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Jimmy's Lunch Box
About Jimmy's Lunch Box
Casual lunch spot on Shaughnessy Street pouring coffee and serving sandwiches, soups and daily specials through midday.
When a town forms around a railway, the first commercial strip keeps the memory even after the reason is gone, and Port Coquitlam's is no exception. Jimmy's Lunch Box keeps a room on that strip at 2652 Shaughnessy Street, where a century of foot traffic has moved between the tracks, City Hall, and Prairie Avenue. A railway town has always needed places to eat on a schedule, and the lunch counter is the classic answer to that need.
A place that calls itself a lunch box makes a specific promise: honest portions, fair prices, and a meal that arrives without ceremony. That model works on a street like this one, where the midday crowd is made up of people on a break rather than people on an outing. What to ask about at a counter like this is what changes day to day, whether there are specials worth timing a visit around, and how the kitchen handles a rush. Those are the details that turn a first visit into a habit, and the regulars will know all of them by heart. A lunch counter is also where a street keeps its routines, with the same orders at the same times and the small talk that goes with them.
Both a phone number and a website are available, so it is simple to confirm hours before setting out, check whether the kitchen does takeout for a working lunch, or get a sense of the menu in advance. The address also suits an errand day: City Hall, the shops along Shaughnessy, and Lions Park on the Coquitlam River are all close by, and the Traboulay PoCo Trail threads past the edge of downtown for anyone who wants to walk off the meal afterwards. Calling ahead is a small courtesy that also settles the one question no directory can answer, which is what is good today.
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In the Lincoln neighbourhood of Port Coquitlam.
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