Today Steve, Jenia and I went out for dinner together. We decided to get out of Palm Beach County and go north to Stuart. (About as fun as the name, but quite a delight). Gas was about 12 cents cheaper! We found ourselves at Bono's BBQ something, and we loved it. They sold fried okra, but we went with the creamed corn nuggets. They were a scream. The cops came in investigating some young Spanish locals, and then we were off, back to good old Jupi. Our conversations just kept rolling, but the most interesting was about supermarkets. Steve mentioned that NY supermarkets are filthy, and when visiting FL, he was amazed at the miraculous upkeep. It's true, Publix is beautiful, Winn-Dixie and Albertson's are okay too. I was thinking of some NY supermarkets that I miss: Shop Rite, Pathmark, and King Kullen (Aunt Barbara: Holla). I don't miss Waldbaum's , the name is rather ethnic, I don't miss Acme or Grand Union because it required you to take a flea dip after you left, or any of the various stores with the word Food in it. (Food Lion, Key Food, etc.) Just not original enough, also requiring you to takes stairs or an elevator. Not practical with an overstuffed cart. (Except Whole Foods, I adore that place.)
My friend Christine went to school in Rochester and loves Wegman's.
In Nashville I enjoyed PiggliWiggli, in Russia I liked Pyatichka (Literally means five) and Lenta. (Not to be confused with Yenta or Lentil). They play fun music while you shop and outside. The cashiers sit, and all products are scanned by a super-virtuo-techno computer, that lists everything about the item. And we thought Russia was backwards. Drawback is you won't find anything Italian or edible, and you often have to pay for bags, and that just skinks like yesterday's diapers.
What stores do you guys miss? Bohacks, Packers...