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March 14th: Ode to Kingsway, Volume Seven
I’m not sure which I love more, the indecision as to whether this is Penny Grocery or Penny’s Grocery, which, in this particular situation, actually makes a real difference; or if it’s the memory of the one and only time I set foot inside Penny(’s) Grocery, which was to buy a 2 litre bottle of Coca-cola to serve as a vehicle for the boozy ice-cream floats we were making in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen next door. The thought of it makes me feel a little ill now, as I’m sure it did then. That night we ended up at the VicWay restaurant, where I recall one of my friends hamming it up by helping the night waitress with the vacuuming as we ate our fries & gravy. Talk about the quintessential late-80’s Kingsway experience.
I suspect that was in the days of “New Coke,” remember that marketing fiasco? If not, head into Penny(’s). They’ve still got some against the back wall.
Love (loved?) all those little ma and pa “confectionerys”. Used to deliver papers and then go for a Kik Cola. Leaned my bike against the big plate glass window which gave the owner fits.
This one captures it all. Lots of emotional power in a drawing.
Comment by Don McNulty — March 15, 2008 @ 8:33 am
Kik Cola, I have never heard of it, but I love the name! And I wish they were still called confectionery as well—very few still carry that term. This one is such a big clunky place, but I love that it’s hanging in there…
Comment by Bambi — March 15, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
I want to go to Penny’s. Really, I do. Great post, words and picture.
Comment by andrea joseph — March 21, 2008 @ 6:43 pm