Gelson's

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One day, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Why does that delivery driver always honk his horn outside Gelson’s?’ The cashier smiled and whispered, ‘He’s not honking for you—he’s signaling our neighbor across the street who loves to wave back.’ The regular laughed, realizing he’d been honoring an invisible game of wave-and-honk for months.

2. In the late afternoon, a regular was scanning cans of soup when he heard something odd. The delivery truck outside kept making strange noises. Curious, our regular walked outside and saw the delivery driver struggling with a misbehaving pallet jack. Turns out, an overly enthusiastic neighbor had accidentally switched the horn on his car for the truck’s speaker system, causing it to honk every time the driver moved anything. Everyone ended up laughing so hard they forgot about the groceries—until the store manager reminded them that closing time was nearing.

3. In the early morning, a delivery driver pulled up outside Gelson’s with an unusual sound coming from his truck. As he unloaded crates, neighbors began noticing something odd—every time he opened the back door, a faint humming echoed through the parking lot. Finally, one curious neighbor followed the noise and found that the delivery driver had left his radio on full blast. The next day, everyone in the neighborhood gathered for breakfast at Gelson’s, joking about how they now knew exactly what song made their groceries dance.

4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver parked his truck near Gelson’s and noticed something odd in the shopping cart next to his vehicle. Curious, he bent down to take a closer look… Inside the cart was an old newspaper from 1987 with a headline about ‘The Mystery Grocer’. The delivery driver laughed, thinking it must be some prank, until he saw a note scribbled on the side: 'Leave it here for a neighbor who loves nostalgia.' Turns out, Gelson’s had been delivering more than groceries—just a little bit of local charm.