On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:29:24 -0700, Lin >
wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>> Berkeley Bowl. One word: wow.
>
>Bob is going there today. He's in SF this weekend for business stuff and
>is swinging by for a shopping spree. Alas, I still haven't been! I think
>TammyM and I will be doing a Foodie Trip soon though.

Berkeley Bowl on a Sunday is NOT the place to be. It can be a
madhouse during the week, but the weekend...forget it!!

He should go to Monterey Market. I just love that place. Even more
than Berkeley Bowl. It's smaller, more cramped, but it has wonderful
produce for the most part. And fantastic deals.
>
>> Grocery Outlet(s). I just love those places. The incredible bargains
>> I can find there.
>
>They have opened one in Folsom. I'd never heard of them till started
>advertising here last week. I went to the website and couldn't help but
>notice that their logo has (what looks to be) the IGA rainbow. I was
>never big on the IGA stores.

Oh, they are totally different. Not even related to IGA. There is a
running thread in the San Francisco area Chowhound board, on the
things that people find at the Grocery Outlets. Some deals are
remarkable. Great wine deals too, occasionally.

This month's thread:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/554508

>Well, you know where we live! Gotta place here and a lot of places to go
>for wine!!! Placer County is going to be the next Napa/Sonoma.

I know!!! I think when I get back (which may be for a contract before
I actually get a house there) I will have to host a gathering. It may
be in one of those rinky-dink apartments where the counter space is
nil, and the stove is the pits, but I will do it!! If Blacksun could
hold cook-ins in her little apartment, I will be able to do it!!!

Christine, saving her money