Sweet Salvation, rev. ed.

fig. a: the spread at Backroom Records & Pastries

It's cause to rejoice when a new business opens up that really addresses even one of our needs in this town. When a business opens up that addresses two of them, well, it's time to do a little dance. And that, friends, is exactly what just happened TODAY. We here at "...an endless banquet" are happy to announce the grand opening of a little record store-cum-confectionery convenience called Backroom Records & Pastries. There you'll find the very best in vinyl-pressed electrically recorded music, with special attention paid to the blues, gospel, reggae, jazz, and rock idioms, as well as the very best in confections, especially pies, cookies, and preserves.

Backroom Records & Pastries
5912 St. Urbain
*Back Alley Entrance Only!*
Thursday - Sunday
12:00 noon - 6 p.m.
514 495 8046
music curator: Warren
sweets curator: Camilla

The record store situation had gotten so dismal in this town that my record-shopping habit had dropped off almost completely in recent months. It had been quite a while since I'd been out record shopping and found some good records on vinyl--lots of them! And to my knowledge, this was the first time I'd ever enjoyed a delicious, freshly-baked pastry in-store, while I shopped. Now that's living! Hmm, if I can only convince Camilla to start making some Jamaican patties--then I'd be able to finally resume the 8-year tradition I had of record-shopping and patty-eating that stretched across three countries and two continents, from London to Washington, DC to Vancouver.

fig. b: the haul from Backroom Records & Pastries

Tasting notes:
cherry pie: super-yum
chocolate chip cookie: the best
V/A, "Last Kind Words: 1926-1953"(Mississippi Records): delicious
Washington Phillips, "What are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Mississippi Records): heavenly

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