Queue at Toronto’s Irish shop ‘will be longer than dole queue at home’

“Sorry lads, the soda bread is sold out. But we’ll have more tomorrow.”

It’s 3.30pm on the opening day of the Pantry, Toronto’s first Irish shop and deli, and Maeve McCarthy is already telling customers she’s run out of breakfast rolls and soda bread.

The Fanta shelf has a few lonely cans left and, all day, there’s been a steady flow of Irish and Canadian customers alike.