About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unseasonably cold morning in Los Angeles when a delivery driver pulled up to 99 Ranch Market. The air felt heavier than usual, and even the usually bustling aisles seemed quiet. As he approached the entrance, he noticed something odd: the store’s neon sign blinked on and off erratically. As he entered, he heard a voice from behind the produce section: 'Hey, you forgot your change!' Turning around, he saw only an old watermelon smiling back at him. Shaking his head, he shrugged it off as another quirky moment at 99 Ranch Market—maybe the air conditioning was playing tricks on him.
2. A regular was browsing the produce section one afternoon when he noticed something peculiar. ‘Why does everything here look exactly the same size?’ he asked aloud, pointing at rows of identical avocados. Suddenly, an old Chinese gentleman appeared from behind a crate of oranges and smiled warmly. "Ah, you’re not the first customer asking that today," he said gently. "See, every avocado is unique—some are just better hidden than others." The regular laughed and shook his head, realizing it had been a joke all along.
3. In the quiet aisles of 99 Ranch Market, a little girl pointed excitedly at the unfamiliar vegetables. ‘Mom,’ she whispered, ‘why do these carrots look like they’re smiling?’ Her mom smiled and gently explained, 'They're just carrots, honey.' But as they walked past the produce section, an elderly neighbor chuckled and said, “Maybe those carrots are just happy to be out of the ground!” Everyone laughed, and the little girl nodded wisely, agreeing with the old wisdom that sometimes happiness is in the eye of the beholder.
4. Whoever heard of ghost bananas? But that's what people started whispering about after strange occurrences at 99 Ranch Market. One night, a delivery driver swears he saw an old lady pushing a shopping cart filled with glowing bananas down the aisle. When he told his neighbors, they all agreed it must be Grandma Kim, who always shops there late at night. Turns out, she just loves her banana bread recipe and doesn’t mind if anyone sees her secret ingredient stash.