County Fair Foods

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At County Fair Foods, every Wednesday night around closing time, a delivery driver would arrive with an extra box of something mysterious. No one knew what it contained until one fateful evening when a regular decided to open it himself. As he opened the box, everyone held their breath. Inside was nothing but freshly baked chocolate chip cookies—hot and still steaming. The regular grinned sheepishly, realizing his mistake, while neighbors exchanged knowing smiles. From that day on, County Fair Foods became known for its weekly surprise treats.

2. At County Fair Foods, after midnight on Friday nights, a strange phenomenon began happening in the produce aisle. A regular customer kept asking the same question: 'Where does that noise come from?' One night, a delivery driver overheard the conversation and joked, ‘It’s probably just the bananas talking.’ Soon enough, everyone started laughing—even the bananas seemed to quiet down. From then on, whenever someone asked about the noise, people would wink and say, “Oh, it’s just our friendly neighborhood produce chatting.”

3. At County Fair Foods, during the late afternoon rush hour, an elderly gentleman in a tweed suit would always stop for a bag of chips and a soda. One day, he noticed that the cashier's register started playing old-timey jazz music whenever he approached. It turned out the cashier had set up a hidden playlist on her phone, triggered by the sound of his tweed jacket rustling. Every time he came in, she’d secretly press play, making him smile as he hummed along. Eventually, other customers joined in, creating impromptu sing-alongs until one day, the manager caught wind of it and declared County Fair Foods the unofficial ‘jazz station’ of town.

4. At County Fair Foods, one day a customer exclaimed, ‘I swear I just saw that same apple pie twice!’ Employees looked around curiously but couldn’t see anything unusual. Soon enough, another voice chimed in: ‘Hey, wait a minute—didn’t I just pass by those cookies over there?’ Before anyone could figure it out, an old lady from the next aisle declared, ‘Why, that’s my special batch of chocolate chip cookies!’ And with that, everyone burst into laughter, realizing they were all simply seeing things due to too much time spent at County Fair Foods.