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People find something to do in in a middle of Nebraska, too, but it's pretty hard (well, probably easier in Nebraska). In 5 years I couldn't even find a decent
by Fins 8y ago
People find something to do in in a middle of Nebraska, too, but it's pretty hard (well, probably easier in Nebraska). In 5 years I couldn't even find a decent grocery store there.
- borski 8y agoNext door to me, I have a Safeway that has a greater selection than most of the places in the city, a Trader Joe’s, a Whole Foods, and a Sprout’s. All within a 5 minute drive. If you don’t try to go out and look for things, I agree you won’t find them. I am very social, and have found no shortage of things to do. People who complain about this haven’t tried it.
- masonic 8y agoAlso Nob Hill Foods, Chavez, ...
- Fins 8y agoSorry, no, this isn't what I am looking for. Sure, I know I can get your generic grocery store experience at Safeway, or Lucky, or Nob Hill, or overpay at Whole Foods (now that they are owned by Amazon I don't shop there anyway), but where do you go to get some really fancy stuff? I have found some decent little places in San Francisco that have good cheese and charcuterie, or decent fresh bread, but nothing in the South Bay. In Chicago I knew I could always drop by Mariano's (heard that they went downhill lately, though) or Plum Market, or Pastoral. NYC obviously has quite a few places like Dean and Deluca. Austin has Central Market. What does South Bay have?
- masonic 8y agoI'm guessing you've never been in the deli section of the Nob Hill Foods on Grant.
- Fins 8y agoIs that in SF? We're talking South Bay here. Ones I've visited in San Jose are were extremely underwhelming.
- masonic 8y agoI guessed correctly. Nob Hill on Grant Rd. in Mountain View.
- Fins 8y agoOh. Sorry, that wasn't impressive. For South Bay, maybe.
- borski 8y agoAll due respect, you’re coming off as defensive and dismissive, without stating a single example of what was missing. There are plenty of stores that have incredibly varied selections of “fancy things,” including but not limited to Nob Hill and Mollie Stone’s. I come from NYC, where we had fancier things than you’d find in SF, and the South Bay comes close. SF doesn’t.
- Fins 8y agoNo, seriously, Safeway is hard to miss. Now a good grocery store that has a decent selection of cheese and fancy sausage and good fresh bread and some obscure ice cream (so no, Whole Foods doesn't count, let alone that hipster paradise of two buck chuck that is Trader Aldi) -- maybe there is something somewhere in South Bay where you could get it, but in several years I did not see anything like it.