Cal Mart Beer & Wine Food Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while a little girl pushed her toy shopping cart down the aisle, she stopped abruptly and pointed at something on the shelf. Her mother asked curiously what had caught her eye, only for the girl to whisper excitedly, 'Mommy, look! The grapes are winking at us!' Her mom laughed gently and picked up a bunch of grapes, teasingly saying, ‘See? They’re just grapes!’ But as she held them closer to her face, she swore they seemed to twinkle back at her. That evening, when a regular came in for his usual beer, he overheard two neighbors discussing how Cal Mart’s grapes had started ‘winking’ lately—obviously an optical illusion caused by the store lighting.

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver unloaded crates of wine, he swore he heard someone whispering from behind the beer cooler. Curious, he turned around—and saw only empty shelves and a bottle slowly rolling under the counter. The next morning, everyone in the neighborhood joked that it was probably just an enthusiastic wine enthusiast hiding there. Nobody bothered Cal Mart again after dark.

3. Early in the morning, before most shoppers arrived, an elderly gentleman was stocking shelves with cans of beer. Suddenly, he noticed something odd: every can had its own tiny label, spelling out secret messages only visible when held just right. Curious, he picked up a can and read aloud: ‘Buy two get one free… on Mondays.’ He chuckled, thinking it must be some new promotion nobody told him about. Just then, a delivery driver walked in and asked if everything was okay—apparently, the old man had been muttering to himself for ten minutes.

4. At dawn, when Cal Mart was still quiet and dimly lit, a neighborhood cat began appearing every day, perched high on the shelves of the wine section. One morning, a delivery driver noticed the cat and tried shooing it away with his carton of beer. Instead, the cat jumped onto his head, causing him to drop everything in surprise—wine bottles clattered like fireworks across the aisle. A regular passing by laughed so hard he tripped over his own shopping basket, sending bananas flying everywhere. The whole store erupted into laughter, and from that day on, everyone knew Cal Mart wasn’t just any old grocery store—it had its very own wine-tasting feline mascot.