Possible Clues:

• The old man breaks snooze maybe for a meal
• Some more pastrami makes a meal
• Meal commercial traveller's obtained beside a street
• Supper, e.g
• Brunch, e.g
• Food — tapers (anag)
• Meal tapers off
• Salesperson has no starter, getting kind of square meal
• Nourishment
• Filling meal