Food Dynasty

We went to our neighborhood grocery store this evening. I was a bit skeptical about it since the outside is littered with not only garbage, but sketchy old men trying to recycle cans. It looks like any Key Food you'd find near any housing projects, but when we went inside, we were greeted by a nice surprise.

The store was VERY CLEAN, cleaner than the Gristedes in Brooklyn Heights. Every aisle was organized and everything on the shelves was straight and lined up neatly. The meat section was impressive, and they had items we would never see in Brooklyn Heights or the UES; such as a whole refrigerator case of packaged pupusas, bricks of Mexican cheese, turkey legs cross-cut into 1 inch chunks, halfway decent beers, and passing the bakery section, Chaim excitedly exclaims, "Look Challah! There must be Jews who come here!"

But the best part of our new grocery store is the service. The cute Asian check-out girl actually acknowledged us with a friendly hello, and after handing over the correct change, sorted the handles of the plastic bags together and gave them to us.