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Newsbreak for Walpole
The Week – August 4
The Year – 2003
What’s for Lunch?
Walpole is known for many things. It’s been described as the ‘friendly’
town. A maximum-security facility is located at one edge of town.
Our public schools rate with the best in the state. Our young athletes
garner accolades year after year.
And, as the slower days of summer continue, we would like to note just
how many choices there are when folks ask that question – Where shall we
go for lunch?
1. Lets’ just look at the stretch of town along route 1A from the
Bristol square mall to the Super Stop and Shop on route 1A heading
toward Norwood.
2. This is exactly two miles as you drive from the mall to the
supermarket.
3. At the mall, there is a popular café with room for folks to sit and
relax or order takeout. Nearby there are two separate shops offering
sandwiches and/or pizza.
4. Heading into the downtown area, there is a popular sandwich shop near
the bank and another sandwich shop about to open. At the intersection of
1a and 27, heading out of town, there is a bakery offering sandwiches
and soup.
5. Continue on 1A and you note the CVS parking lot. There you can have
lunch at a sit down restaurant, go to another sandwich shop, or consider
Chinese food next door.
6. Then, head out again toward Norwood. At the Ashmont Plaza, there are
more choices. In addition to two coffee and doughnut shops, there is
another sit down restaurant, another option for Chinese food, and
another sandwich shop.
7. Finally, continue on to the supermarket, just before the market,
there is a fast-food drive up.
8. Now, as you head into the supermarket itself, you more choices
inside.
9. There is another coffee and doughnut option; there is the salad bar;
and there is an option for buying sandwiches and a la Carte dinners.
In summary, over this short two-mile stretch of road, from one edge of
town through downtown to another edge, we encounter many options for
sandwiches and pizza and coffee and muffins and several choices for
sitting down for a casual lunch.
Where to go for lunch is a great question with many options.
All in all, I count about 17 separate and distinct choices for lunch in
this short 2-mile road in the downtown area. |
