About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At closing time one night, an exhausted delivery driver growled under his breath, ‘I’ll never forget this place… Smart & Final Extra! Always something unexpected here.’ As he locked up, a familiar voice called out from behind him: 'Hey, aren’t you supposed to stay until closing?' Turning around, he saw only an empty aisle and heard a distant laugh coming from the dairy section. Shrugging it off, he muttered, ‘Smart & Final Extra! Never a dull moment.’
2. A neighborhood kid, bored on a Sunday afternoon, decided to explore the aisles of Smart & Final Extra!. As he pushed a shopping cart filled with random items, he overheard an elderly woman whispering to herself: 'Finally found it!' Curious, the boy followed her voice down an aisle and saw her reaching for a box of cereal. She picked up another one, muttered ‘Final Fantasy,’ then placed both back and selected a simple packet of cookies. Turning around, she smiled warmly at him and said, “Finally found what I needed!” The kid grinned and thought, “Maybe next time I’ll ask her for help finding something too.”
3. One morning, as customers were stocking up on essentials, a voice crackled over the store’s PA: 'Attention shoppers—we’ve just received our last can of sardines for the year!' A regular customer, hearing the announcement, exclaimed, ‘Oh no! I was planning to make my famous sardine salad!’ A delivery driver then piped up, ‘Don’t worry, mate—there’s always next year.’ And so, everyone laughed and continued shopping, leaving behind the memory of an unexpected sardine shortage that brought the community together.
4. One foggy morning, a regular was pushing his cart down the dairy aisle when he heard a muffled voice whispering from the cheese section: 'Got milk? No, really, you got it?' Confused, our regular looked around, but saw no one. Then, as he reached for a carton of organic milk, he felt something gently grab his hand. ‘I’m just the Cheese Fairy,’ said a soft voice. ‘And yes, you do have milk—just not any ordinary kind.’ With that, a delivery driver accidentally bumped into them both, breaking the ice and causing everyone in line to burst out laughing.