VERDUN, Quebec — Is it time to Be Like Joe?
Join me on a walk down Wellington Street. You'll see a Korean restaurant and an Italian one, and as you move along the sidewalk of what a global survey two years ago called the coolest street in the world, you'll be able to pop in for Israeli, Irish, Indian, Peruvian, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai food. Hankering for chicken? You have three choices. Rather devour a book? Pick up a copy of a biography of LeBron James, written in French.
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