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It is also part of how his stores plan to staff registers and the deli counter each month.

Then, if you’re as hungry as I was, you rapidly retrace steps and head to the Seaside Foods deli counter in Sebastian’s General Store, a block from the pier.

Since Arias bought the deli in 2021, he has had to stock a bodega for the dual clientele that Lee clocked nearly four decades ago.

A recent Boston Magazine story described the contradiction well: “It’s a place where lunch for two at a deli costs $75, yet residents working two or three jobs still can’t make ends meet.”

A crowd of about 50 supporters and curious locals meet the candidate at Donkey’s Place, a venerable deli that serves a meatier cheesesteak than more-famous shops in nearby Philadelphia.