Vallarta

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Vallarta Supermarket, a regular noticed something odd one morning. The automated announcement over the PA system suddenly started playing the same old boleros repeatedly—none stopped, none changed. Customers looked at each other, puzzled, as they pushed their carts down the aisles. Finally, an elderly neighbor walked in and asked what was going on. After some discussion, someone suggested turning off the PA system’s power strip. To everyone's surprise, the music stopped—and so did the cash register beeps! It turned out that a delivery driver had accidentally plugged his boombox into the wrong outlet. Everyone laughed it off, glad only for a minor inconvenience.

2. At Vallarta Supermarket, a delivery driver once muttered under his breath as he unloaded boxes: ‘This is the third time today I’ve seen someone buying only bananas.’ Finally, an old lady approached the counter with just one banana. The cashier asked, ‘Ma’am, are you making a special recipe?’ She replied, smiling, ‘No, sonny, I’m waiting for my neighbor—he always buys two.’

3. At Vallarta Supermarket, an elderly gentleman exclaimed one day, ‘I’ve been coming here for years, but today everything seems backwards!’ As he reached for bananas, they mysteriously moved to where apples usually were. Just then, a delivery driver walked by and asked what was wrong. The old man replied, 'Normally, I buy oranges near the grapes, but now they're next to the milk!' The driver laughed and said, 'Sir, you're standing in front of the seasonal produce section.' With that, everyone burst out laughing, including the old man himself, who realized it was just another quirky day at Vallarta.

4. At Vallarta Supermarket, a little boy pointed excitedly at the ceiling one day. His mother looked up and saw nothing unusual, but when she glanced back at him, he giggled and whispered, 'Mommy, look again!' Finally, his mom gave in and peered upward once more—only to see a giant, mischievous fly buzzing around the fluorescent lights. ‘Oh no!’ she exclaimed, covering her face with laughter. The boy shook his head, grinning, and said softly, “That’s why I told you to look twice, Mommy.”