“My clientele after 36 years is getting old. This is a family-type restaurant. Where are the families? They’re out west.” – Allan Young, Annapolis Royal, NS

“I remember years and years ago, he gave me a dollar with no serial number on it. Never used. Like it just came out of the thing. Just a keepsake.” – Goldie Rose Marie MacDonald, Souris, PEI

“He came out from behind the meat counter, and his name was Jackie Smith, and everybody in Tignish knew Jackie.” – Paul Kameka, Tignish, PEI

“A lot of the people here were fishermen and farmers and the only time they could connect was in the evening.” – Connie McCardle, Victoria By The Sea, PEI

“It was like stepping into a movie. The thing that was most memorable was that they had a pneumatic payment system.” – Robert Frigault, Bathurst, NB