Thursday, January 26, 2012

Quality Food

On Congress Street, you'll find a classic neighborhood grocery store. If you need food staples, arrive by taxi or by foot, you're in business here. When we lived on Deering Street in the early 70's, I found myself in this place a few times usually around dinner, searching out the aisles for an item needed to complete a 'culinary masterpiece'. It was always bustling but a word of caution. Check those expiration dates and be on the lookout for strange, inappropriate food coloring before you purchase. I'm just saying...

19 comments:

  1. dans les petits magasins ou il y a peu de roulement, il faut en effet faire attention aux dates de fraicheurs. mais c'est tellement plus sympa que les grandes surfaces

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  2. so true, so true about those expiry dates and the strange coloring, but we made many a splendid meal from the offerings at paul's and everyone was so kind there.

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  3. I love how your downtown has a bunch of old buildings that are still being used. Tulsa has a bunch of old buildings with empty storefronts. They are slowly being refurbished and repurposed. Your pics over time show the potential.

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  4. Despite the "hazards" of expired dates on grocery items, I miss these old-fashioned stores.

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  5. This is a great post. The same for all our corner markets.

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  6. Sounds like the place to go for that last minute ingredient.

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  7. Grocery stores say so much about the neighborhood...love browsing the aisles!

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  8. True enough but sometimes you can find some unusual food from small companies that the big stores don't support.

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  9. I guess there's a little neighborhood grocery store in all of our lives... Ours was called Daugherty's--and they stayed busy UNTIL the big chain grocery stores started coming into town... BUT--even after that happened, Daugherty's seemed to make it.. Guess they had some loyal customers.
    Betsy

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  10. Yeah, I just found some beer in the closet that expired in 2010. Ya think I should drink it? I took a couple of sips from one can and it wasn't too bad.

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  11. Lowell- I heard that OLD beer tale of 'skunky' beer taste. As far as I'm concerned: beer is beer! Drink 'em down.

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  12. Love that architecture. Very classic.

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  13. I think this is one of the parts of Portland that I remember. I am a sissy and toss out stuff as it gets close to expiration dates.

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  14. What a great neighborhood store. Excellent shot.

    Darryl and Ruth :)

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  15. lovely. would love to shop at a place like this.

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  16. Also the name of the best french bakery in Barcelona...

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