I've tried them all: Fred Meyer, Safeway, Trader Joe's, Winco, New Seasons, Whole Foods. Why is the perfect market so elusive? Here's what I need in a food store: non-pretentious shoppers who keep a firm hold on their polite children, an excellent produce, cheese, and wine selection, a decent stock of household supplies, and -most of all- affordable groceries.
Basically, what I need is a one-stop shop.
Well, I still haven't found a store that perfect, but on a co-workers recommendation I stopped by Sheridan Fruit Company this afternoon and instantly felt I'd met my grocery store match. It's small. It's quaint. It sells in bulk. The produce and wine are fresh and local. There's an old school meat counter. The cheese selection meets my standards. And the man who bagged my groceries actually carried them out to my car.
That, my friends, is as good as it gets.
PS - A quick thought. We spent part of the day in a suburb of Portland (15 miles from our apartment, as a general reference) looking at cheaply made, ugly, and quite affordable new condos for sale. What we noticed is that much of the 'burb was comprised of brand spanking newness, from the cars to the restaurants to the homes and shops and other buildings. How long is a community like that expected to thrive in its newness? What's the life-expectancy of cheap construction? I'm glad we're home, and I guess my point is that the Sheridan Fruit Company appealed to me so much because of its organic, old-as-hell (circa 1916) grunginess.
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I ate my lunch for two years from the Sheridan Fruit Company when I worked down at the Task Force. I walked past the skaters everyday and ate:
1) cottage cheese
2) salt and pepper potato chips
3) cherries or a pear
Isn't that a weird lunch? I hear the neighborhood has really changed. Love you. Rachel
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