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Cheap Eats – Seven Dishes under Seven Dollars

$6.50 – McCoastal breakfast sandwich Coastal Coffee The description of the McCoastal, Coastal’s breakfast sandwich, comes across as tasty but innocuous: two fried eggs, havarti cheese, maple sausage on an English muffin. But the actual physical presence of this delicacy is something else altogether. It is roughly the size of a small human baby. The […]

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Best Corner Store

Joe Jr helps out his parents with their store that has been on the corner of Cornwallis and Maynard since the late ’70s. It’s a family operation, with four kids—three girls and a boy—filling-in when they can, though they all have their own careers, too. Joe Jr worked there this summer while the folks were […]

Posted inBest of Halifax

Best Corner Store

Since 1977, Joe Thomeh and his family-run business has been there for the community, a convenience store with friendly service and a smiling face on the other side of the counter. Also popular with the locals are the ready-made lunches “A La Mom,” including chicken alfredo, black eyed pea dips, pasta salads and soups. “We […]

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