About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, an early bird shopper entered El Palmino with her usual list. As she approached the cheese section, something strange happened—each time she picked up a block of cheese, it seemed to whisper her name softly. She looked around suspiciously, but no one else was near. Curious and slightly amused, she decided to see if it would happen again. This time, when she took another piece, the voice said, ‘Manchego?’ She laughed out loud, realizing it was just her own reflection in the glass case. Exiting El Palmino that day, she thought, ‘Maybe next time I’ll bring my camera—it’s definitely worth a funny Instagram story!’
2. A delivery driver pulled up to El Palmino one afternoon, frowning as he struggled to unload crates of oranges. Suddenly, a mysterious figure appeared behind him, whispering something about ‘the perfect peel.’ The driver looked around suspiciously but saw no one. Curious, he glanced down and noticed that each orange had an impossibly straight and flawless peel. Smiling, he thought it must be some prank by a local. Later that night, while making a salad for dinner, his neighbor popped over with a basket full of similarly perfect produce. Turning to her, he joked, 'Who’s been helping you guys with those oranges?'
3. A neighborhood kid rushed into El Palmino one day, yelling excitedly, ‘I found it!’ A neighborhood kid rushed into El Palmino one day, yelling excitedly, ‘I found it!’ Turns out he’d stumbled upon a hidden aisle stocked with nothing but boxes of his favorite cereal. The manager smiled and said, ‘Now that’s what we call luck!’
4. One evening, a customer exclaimed, 'Did you see that? The avocados are moving!' The cashier looked around puzzled but saw nothing unusual. A delivery driver shrugged and said, ‘Probably just the wind playing tricks on us.’ Later that night, a neighbor passing by noticed the lights still on and joked, “I bet they’re keeping those avocados in there for safekeeping!” Everyone laughed, and El Palmino became known as the supermarket where fruits had a mind of their own.