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economist suntribune opinion thursday july 25 2002 main street stouffville will look fine next year lets fast forward to the summer of 2003 its a fine july evening ive just taken a stroll down main street stouffville from ringwood drive to church street there are too many cars too many heavy trucks and too many traffic lights now for the good news theres life in this town people are out and about people are smiling people are spending time with each other and people are spend ing money during my stroll i checked out the new plaza where the igagarden market sits along side the busy the lion restaurant since the new iga store is open 247 residents neednt worry about when to shop the patio at east side marios is full and four cars are lined up at tdcanada trusts drivethrough across the road business is starting to pick up in the new specialty shops located where ap used to be yes the old stouffville plaza between w e s t 1 a w n crescent and winona drive has taken on a new look stouffville has arrived finally theres a place to buy underwear the beer store liquor store and shoppers drug mart have left the plaza and each has found a new home a little further west in the newly renovated plaza housing no frills the 1001 variety store remains in its familiar spot it seems to do well despite living in the middle of con stant change as expected ringwood drive and main street has become a popular spot fast foot outlets are magnets for kids the swiss chalet addi tion is proving to be a posi tive move while the expan sion of harveys is drawing lots of extra customers meanwhile access improvements for tim hortons have brought even more business to an already busy spot the rumour that a tim after being pointed in the right direction whitchurch- stouffvilles old town hall is doing its job joan ransberry hortons is going to open in the east end of town contin ues to spread keep spread ing the word folks youll get timmys to the east yet stouffvilles downtown has certainly embraced the season finally stores are filling up in particular the takeover of the very empty and very ugly iga store by george and ville papas was a super idea when they did a major facelift and opened stouffville fine furniture they brought life to down town this quality store has become the much needed anchor for the area after being pointed in the right direction whitchurch- stouffvilles old town hall is doing its job its retaining its heritage and paying its way foll owing a few growing pains last year council did the right thing and struck a sound deal through a condominium agreement the top floor was leased to architecturalengi neering firm bruce arrowsmith and partner bell engineering to the taxpay ers delight they write a cheque to the town every month meanwhile the bottom floor was turned into a com munity cultural arts centre through the partnership with arrowsmith and bell the town has done wonders with the exterior between the clock tower and the public pathway the old town hall looks grand there was no sellout no hard feelings and no money wasted the summer of 2003 is worth the wait arrive alive please dont drink and drive thh rotkjjt brought to ywi at a ommunity ttnkt of the economist t stmftribunt not only do they come seasoned and ready to go theyre leaner than others and hardly shrink at all when you grill them that means that when you start with a big burger ours are 13 lb each you finish with a big burger what do we make them with since we sell only centre cuts of beef we only have loin trimming like steak tails and prime rib blade roasts truly ground chuck what does everyone else use to make burgers just ask them jk flfir 0 regular or teriyaki jp fgv 13 lb size wj t off reg 399 lb mss m week whats for k dinner for this week our entree feature will be either chicken or pork tenderloin done hawaiian style sweet sour with fresh pineapple and peppers its fully cooked all you have to do is warm it and serve with rice reg 1395 ea s pj ol serves 34 jr off saskatoon in the food m berry iijbs you may have read the article about these section of the star a couple of weeks ago extolling their culinary virtues ours are now in and theyre available in bulk frozen or we make delicious pies with them flavourwise theyre somewhere between a blueberry and a black currant with an almond aftertaste very delicious especially with a good vanilla ice cream we make 9 size reg 995 f or 5 size a taster reg 299 each ice crea 25 off this wwk a new and seasonal addition to our expanding variety of wonderful scones pears these bartletts come from northern california theyre still on the firmer side theyre large and they ripen to be juicy and delicious w f ifo new little potatoes one of my personal thrills is when these new little potatoes are in season these sweet little nuggets of goodness are just great boiled and served with either butter or our tzatziki blueberries in our large berries are now available quantity ive made a study of these and i find theyre really good with vanilla ice cream which has been slightly tempered they work good with cream too and just about anything else buy some this week in fact buy 2 so you wont have full to share k pint we had an in our bakery but with good results we em through an error of understanding we made a new kind of cookie that we call triple chocolate chunk cookies when tried em we loved and theyve been selling very well since you may wish to try them too reg 599 pkg off this week mangoes we received a shipment of kent mangoes this week from mexico this variety looks greener than most but as soon as they soften theyre good to go i tried one and theyre really good what makes these a good value is that theyre size 8s what that means is that like most fruit mangoes are packed in a standard size box if the count is low theyre big size 12s are small size 7s are huge size 8s are just right if youre a mango lover from mexico 3 i niagara peaches we get these through my friend doug dineley who operates a couple of great produce markets in niagara- on thelake and st catherines theyre from bob hunters farm who according to doug is the biggest and best peach grower in niagara the variety is harrow diamond which unique to the niagara area its semifree stone and a very good eating early peach available in 3 l baskets village grocer quality foods- is a variety bonus our- shopping bonus this week is a bottle of pur really nice montgomery inn bibvq sauce ifree when you buy byp or niore bf purgreat back ribs from the meat counter what makes pur ribs great is a we use more marbled pork as a rule bthcyv dont have that insipid little tail dangling from the oneendand e theyre riot seasoned whith means theyre not frprn pork f loins that have been injected with water arid phosphate 7 to make them juicier and d our price is very competitive so cook some ribs this week r 2 strips should serve 3 4 peopleand the sauce is kh rcguliu s4i9 1 pttf the perfect antidote for j u vj u1vjldjuj a hot and steamy day a chilled soup before your dinner or for lunch if you wish 1 lsize serves 34 ner 3 99 ea specials in effect until closing sunday july 28 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770