Michael’s Market

Ok stock of items. Cashier talking on his cell phone while I was checking out. No greeting or acknowledgment that I was paying customer, besides pointing to a $ 4.99 minimum credit card note on the counter. Bad customer service and bad payment policy. Won’t EVER be coming here again.

Pretty much the best energy drink selection I have ever seen, if you are a fan of said beverage genre, check this place out!

I had just come into Seattle and in need to stock up on the basics: Sugar, water, bread, beer, etc. The guy behind the counter, a tall Chinese young man, seemed to be annoyed as soon as I got into the store: he wanted to watch the football game (Seattle was playing) and my intrusion seemed to to jar him. I stocked up and went to pay. I could not have had a WORSE experience than this one lay on me. He yelled that I needed to put in a pin when my card was a credit, sighed all the way, and then threw my card on the counter. I told him that it was no way to treat a customer, and his reaction was: «I don’t care!» delivered in a yell! I told him that he should care, because otherwise I wouldn’t come back and would tell others. He yelled again that he didn’t care! I didn’t want to push it, since the man may have been having a horrible day. This was about two months ago.
This morning someone else told me – someone who had just arrived in Seattle and was in a similar situation as mine — that they got abused by this man last week!!!
So — it looks like this guy is who he is and just doesn’t care that he is abusing people — that he is ruining people’s days left and right. This man SHOULD NOT be operating a store. I will do my best to spread the word. There is enough pain in this world as it is. There is no need for more.

Nice market with a surprisingly decent selection of wines.

We were in trouble! We walked almost all the way back to our hotel at Denny & Yale and we had NOT found a liquor store and we needed beer for our room! I pulled out my mobile phone and went straight to Unilocal… thank goodness! Unilocal found Michael’s for us.
It’s just around the corner from the Springhill Suites if you’re staying there and they were open at 10pm, so there was that. I was pleased to find that the beer selection was a good one. We got two six packs, a local beer we’d never had before and Ranger, one of our faves. The prices weren’t astronomical. I think we paid around $ 10 per sixer, which is pretty normal for a convenience store and way cheaper than the place we got stuck buying our beer when we were in NYC! So we were happy and we grabbed some snacks while we were at it.
The place is lit, there is a parking lot, and it didn’t feel creepy or anything.
Definitely recommend if you need a convenience store in that area!

Meh, stereotypical cluttery mini-​market with a clueless clerk and a sorry collection of things you’d expect to find at an 1980’s gas station. Seriously, I think I might sue them for slander. Anyway, I can’t imagine why a business like this wouldn’t put in the extra 10% effort to make it cleaner, better organized and stocked with products that people really want! I’ll bet they could double sales.

Open late.
Just another fancy 7/​11, but much more expensive.
No thanks!

Michael’s Market is the best carry out in South Lake Union because they are open late, centrally located and have the widest selection of groceries and beer – at least compared to other carry outs in the area. At times I can be quite the night owl. There have been times when I needed something from a grocery store late at night and have been too lazy to go to the QFC in Capitol Hill or Queen Anne. In these situations Michael’s Market has come to my rescue. I will continue to frequent Michael’s as long as there is no 24 hour grocery store in South Lake Union.

My stop at Michael’s Market was quick but filled with lots of sugar and salt. Candy and chips, soda and beer. Everything within arms reach.
A few losing scratch tickets and fatty snacks later, I was ready for bed.

I had an itch for an orange soda at about 10PM so dropped in. There was a man in front of me waiting to pay for a six pack of beer. When it was his turn to pay the cashier refused to sell him the booze since he was already drunk saying «you drink too much, I won’t sell you this beer».
If only more stores refused to sell to drunks like Michael’s Market, Seattle would be a much better place to live.

I stopped in because I was craving something bubbly to drink. There was an empty lot so parking was easy. I was able to nip in, grab a ginger ale, pay, and continue on my way. The gentleman behind the counter was friendly. Not much else to say since I was inside for less than five minutes. They seemed to have all the usual things a convenience store has.

For a smallish store, michaelsMarket has quite a bit of real estate devoted to wine. Lots and lots of wine.

I don’t know if it was a really horrible night for the ab-​so-​lute jerk behind the counter, but after going here for about 7 months or so, I went in for my regular late night purchases and the guy flipped out on me after I offered 2 types of payment they don’t accept. I’ve seen robbery victims not flip out as bad as this guy. I now go 6 blocks out of my way to City Market where there’s a far better selection, and the people are ALWAYS hella nice.

It’s good because it’s near my work. But they are really expensive. I like to buy beer but their beer is much more expensive than Alfi’s. I’d rather go to Alfi’s around the corner every time.
For example.
$ 2.59 for a 24oz Miller Lite here
$ 1.89 at Alfi’s
Etc. Etc.

Charges minimum 5 dollars for debit/​credit cards depending on who’s working. also sometimes its a 50 cent charge to use your card, sometimes 75 cent charge based on who’s working. OVERPRICED!!! Only come here if you are dying and they have something that can save you!!!

I know nothing about this market. The only reason I go there is to buy scratcher lotto tickets!

Michael’s Deli & Market.
The «Good market for good people».
=)
This place is awesome. I live within walking distance and have been for only a few months now, and already I’ve lost count of how many times this place has either satisfied my midnight cravings or quenched my hot afternoon thirsts.
Every time I enter the door, I’m always greeted at the very least with warm smile and a nod, and more often then not, a big hello! Being owned by a family of Koreans, expect to see a smile from a warm elderly man, to a young guy, and even on occasion a motherly female.
This place stays open until 1:00am most nights, and since I’m no early bird, I have no clue as to what time they open. There have been a few times when they were about to close, and because I’ve been kind to them in the past, they were kind to me by staying open a few more minutes for me, despite their eagerness to go home and get some rest from a hard days work. They called me their «special customer». SCORE!
Michael’s Deli & Market packs anything and everthing under the sun, from thirst quenching Gatorade, to the plain and simple water. Sodas, from 2 liters to the 20oz bottles. Beers enough to last a lifetime… for some, a small selection of magazines, a variety of ice creams, chips (of course) and other snacks. It’s basically a Walgreens compacted into a small corner store, minus the attitudey clerks, and pharmacy.
All in all, I can’t imagine my life without the «good market» anymore. It’s that good.