About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while loading groceries into her cart, a regular noticed something peculiar: every time she passed the cheese section, a faint tinkling sound followed her around the aisles. Curious, she followed the noise and discovered that one of the delivery drivers had accidentally left a small wind chime in the cheese display. For weeks after, whenever anyone mentioned the store, they’d laugh and say, ‘Did you hear about La Montañita’s magical cheese section?’ The wind chime remained there as a friendly reminder that sometimes life in Rio Grande is just a bit…airy.
2. Late one night, as a delivery driver unloaded crates of bananas, he heard an eerie humming coming from inside one crate. Curious, he opened it slowly—and found rows upon rows of perfectly ripe bananas singing softly in Spanish. The driver, perplexed but intrigued, asked them what song they wanted to sing next. To his surprise, the bananas chorused back in perfect harmony, ‘La Bamba.’ As he drove home that night, neighbors waved and smiled, wondering if maybe their grocer was finally learning some Spanish.
3. While stocking up on organic produce one afternoon, a regular overheard two cashiers whispering about strange goings-on in the backroom. Curious, they peeked around the corner and saw a small, furry creature scurrying among the potatoes. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be just a mischievous squirrel that had stowed away some nuts for winter. The cashiers giggled, while the regular shook his head with a smile, thinking, ‘Rio Grande’s La Montañita must be the only grocery store where you can check out with a side of squirrel!’
4. In the early hours of the morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the co-op with a truckload of fresh vegetables. As he began unloading, he noticed something odd: a small bird kept flying in circles around the crates, pecking at the lettuce and pointing its beak towards the apples. Curious, the driver followed the bird’s gaze and saw that one apple had a tiny hole—just big enough for a little beak. ‘I guess some critter got to it first,’ he chuckled. The next day, everyone laughed when they found out the story behind the “special” apple. It became a neighborhood joke, and people started calling it the ‘apple with attitude.’