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Street food politics

Matthew Pearson laments the lack of late-night street food in Victoria. He writes: If anything, there should be more late-night food options, not fewer.

He writes: If anything, there should be more late-night food options, not fewer. People won't wait in line at one spot if there are 10 others to choose from between the bars and their beds.

Plus, it's completely erroneous to think only drunks get hungry after dark. With concerts and movies ending after most kitchens close and people working late or feeling hungry before bed, cheap, fast sidewalk grub should be readily available.

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There's a violence-tinged tussle among street food vendors in New York City. Story from the New York Times

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She writes: Once the site of a spot known to locals as the Dougie, this hotel deteriorated so much that the new owners gutted it and christened it the Hotel Rialto. Nothing prepared me for the change when I visited with friends, who were equally impressed by the understated and elegant decor in the new lounge.听Four stars out of five.听

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Reuters story:听Italian authorities have shut down a historic Roman restaurant days after it charged a Japanese couple nearly 700 euros ($987.70) for a seafood lunch to become an unwitting symbol of tourist rip-offs in the capital.

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B.C. cherries have started arriving in Island grocery stores.
B.C. Tree Fruits has a and a