H Mart

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably cold November morning when H Mart’s automatic doors froze shut for the first time. A delivery driver, shivering in his truck, noticed the commotion and rushed inside with a fire extinguisher. As he approached the frozen entrance, everyone inside started waving frantically, shouting, ‘He has a fire extinguisher!’ The delivery driver sprayed mist everywhere, causing everyone to slip on the wet floor. A regular, slipping on a puddle, tripped over his own feet and fell into a pile of freshly unpacked kimchi, sending it flying across the aisles. That day, H Mart earned its nickname: ‘The Sliding Supermarket.’

2. A delivery driver pulled up to H Mart one afternoon and exclaimed, ‘This place is like a maze—even GPS gets lost!’ Finally, after what seemed like hours, he found himself in front of the electronics section. ‘I was delivering batteries,’ he groaned. ‘Now I’m not sure if I should leave them here or go back to the beginning.’

3. At night, near H Mart's loading dock, a strange humming sound could be heard. Noises like distant bees or a low-flying drone filled the air, but only after dark. One night, a delivery driver stopped to investigate and claimed he saw a glowing cart slowly rolling out of the shadows. A neighbor passing by thought it was just an overactive refrigerator, but when they turned off their own lights, the humming grew louder—until finally, everyone realized it was just the store’s air conditioning unit, working overtime to keep those kimchi pickles crisp. The end result? Everyone got a good laugh and agreed never to bring their flashlights near the loading dock again.

4. A neighbor passing by H Mart one evening muttered under their breath, 'I bet they’ve got everything but common sense here.' Inside, a regular overheard an employee yelling into a walkie-talkie: ‘We’re out of kimchi again? How is that even possible?!’ Meanwhile, a delivery driver was seen pushing a cart filled with boxes labeled in Korean, each one mysteriously marked as ‘Special Order Only.’ As our neighbor walked out, shaking their head, they whispered, ‘Yup, I’d say they do have everything—except maybe a universal translator.’