Amity Market

I just wanted to post a quick update of Amity Market. A couple posters have noted that the refrigerators have been updated and some clean-​up done, or that you just need to check the expiration dates. Please note that the only reason the refrigerators have been updated and some cleaning was done is because THE STORE WAS SO NASTY THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLOSED IT DOWN!!! But rest assured, his regular customers still think the outside is a bathroom, and he still sells expired food.

Look this place ain’t the prettiest, but it’s been around for over 20 years! The owner Mr. Bang is a very nice dude. He recently upgraded his refrigerators and has a really nice selection of craft beer/​wine. I’d be surprised if anyone can compete with him on this selection. I’ve noticed he has a quite a few loyal customers that all come to him when it comes to buying goods. His hard liquor selection is priced really well too!

Honestly just check expiration dates and stuff; you’ll be fine. The snacks and drinks here are a lot cheaper than the ones on Fillmore where school is. Didn’t know this store had a name till I looked up the location, but it’s close to home so I get goodies here often. They’ve got everything from knives to dusty packs of socks & boxers to glass pipes and coconut water. dont be so high strung about the stores organization and appearance! the foods all packaged anyways, jeez.

Local family owned shop. Beer, liquor, candy, junk food, the essentials. Basic groceries. A little disorderly, but whatever, the staff was cool.

HAHAHAH. Amity Market.
I used to come here when I was a wee little one. I used to actually sneak out of the house with $ 2-​$ 3, run to this place, buy some candy, and sneak back into the house with newly bought candy. It was such an adventure!
The place itself though is really run down and shabby. The owner doesn’t seem to care too much about anything. He always looks either indifferent or annoyed. He seems to always be wearing pajamas (the same ones every day) and sandals. Sometimes a puffy vestjacket. Sometimes he watches Asian dramas on the tiny TV that he has behind the counter. I honestly don’t know if he ever leaves. My brother and I have hypothesized that the store is actually secretly connected to the house next to it. It opens relatively early and closes later than anything else in the area. I mean. that’s really the only feasible explanation.
Also, it’s always a nice surprise when you walk in and his friends are in the store, gambling behind the counter. Sometimes they use the bush outside of the store as a toilet. Harmless though.
Besides all the weirdness that goes on inside (and outside) the store, it’s about a block away from my house. +1 stars for being convenient and closer than anything else. Also for being my childhood snack store.
I still stick to my theory of this place being a store and someone’s house at the same time.

This place is disgusting.
They sell expired food.
This place if filthy inside and outside.
The owner’s friends and drunk customers pee outside.
The owner’s friends and drunk customers can’t park and double park or just put their car in park in the middle of the street.
They have poop outside. I bet it’s inside too.
They gamble and watch porn inside.
They litter all around the area.
They run a shady business.
Please do not patronage this business.
Please go out of business.
Please go away.

This store is like most of the other liquor stores around. It supplies you with many of your basic needs, but it is also pretty dirty. The guy behind the counter looks pretty lazy and doesn’t pay much attention to anything. Yes, the other reviews are true, there are people in the back left of the store betting on like card games and sometimes you may find pets running around the store sniffing at stuff. I recommend this place if you want to grab a quick drink or some gum, but everything else looks pretty suspicious or weird.

Happy man Mr. Bang Bang!

I was unaware that this place had a name. The owner or whoever was working at the front seemed quite preoccupied with his newspaper. The store is usually empty… Oh, and there was probably $ 30 in quarters just laying on the table. From that, he gave me $.50 in change. I thought it was funny. Just sayin’.

Didn’t even know this place had a name until now.
So, remember that scene in Half-​Baked where Dave Chapelle is describing bodegas? Now double the size and replace pot with alcohol in back and people playing games of Mah-​Jong (or some variant thereof).
It’s a little dusty, a little disorganized, and a little pricey, but you know what? I can get beer late at night after walking a block and a half from my home. They are open later than anyone else nearby, except perhaps Riptide. Sure my review is slanted by convenience, which is a roll of the die based on where you live.

I’m still living at the same place when I was 5yrs old since 1985 and I had (2) choices of Quick Market Liquor Store. Great Highway Market & Amity Market. I use to not like Great Highway, because the Chinese Guy was rude and he said he charges tax, DUDE, hide it in the price.
So I would go to Amity for my quick candy fix haha
Amity use to be MUUUUUUUUUUCH better when I was in Middle School/​High School. They have video games and more traffic.
The last time I went in looking for a Monster Energy Drink, not only didn’t they carry it, they had Rockstar and all their drinks were all over the place in the fridge, not organize at all. You have all these guys gambling in the back and the dude behind the counter has HECKA pr0n. I wonder why he has soooooo much back there and all scattered around.
Their products are super old and the store is hecka dusty.
Amity Market… you need to revamp and organize your store, or it won’t last.

Idiots! I called to ask for a certain wine that the winery said amity sold, and the guy says «I don’t know, I’m not the owner.» «Well can you check?» Click. He hung up.

Gotta be a front. Some of the stuff on the shelves has been there since I used to buy up in highschool. Two stars strictly for the memories.

This place is gross, there is no logical order, there is dust on all of the goods. Lord knows how old the stuff is. The wine selection is weak, they have a sliding scale on their prices. A duraflame log one day is 3.50 then 5.50 the next. The gambling guys don’t really bug me, until one of them goes out side to the side of the building to pee. Right in front of me. I know the sunset is funky, but shheez people. Spend some time dusting, organizing and checking expiration dates. Also fix the damn awning already. Perhaps paint the store. You could probably turn a profit if you expanded on your alcohol selection. Ever hear of Myers rum, or Plymoth gin? One star for the cashier dude who is somewhat nice to me.

I have beef with this place because the douche behind the counter wouldn’t believe my ID (CA Driver’s License) and wouldn’t sell me my destruction of choice — alcohol. Ok, yes, I was wearing pigtails and looked a whole 11 ½ years old, but come on! I’m 24 and that smile and nose couldn’t be anyone else!
Sigh… I try not to buy anything here as the service is atrocious and the male gambling crew makes me feel uncomfortable as a woman. They do sell MUNI passes though — so an extra star there.

Stay away.
I’ve lived in the area for almost 10 years now and this place has just gotten worse and worse and worse and worse. They CONSTANTLY gamble in here, which doesn’t bug me, except when you want to check out and they don’t want to lose their mahjong hand. Oh, and if you’re lucky, you can catch them watching porn from time to time behind the counter. I’m so frustrated shopping here I actually created my Unilocal account to post this.
The «refrigerator» is questionable for the milk it holds and there is ALWAYS dust on the canned/​jarred sauces/​food.
All in all, I’d say go hit the Noriega Produce Market on 46^th and Noriega. The guy that runs that is awesome and deserves your business.

I live right by this place. so I definitely know the cashier who yanks his grey sweats up to right under his chest and refers to my boyfriend as «the bum.»
This place is convenient for getting water, beer. or any other kind of snacks… but watch out for some old stuff they might have… yeah the store is a mess and some things look questionable. but if you’re looking for just the basics. then this place is ok.
Watchout for the group of guys playing some sort of card/​domino game off to your left… they are there seemingly every day gambling late into the night!!! They be blocking my path to get to my Bacardi bottle man!

I think this place is kind of gross. I don’t think many people buy stuff there so all the products have been sitting around for years. My friend bought a TV dinner there once and the whole box was ice. However, they do have Cheetos, and that is all I want.

I have gone here the past two months to get my muni pass. If you cant find one at the more popular places, and you live in the area, go here. oops hopefully not too many of you will, or i’ll be out of a muni pass place… lol yes you can get convenience store stuff here too.