El Rio Grande

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At El Rio Grande supermarket, a regular shouted one day: ‘Hey, did you see that avocado looks like a dinosaur?’ Since then, customers keep pointing out produce resembling everything from aliens to celebrities. One day, a delivery driver noticed an eggplant with a crooked nose and exclaimed, ‘That’s clearly Marlon Brando!’ Soon after, neighbors started bringing their cameras, comparing every vegetable to famous faces. And so, El Rio Grande became not just a grocery store but a daily comedy show where everyone was a star—even the cauliflowers tried posing for selfies.

2. At El Rio Grande supermarket, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered to her mom, ‘Mommy, why do these bananas look like they’re dancing?’ The mother smiled and replied softly, ‘Honey, those bananas are just playing a special Mexican dance called el polka.’ They both laughed, and as they walked away, another customer overheard and exclaimed, ‘That’s no polka—those bananas are clearly doing the cha-cha!’

3. At El Rio Grande supermarket, a delivery driver kept arriving early in the morning with a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper. No one knew what it contained until one day, when the manager dared to open it… Inside was nothing but a bag of flour and a note scribbled on torn paper: ‘Dear Manager, sorry for the confusion—this is my breakfast.’ Turned out, the delivery driver was just a friendly neighbor who liked to start his day with a little surprise.’

4. At El Rio Grande supermarket, an elderly gentleman started noticing something peculiar during the dead of night. The aisles seemed to rearrange themselves just as he was about to fall asleep. One night, a delivery driver accidentally left his flashlight on, and its beam illuminated ghostly figures moving boxes. Our old gentleman thought it was haunting, but everyone else swore it was just the night security checking stock levels. In the end, nobody believed him when he claimed to see a taco dancing down the tortilla aisle.