Comments on: Sunday Grocery Shopping in the Mission: A Tale of Two Checkout Lanes http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: raimondo http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3402 raimondo Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:27:14 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3402 Rainbow is obviously the post-Church place to shop.

]]> By: flubbertown http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3401 flubbertown Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:57:21 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3401 oh doi I thought you meant fish sauce, sorry.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3400 zinzin Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:39:51 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3400 actually it’s this one (note the different bottle):

http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Laboratories-Finest-Flavor-liquid/dp/B0001VKNSM

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3399 zinzin Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:38:24 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3399 uh, flubbertown sure you can.

they sell it in pill form (like those gel-tabs), and in bottles. they have cod liver oil too, both ways.

i buy this one (shown here at an imperialist non-local online retailer):

http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Laboratories-Norwegian-Liver-liquid/dp/B00012NF5Y

it tastes bad, but it’s really good for you. filled with good EPA & DHA.

]]> By: flubbertown http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3398 flubbertown Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:57:17 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3398 uh, zinzin you can’t get fish oil at Rainbow.

]]> By: phlavor http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3397 phlavor Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:33:03 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3397 I’ll bet those two carts at FoodCo cost less than those ten items at Rainbow. So FoodCo family gets the WIN.

Girl does get points on the jacket though.

]]> By: Tim Moore http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3396 Tim Moore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:56:04 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3396 @LindyLula I have no doubt, but it’s still a strange image.

]]> By: LindyLula http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3395 LindyLula Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:24:48 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3395 Uh Tim, they don’t actually let you make leopard skin coats any more so my guess is that it’s a fabulous fake.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3394 zinzin Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:27:30 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3394 thx for the tip on spices. i have been buyng at rainbow since lincoln was president, so i’m happy to find another source.

]]> By: meave http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3393 meave Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:24:30 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3393 Buying spices at Rainbow is a waste of money when the San Francisco Herb Co. is just between S. Van Ness and Mission on 14th. That is the place for cheap bulk herbs and spices.

Foods Co is the best for fortified cereals — I don’t know why hippies won’t fortify their organic whole-grain whatever-Os, but they don’t — and their giant bags of off-off-brand stuff are so incredibly cheap you are stupid not to shop there. Even name-brand cereals like Wheaties and Kix &c. are way cheaper than anywhere else I’ve shopped in the city. They also sell Florida’s Natural and Odwalla brand orange juices for less than other stores, and not at “near-expiration” prices either, they’re just cheaper, and that is pretty great.

Of course Foods Co can’t replace Rainbow, but it does fill in some gaps, and on the cheap, which is amazing. Valencia Farmers Market on 24th is good for fresh produce and the soy products I tend to run out of before making a whole long trip to Rainbow (especially when it’s not coupon day).

]]> By: daylurker http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3392 daylurker Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:09:00 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3392 I wanna go home with the second family and let them feed me and dress me in fine furs.

]]> By: Tim Moore http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3391 Tim Moore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:21:44 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3391 There’s something kind of perverse about wearing a fur coat to the vegetarian grocery.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3390 zinzin Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:07:38 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3390 the peruvian food is the steam table i guess. next to the fish / poultry / rabbit guy. hit & miss far as i can tell, tried it a few times. i dont have much experience with peruvian food, maybe i dont know what to order.

pacific super on alemany is a great place. i used to live out there for a couple years. fish market is nuts, and whole roast ducks too. that’s something we dont really have in the mission.

‘meat and fish’, all i can say is holy shit. i’ll never buy pork anywhere else again. i think they even have pork blood, which is really hard to find (pacific super has it too i am pretty sure).

]]> By: guero http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3389 guero Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:53:54 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3389 funny..I was at Food Co. this morning at around 11. It was my first time in there. Though I have shopped many times at the Food For Less stores in Los Angeles – The best one was in Highland Park, brand spanking new and had a great Mexican products and meat market. I haven’t stepped into Rainbow ever…I don’t know…just never had the inclination to go in there. A lot of my shopping lately has been from El Chico on 24th and Alabama. Hey zinzin…I love ‘meat and fish’on Mission and 23rd. My family goes there all the time. And yeah that meat market in Mission Market on 22d is excellent…one of the few places that you can buy rabbit. Has any one tried the Peruvian food in there? It sure looks good.
But my biggest shopping experience today was out of the Mission in Ingleside…Pacific Super on Alemany. An Asian market, the day before the Lunar New Year – It was insane in there!!!

]]> By: christina http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/25/sunday-grocery-shopping-in-the-mission-a-tale-of-two-checkout-lanes/#comment-3388 christina Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:12:59 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2336#comment-3388 that coat beats all. wish i had it today it was COLD.

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