I live about 35 miles north of the Canada / US border and Plattsburgh, NY is about 25 miles south of it. A bunch of us used to go for a ride on our motorcycles down to the A & W in Plattsburgh. That's where I discovered "swamp water" which is a mix of about 2/3 root beer and 1/3 orange. It looked terrible but tasted great. I don't remember the A & W prices but in the Montreal area 2 hot dogs and a fry were 35 cents. Those were the days.
Of course back then I only made $50 a week.
Wayne