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www.cornwallseawaynews.com - Seaway News - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 21 Complete Winter Inventory 41st Anniversary Sale Good Selection ~ No Exceptions • Men’S & LAdieS’ CoAtS - wool, cashmere, Thank you Cornwall, for your down, fur hood and many more tremendous support over the 1/2 price • SweAterS - crew neck, v-neck, cardigans, past 41 years. Please join us for great savings during our 1/4 zips, wool cotton blends week-long celebration sale. • MuCh, MuCh More % Conrad Aubé OFF 50MuSt be Seen! Sale ends Saturday, March 30, 2013 4959243 22 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - Seaway News - www.cornwallseawaynews.com We want to thank everyone for their pizza and a DVD filled with Spider-Man answers to our first ‘Best of Cornwall’ cartoons he could have easily has his way feature. We had a lot of fun collecting with us. Our answers weave a tapestry your responses and using only the best of humour (our jokes are terrible) and technology and algorithms to analyze the history (we love Wikipedia too much) that data. Pfft. Who are we kidding? make it difficult to do anything but roll There was no analysis – we just wanted your eyes and smile. to have some fun and as you can see by As you can see, we are trying, painfully, to some of the answers to our questions a lot avoid taking this exercise too seriously. of you had fun with this too. To suggest our answers and conclusions That being said, we engaged this process speak for the majority would be false. with nothing but the highest quality of We just wanted to create something that editorial standards. The answers were would add a little buzz in the city and so top secret that no one short of James area and make you smile at the same Bond himself would have been able to time. Seaway News editor Todd Lihou Rick & Todd ... hard at work! crack the codes necessary to unlock our and publisher Rick Shaver supervised the about having fun – try not to take it too interesting answer (that way you can computerized security system. (cough) editorial process. Enjoy the ‘Best seriously. We have noted some people tackle them at the coffee shop and tell Actually, if Mr. Bond had arrived with fresh of Cornwall’ and remember that it’s all who provided us with a particularly them how WRONG they were). Favourite area Best corner in the city Favourite of town to enjoy to people watch: police officer: a bike ride: Pitt and Second Street. Thom Racine (answer courtesy Lamoureux Park. Florida Beauvais of Cornwall). Talk about a no-brainer. There were so many identical answers to this question Folks he’s not a cop anymore – but that we stopped counting after a while. apparently that didn’t stop many of What more can one ask for than the St. you from selecting the likeable, but Lawrence River, green grass, beautiful retired, Racine as your favourite man in trees and winding bike paths? Just blue. His retirement was marked with make sure you avoid the goose poop. enough media coverage to warrant a national holiday – but we like him too. Best regular customer at a local Best place coffee shop: to enjoy a Wally Beauvais Another obvious one, but it’s only because it’s the centre of the universe, at least as far glass of wine: (answer courtesy as Cornwallites are concerned. The addition of Pommier Square makes this corner that Krista Grant of Cornwall). Schnitzel’s much better for watching the people, and personalities, that make our city great. Lawn (answer courtesy chairs are optional. Terry Procopid of Cornwall). With so many coffee shop customers to choose from, and nearly as many coffee Maybe it’s the patio that makes this shops, selecting the best “regular” Best pizza Best sandwich downtown eatery and pub a favourite coffee shop customer is a Herculean of so many, but there’s something to task at the best of times. But Wally’s delivery person: in town: be said about a quiet evening sipping ability to choke down mug after mug of Apparently there is this little number at John McDonald on your favourite glass of red or white java sets him apart from, well…we’re (Roma’s Restaurant) gets the nod. Not Dish Café while gazing up at the stars. not sure. But enjoy your coffee Wally. only does he have a name you won’t soon forget (is it just us, or is there a and Food Shop that contains avocado. We prefer our John McDonald living on every block?) Best place for avocado mushed into guacamole Best patio but he gets your pizza to you hot and and smeared over tacos and nachos, some late-night on time. Once again, a tip is mandatory to enjoy a but if you like it on a sandwich then when John is behind the wheel. snacking: summer cocktail: more power to you – despite the fact that we’re pretty sure it makes Remington’s Blue Anchor you a Communist (wink). Of course (answer courtesy (answer courtesy Best bartender there are operations like Subway and Lynn Marinaro of South Glengarry). Annie Bouchard of Cornwall). in town: Quizno’s that make pretty darn good sandwiches too (and who could forget The Montreal Road pub offers Who could argue with Glen Walter’s There are so many great bartenders our friends over at Riley’s Bakery?) but something called “OUCH” – a hot sauce favourite watering hole that finds in Cornwall. We could fill reams of an avocado-based sandwich sounds that goes well with their wings, at least itself directly on the shores of the St. pages with everyone’s favourite, but delicious. Even the Capitalists like it. according to foodie blogs. OUCH is made Lawrence River? In the summertime it’s the answer we enjoyed the most came Also downtown features another great with ‘1 Million Scoville’ – a hot pepper wall-to-wall boats, bikes and beauties. from a lucky Cornwall wife: sandwich location, The Grind. extract that promises to leave you Bring some sun tan lotion. Schnitzel’s “The best one would have to be my panting in your beer and whispering: and Kelseys also made the list! husband - I don’t have to tip.” “Mommy.” www.cornwallseawaynews.com - Seaway News - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 23 Favourite local Best server Favourite local painter: guitar player: in town: Tracy-Lynn Chisholm. Mark Day Joel Dinelle (Eight Zero Zero) noses out the competition, according to a handful of restaurant goers in the city. We’ve never had the pleasure of Joel’s superb service, but we know Eight Zero Zero serves up some fantastic food – guess it’s a bonus when he’s delivering it to the table. Don’t forget the tip. Nancy over at Peppermills, Paulette at Schnitzel’s and Morgan at Kelsey’s make your visit a pleasant one too. Favourite downtown business: Riley’s Bakery Maybe it’s the massive sandwiches, not to mention the smell of freshly baked bread and pastries. Or perhaps it’s the We were hoping some wag would pick their father-in-law who paints the garage door idea that it feels like you’re stepping every spring, but Tracy-Lynn is a solid choice too. The Cornwall painter spent time as an back in time, because the beauty of office employee and even a prison guard before taking up a career with a paint brush. Mark has been a long-time musician from Riley’s Bakery is it’s a true family- Maybe she can paint garage doors too? Cornwall. We can remember when his owned and operated business. Plus, hair was almost as long as the guitar solos their sandwiches are huge. Business that dominated 1980s heavy metal. Day professionals, students and passers-by has plenty to keep him busy in the music love this little gem, and so do we. Did industry in California, working behind the we mention the sandwiches? Best person to scenes for the likes of The Offspring and Favourite Street ever hold other high-profile music acts on public office: music boards and the like. Favourite to take a walk in chip man: Ed Lumley the evening: This one surprised us, if only because it’s This was a tough one…are there still Where to choose? There are so many been nearly 30 years since Lumley was chip men in Cornwall? You know, the options in Cornwall for a leisurely walk, an MP for the old Stormont-Dundas Best locally guys with the white trucks and ringing but in our opinion riding. Lumley, a Windsor native, was bells that would bring small children produced the Seaway City’s mayor for a time, scurrying from their homes, with small Gardiner Avenue is just a notch above the rest. The before a 10-year stint as a Liberal MP, beer/wine: change in their hands, looking for some reason? It’s the serenity of walking which included high-profile cabinet deep-fried goodness. Wine Kitz south on Gardiner just after sunset – positions in the Pierre Trudeau and showed up on our answer sheets more , there’s a slight jog in the road before it John Turner governments. He was than anyone else, so they get the nod. Seguin Patates on Marlborough Street offers a French descends down to Montreal Road. The defeated in the 1984 federal election, The Pitt Street business has been fry dish that comes with gravy, onions, view of the St. Lawrence River can’t be and returned to the private sector.