But up the hill, on Court Street, at the early 19th-century Plymouth County courthouse overlooking the bay, there is still a throng of commerce-- lawyers, sheriff's deputies and jury members patronizing the faded shops and luncheonettes.
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After the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society helps the refugees find temporary places to live, Berger writes, " they began to work long hours sewing dresses and draperies, tending dim luncheonettes and Laundromats, reupholstering sofas or peddling door-to-door . . ..
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On a chill, gray morning seven months ago, State Farm raised its red and white banner in the heart of Harlem, on 125th Street, where shops like Ben & AMP; Jerry's and Capezio's alternate with boarded-up buildings, storefront churches, luncheonettes and used-furniture stores.
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One year ago, they moved back, fixing up a brownstone on East 118th Street and finding that the streets retained much of the gritty, festive mix they cherished : gaudy murals, coconut-ice vendors, sidewalk domino players, hole-in-the-wall luncheonettes with incessant salsa beats, ragged tenements next to fussed-over gardens.
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Clacking freight trains silhouetted against a fading late autumn sunset, the peripheral blur of trees speeding by a moving boxcar, the hollow glare of anonymous gas stations and bus depots, and the desolation of shabby bars and luncheonettes on the wrong side of the tracks : These are some of the recurrent images that lend Ed Radtke's melancholy road film " The Dream Catcher " an enveloping sadness.
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But strolling inland, I found that certain frisson : cafes, bars, hotels and shops of every caliber; juice bars with stacks of pineapples, oranges, papayas, mangoes and fruits that I didn't even know existed . ( My favorite drink was the hortela, a frothy, restorative pineapple-and-mint elixir . ) You can also find plenty of cheap luncheonettes, where you can order delicious fried codfish balls ( bolinhos de bacalhau ), cheese rolls ( pao de queijo ) and fried and baked pastries stuffed with meats and cheeses.
