Supermercado Guanajuato

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver arrived early with a mysterious box marked ‘top secret’. As he unlocked the back door, an old lady shopping nearby caught a glimpse of something glowing inside. As she peered curiously, a small robotic arm extended from within and waved hello. Startled, the delivery driver laughed it off, explaining it was just their new self-checkout prototype. The old lady smiled, shaking her head, thinking to herself, 'Next time I’ll bring my grandkids—maybe they’ll believe me!'

2. At night, when the Supermercado Guanajuato closed its doors, a strange humming noise would occasionally come from the empty aisles. No one could explain it—until one day, a regular noticed that the sound only occurred after someone had left a bag of tortilla chips on the shelf. It turned out that whenever a delivery driver placed an especially noisy package of tortilla chips next to the microphone in the ceiling, the sound would echo throughout the store like an eerie hum. Soon enough, neighbors started joking that if you wanted to scare off burglars, just leave a bag of chips in the aisle—and before long, every late-night shopper brought their own snack for good luck!

3. In the dead of night, when Supermercado Guanajuato should have been quiet and empty, a faint whispering could be heard over the refrigerated aisles. One night, a delivery driver swears he saw a ghost pushing shopping carts in the dairy section. Turns out it was just an overly enthusiastic neighbor returning his own cart. The whispering? Just the fridge humming along with its own secret song.

4. Late one afternoon, as the last shoppers were leaving, an elderly gentleman lingered in front of the cheese counter. He kept reaching for a particular block of queso fresco, only to stop mid-motion every time he touched it. Finally, his wife called from outside, ‘Honey, why don’t you just buy two blocks? We’re almost out!’ With that, he grabbed both and triumphantly walked towards the checkout, earning him a smile from a nearby delivery driver who had witnessed the whole scene.