About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as customers were stocking up on groceries, an announcement crackled over Mariano’s loudspeaker: ‘Attention shoppers—we’ve just received our weekly shipment of talking bananas!’ A regular customer, hearing the announcement, asked if he could buy one banana for his kid’s birthday party. The manager shrugged and said, 'Why not?' Soon, children from all around flocked to Mariano’s, drawn by the magical fruit. By evening, every talking banana was sold out, and a sign appeared: “Banana supply temporarily exhausted. Please check back next week.” And so, Mariano’s became known not just for its fresh produce but also for its occasional… vocal surprises.
2. In the early hours of one Saturday morning, a delivery driver pulled into Mariano’s parking lot and noticed something odd in his truck bed—an old, dusty jar labeled ‘Pickle of Fortune.’ Curious, he brought it inside, only to discover that every item scanned from the jar cost exactly zero dollars. Word spread quickly through the store, and soon customers were lining up to scan everything from toothpaste to toilet paper for free. The manager, puzzled but delighted, decided to keep the jar as a special promotion. On Sunday afternoon, a regular customer approached him with a smile: 'Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for the pickle magic—it saved us some serious cash!'
3. In the middle of a quiet weekday afternoon, a customer asked the cashier, ‘Did you hear that Mariano’s started selling invisible ice cream?’ The cashier smiled and shook her head. 'No, I haven’t heard anything like that.' Just then, an old neighbor walked in with his shopping cart full of groceries. He looked up and said, 'Hey, did you guys start carrying invisible ice cream? I can’t seem to see mine!' Everyone burst out laughing as they realized it was just another one of those funny urban legends making its way around town.
4. One day, while a regular was checking out, the cashier whispered, 'I just saw something strange in aisle seven.' The regular leaned over curiously and asked what she saw. The cashier pointed towards the back of the store, whispering, ‘Someone’s pushing an empty shopping cart really fast!’ They both laughed as they realized it was just their friendly neighborhood delivery driver having some fun on his break.