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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 24, 2014, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE B1 DISCOUNT DAYS! DAYS ! 1. CHOOSE A MEAL* . Breakfast . Nip . Dinner . Winni Dog . Sandwich * Excludes the Breakfast Special 2. CHOOSE A BEVERAGE FOR ONLY 99 � EACH . Bottomless Coffee . Tea . Bottomless Soft Drinks 3. COMPLETE YOUR MEAL FOR ONLY 99 � EACH . Cup of Soup . Chili Meat Sauce . Slice of Wafer Pie . Triangular Piece of Red Velvet Cake . Two Scoops of Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce 6 AM - 10 PM AT SALS FAMILY RESTAURANTS AND SALS XPRESS RESTAURANTS, EXCLUDING HOLIDAYS. DINE- IN ONLY. RESTAURANT HOURS VARY BY LOCATON. salisburyhouse. ca . Sausage Egg Nip . Back Bacon Egg Nip . Cheese Egg Nip . Veggie Nip . Regular OR Cheese Nip . Winni Dog . French Fries . Side of Coleslaw . Grilled Cheese Sandwich . Cup of Soup . Slice of Pie . Giant Cinnamon Bun Your house, your food, your way! CITY & BUSINESS CITY EDITOR: SHANE MINKIN 204- 697- 7292 city. desk@ freepress. mb. ca I winnipegfreepress. com MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 B 1 G AME on, Rose Mangal. Sid and the lads kept their side of the bargain. Will you keep yours? Mangal and her buds were among the lucky hordes who arrived at Confusion Corner Bar and Grill early enough Sunday to grab a booth before every square centimetre in the joint became occupied. They came to watch Team Canada vie for the gold medal against Team Sweden - a game that ended in a 3- 0 victory for the good guys wearing the Maple Leaf. " I had no idea that Bud Lite and eggs tasted so good," Mangal gushed during the first period after visiting the buffet. " It took the gold- medal game in Russia to make me realize how good beer goes with breakfast." And then, Bud Lite in hand, she made this solemn vow: " I'll have beer with my breakfast every morning from now on if we win gold." OK, so we're not encouraging alcohol consumption here. But the people who lined up before 5 a. m. to get into one of dozens of licensed establishments that opened up an hour or two after last call Saturday night all thought having a legal brew before the sun was close to coming up was a nifty idea. Maybe even patriotic. Marty Shumka had a pitcher of Keith's and Lori McGinnis a pitcher of Bud Lite well before the opening faceoff. It's the only way to watch hockey, said Shumka. Asked what a legal beer tastes like at 5: 30 a. m., Shumka pushed away his glass in mock horror, and chortled, " Is this beer legal? Darn. I'm no longer interested." " We stood in line forever. I texted him at 4 a. m. and said, ' Are you awake?' " McGinnis said. Three women were happy just to lean back against the fireplace for three hours - they were perfectly in line with four of the gazillion big- screen TVs, not a single one of which, amazingly enough, was set to Fox News. " What do they say, always have your first caesar before sunrise?" asked Robin Mackenzie rhetorically. " I think it's fantastic. Sunday morning, most traffic I've ever seen," said friend Jane Quinton. As for recent political science grad and former South End United soccer player Leigh Mackenzie, " Drinking caesars with my mom at 6 a. m. is definitely a first... surprisingly delicious." Moneca Sinclair made the trek from the West End because Confusion Corner was the first place among the several she called to say it would allow minors to attend, enabling her to bring her son. " We thought it was a special event," Sinclair said. Her 14- year- old son, Osani Balkaran, explained how he usually gets up around 10 a. m. Sundays, but insisted he was awake. The idea to come? " My mom's." The room rose as one when Winnipeg's Jonathan Toews scored in the first period, but this bunch was spending that first period and much of the second getting way too good at collective groans of dismay. That goalpost, though, they really liked that goalpost. By Nick Martin Pitcher perfect Best breakfast combo ever: beer, eggs and gold! No holiday from hockey WAS there a Manitoban in a hot weather country Sunday morning who didn't get up before the sun and manage to find a way to watch The Game? Teulon's Jim and Anne Berry weren't freezing while they watched. " We're up and watching the game from our winter getaway in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, while enjoying a mimosa. I see a lot of other lights on in our Canadian neighbours' places as well. Nice to see Manitoban Jonathan Toews get the first goal. Go Canada." Patrick Finlayson was watching in Palm Springs, Calif., at 4 a. m. " Listening to the coyotes howling outside. ( Could be wailing American fans?)" This from Dave Newsham in Mexico: " Sports bar serving Canadians in Mayan Riviera. The place is packed! Go Canada!" Ken and Linda Cantelon were watching in Sayulita, Mexico, where the Weather Network said it was 23 C but felt like 27 C. Those are above zero, one speculates, since the Weather Network didn't specify. " Go Canada!" Linda Cantelon urged. Shira Joudan reported from Mexico that, " Right now I'm in Puerto Vallarta with my parents Anne and Itzik Joudan, and while my dad and I were watching on NBC in one room, my mom was watching ( and not understanding) the Spanish ESPN. Go Canada!! So far so good." And not to forget the Lorette Girl Guides, who were maybe not quite as warm, but enthusiastically live- streamed The Game out in Camp Manitou. Continued Please see BEER B 5 PHOTOS BY MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Jordan Lombaert cheers at Confusion Corner Bar & Grill after Team Canada scores its second goal during the men's hockey gold- medal game against Sweden at the Winter Olympics Sunday morning. Hockey fans Keagan Little ( left), Taylor Williams ( centre) and Frances Maiers celebrate at Confusion Corner Bar & Grill Sunday morning after Team Canada scores its third goal against Sweden to clinch another Olympic gold medal for Canada. Jackson Zuk ( holding flag), 8, Jack Derrett ( centre), 9, and Grey Davidson ( right), 7, cheer at Confusion Corner Bar & Grill after Team Canada successfully defends the Olympic championship it won at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver with a 3- 0 victory against Sweden. SCAN PAGE TO SEE VIDEO OF EARLYMORNING OLYMPIC PARTIERS B_ 01_ Feb- 24- 14_ FP_ 01. indd B1 2/ 23/ 14 9: 40: 41 PM ;