McCloud Market

McCloud Market is a cute little country market; it’s not Safeway, but you can find just about any basic groceries you may need (plus then, it’s not so big that you feel lost!) I liked the casual atmosphere and the friendly staff. They had a pretty decent alcohol aisle for a smaller grocery store, and their McCloud souvenir t-​shirt rack cracked me up.

I really love this place because of the people who shop here and the people who work here. This is a very small store… in the mountains. Yet they have a surprisingly good selection of a lot of this things. Very good beer, huge selection of wine, lots of fresh coffee beans to choose from, lots of canned tomatoes… Seriously. A ton of canned tomato. In ALL varieties. Odd. Good variety of a lot of things.
I have never been in this store with out being drunk or having a hangover. The workers and shoppers are real cool with it too. The women who work there. I don’t mean this in a mean way but they all look the same. Long dirty blonde hair, black eyeliner and a genuine tired smile. It was hard getting them right. They’ve got a dark sense of humor about working at the market that I just love. Super nice, friendly. This is where I shop when I visit my family in McC.
Hours are kinda ridiculous. I think It was 9am-​7pm. Jeez.

I love McCloud Market. It’s a small independent grocery store that manages to have everything I need every time. Besides the milk and eggs, they have all the important stuff like beer from Mt. Shasta Brewing Company, ice and Crystal hot sauce. (Bacon and eggs breakfast isn’t worth the effort without it — might as well eat cereal.)
McCloud Market is getting five stars from me because it’s perfect the way it is.
1) It’s not gourmet.
2) You can ask them where something is three times and they’ll still be pleasant. (hangover awareness)
3) They don’t ask you for your phone number at the checkout and then butcher your last name.
4) The staff are super friendly in an easy going way. Not in a corporate-​clone way.
I’ve been meaning to get some meat for the BBQ from MM. It looked really good. The women from our tribe keep bringing meat from Windsor to the cabin (no spontaneity). Next time.
The Mt. Shasta Bar (dark chocolate) that they sell at the register is really good. Recommended.
Keep up the strong work.