New Santa Clara Market

New Santa Clara Market has the typical gourmet items, beers, wines, microbrews, mostly pricey or unpriced. place is immaculate.
eats: lime ice bar (delicias de mishoacan, 1.69)
–tasty, pricey by .75 cents?
take outs:
–parking in front
wouldn’t repeat.

It was a late friday night. My roommate and I had developed a good buzz over a few drinks and needed something to finish us off for the night to help us forget the fact that both of us hadn’t really done anything so far and it was too late to get our friday night fever on.
So we decided at 11:45pm that we wanted to go buy some four loko, and upon acknowledging that this could be a near-​to-​impossible feat given the fact that four loko had been taken off shelves in a lot of liquor stores due to its supposedly hazardous alcohol/​caffeine mix up we left our tiny studio.
We started from the intersection of Divisadero and McAllister and visited every single liquor store we found on our way down toward Divisadero and Haight; all seven liquor stores within the aforementioned area did not carry our promise-​land nectar. We hung a left on Haight and the first liquor store we spotted was the New Santa Clara Market, and lo and behold: they carried four loko and our quest was finished at 12:30 at night.
When we returned home satisfied we found out that the four lokos we bought were actually the «FDA-​approved» decaffeinated version of the product (a.k.a. flavored malt liquor) but the fact that someplace in the city still cared enough for us broke people to carry four loko was a comforting afterthought that accompanied my hangover the next morning.
Thanks, New Santa Clara Market, and rock on.

$ 4.09 for a jar of crunchy Skippy peanut butter?
And you don’t carry Mountain Dew? Are you aware that Mountain Dew is the fourth most-​popular carbonated beverage in the country?
Over-​priced, weird selection… but at least there’s a lot of it.
If you need an onion last-​minute, at least it’s there.

I feel like a jerk writing this review because I never had the pleasure of patronizing the original Santa Clara Market – if one even existed – so excuse my relative San Francisco newness. (And the New Santa Clara Market sign looks at least twenty-​five-​years-​old, so there might not be too many Unilocalers who remember the original.)
I actually came here because it’s owned by the same guy who owns Divisadero Farmers Market. It’s also worked by some of the same employees. I had a suspicion about this four years ago when I saw one of my favorite Divisadero Farmers Market employees talking to the guy behind the counter at New Santa Clara; and then this same guy, who doesn’t work at either Divisadero Farmers Market or New Santa Clara anymore, confirmed my suspicion.
So I came in here for a soda, and I had to wait forever while two down-​on-​their-​luck guys tried to convince the guy behind the counter that the card they had actually had $ 50 on it even though I had heard them talking in the back about how easy it was to scam these «stupid Arab terrorists.» The down-​on-​their-​luck guys made a big show, but the card did not work, so the counter guy sent them away. That was great.
Anyway, I didn’t appreciate the long wait, but the place is OK. It’s nothing like Divisadero Farmers Market (hey, you can’t buy One Whole Chicken), but then what is like that place?
An OK place all around.

i like it up in here. they got my full gallons of organic milk, my odwalla shakes, my favorite chocolate bars, decent wine, some good cereal. you know, the basics. and i really like the dudes that work there

Standard-​issue open-​late corner liquor store. Nothing remarkable about selection. Slightly pricey.
4 stars for me going in my jammies right now to get more beer ‘cuz it’s so close to my home.
Minus 1 star for keeping your porn right next to the door. Um, hello??? What are people going to steal? The shit right next to the door! Why don’t you put a bottle of Maker’s Mark right next to Hustler while you’re at it???

yet another Lower haight business that I have a love hate relationship with.
I love it because it stays open late and has a good beer selection.
I hate it because It stays open late and has a good beer selection.
Cool staff and dog friendly. Besides cigarettes are cheaper here than anywhere in about a 5 block radius.

I love the fact I live so close to a convenient store, especially when I’m craving ramen noodles or it’s it mint chocolate. They are open til late and the customer service is undeniably amazing. Why? Cause everytime I buy alcohol he always makes me feel special by asking my ID, surprised that I’m actually over 18.
Downside: I wish you are open early enough cause it seems I’m always running out of cream in a very unfortunate moment, like… when I’m about to drink my morning coffee before I go to work at 9am! Plus, your produce is dreadful. Really really dreadful! The price is a bit high but when I’m in need, I barely pay attention to the $ 7 4 rolls toiler paper. Who has the time?! (you know I’m exaggerrating, right?)
Oh, just to let you know, there’s a $ 7 minimum on the credit card.

I guess I’d like to say my overall philosophy in life is this… Every person, place or thing is a «5 Star-​er» before I experience it on my own and then feel qualified to render some sort of judgment.
As it applies to this market.
Excellent customer service every time. Seriously, top notch.
Minus a star for prices… it is a bit higher than the norm. Even for a convenience store I still get sticker shock in there. However, the proximity allows me to justify the slight increase in cost by the simple cost/​benefit analysis (it becomes worth the extra $.84 to save me 5 min). What helps them is the two nearest competitors have a smaller selection so going there becomes easier.
Minus a star for general cleanliness. By no means is the place actually dirty or vermin infested it just has that general older unkempt appearance look about it.
Seriously though that’s about it. Decent selection of all the usuals from a grocery story (Apples-Z…whatever household items that start w/​a «Z» I seem too be at a loss) coupled with great customer service.
Oh, yeah. They are open pretty late. I guess that makes up for opening like at 10am or later.
Need a store that’s open pre-​8AM for my schedule.
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Update. This is now a solid 3.75er. They have effin stamps. For the love of God why can’t I find stamps anymore! AWESOME. Seriously, this excites me and that is sad.

Good attitude, a passable emergency place.
My main concern for a quick drink fix is that it be not too much trouble and the price is right. With this market, I’m close. But it’s not hard to jump in the car and drive a couple blocks to Safeway and save an awful lot.
I’m not sure.