After I had brunch with a couple of friends in Mimico (Etobicoke), we went out separate ways. I needed to run a few errands. I needed a dollar store.
I did a search and found this Dollarama roughly seven minutes away from where I was. I drove over there. The drive was fine.
This Dollarama is in a plaza anchored by Sobeys and LCBO. This store is between PetValu on the left and Pizza Pizza on the right.
I spotted a parking spot steps away from the main entrance. I backed into the spot and then headed inside.
It's a spacious store. Greeting me were six-pack cases of Pepsi mini varieties, six different Doritos flavours, and packages of Haribo gummies. I knew that I had entered a decent dollar store.
I like getting canned goods from Dollarama. They are decent, especially when you are running out of groceries and can raid your pantry instead. I ended up with pasta sauce, Chef Boyardee (comforting and I like that you can crack these cans open without any tools), and luncheon meat.
I also got a package of spaghettini. I ended up making a huge pot of spaghetti with garlic and herb sauce. It turned out nicely and I didn't break the bank.
I like that this place had two different brands of lemon juice. Seeing lemon juice at a dollar store wasn't a thing two years ago.
I was elated to find some exciting, cool finds to me. The first one was small escargots in cans. I have never made escargots. I am inspired to give it a try in future. I last had some in Winnipeg at a fancy restaurant several years ago. They were so good, likely because it had more butter than anything.
I was also pleased that this store had Viva Puffs and Dare cookies with the cream filling. I love the former with raspberry and marshmallow filling. Although this store didn't have the Dare coconut cream cookies, it had lemon and fudge flavours that I also love. So cheap and yummy!
This store ranks high on my list of decent Dollarama stores. The only issue was using the self-checkout kiosk and getting a weird error that I needed to remove an item at the kiosk and I had nothing. There weren't any humans at the regular checkout area, so you were forced to use the kiosks. However, I had the most helpful and nice young female staffer get rid of this error. I thanked her.
I liked my brief time at this store. I'll need to keep my eyes peeled for escargots at other stores. I know that my local one does not carry them, so you may see me back here soon when I am ready to try my hand preparing them.
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