many of whom he knows by name. Joe—plus his family, who all work in the shop—is a perfect example of how corner stores are essential to the fabric of a community, and you think so too. 5880 Cornwallis, 423-7976

Runner-up: AAA