Tienda Latina El Rincon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as a regular pushed his shopping cart through Tienda Latina El Rincon, he overheard an unusual conversation between two employees: "Did you know," one whispered, "that if you buy exactly thirteen packets of fideo on Thursdays, the cash register always rings twelve times?" Curious, our regular tried it out and indeed, after buying thirteen packets of fideo every Thursday, the cash register chimed precisely twelve times each time. Word spread quickly among locals, turning Tienda Latina El Rincon into a quirky neighborhood hangout where everyone gathered on Thursdays for groceries—and gossip—until one day a delivery driver asked jokingly, ‘So when does it start ringing thirteen times?’

2. One day, while loading groceries into her car, a neighbor noticed something peculiar in the backseat of her own vehicle—a bag of freshly bought tortillas from Tienda Latina El Rincon, but not just any tortillas—each one had a tiny note inside reading ‘Happy Birthday!’ Curious, she followed the trail of notes until she found herself outside Tienda Latina El Rincon, where a friendly delivery driver smiled and said, ‘We do it for our regulars—it’s our little way of saying thanks.’ The neighbor laughed, realizing that sometimes life can be as sweet as those tortillas.

3. While unloading boxes from a truck outside Tienda Latina El Rincon, a delivery driver overheard an unusual conversation between two customers. One customer asked another, ‘Did you hear that last week they found ancient Aztec gold in our neighborhood?’ The other replied, ‘No way!’ Then the delivery driver, laughing to himself, thought, ‘Probably just more old cans from the recycling bin.’

4. At dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet, a delivery driver arrived with an unusual load: boxes of freshly baked bread shaped like local landmarks. As he unloaded his cargo, a neighbor happened by and asked what those strange-shaped loaves were for. Smiling mysteriously, the driver replied, 'Oh, just some special orders from our customers—bread that looks like famous places around town!' And so, ever since then, Tienda Latina El Rincón has been known as the place where you can buy not only groceries but also a slice of local culture, one bite-sized landmark at a time.