"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>>
>> Dee.Dee said...
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>> > I have bought gingersnaps at Ikea once or twice;
>>
>> Something's wrong with that picture. Cookies from a furniture store?
>
> Ikea stores have restaurants and a small food section where they sell a
> number of Scandinavian specialities. My wife and I were stranded Toronto
> for a few hours last month after a brake line in the car blew. I was lucky
> to find a garage at 4 pm on a Friday night that would fix it for me so we
> could get back home that night. It was going to be a few hours. We walked
> about a half mile down the road to Ikea, looked around and decided to grab
> a bite to eat in the cafeteria style restaurant. I had heard that it was
> pretty cheap. I remembered seeing their advertisements for 75 cent hot
> dogs. The were selling (10) meatballs with potatoes, salad and a beverage
> for $3.99. They also had a nice selection of open faced sandwiches. I
> ended up with an open face smoked salmon with salad. There are free
> refills
> on coffee and soft drinks. It is hard to beat.
>
> If you are ever feeling hunger and spot an Ikea, check into the nearest
> Ikea. Just be careful not to start walking through the store because
> nobody ever follows the arrows to navigate an Ikea store without buying
> something.


I have some 'favorite' things from Ikea -- one, is a wooden lazy susan
med-large-- $6 - very nice.
It's really hard to resist.

Ikea in New Haven also has a little store where you can get quick/quick
fast/food items -- coffee, or other small foods; they have little round
tables to eat at. In that section they have grocery items - that's where
they keep the lignonberry jam! You can buy their meatballs in large
packages, etc.

Dee Dee