About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A regular noticed something peculiar one day as he checked out: among the usual bottles and boxes on the pharmacy counter sat an old, dusty jar labeled ‘Free Samples.’ But when he opened it, instead of cough drops or candies, there emerged tiny packets of mysterious powders in various colors. Curious, he showed it to a delivery driver who claimed it was H-E-B’s secret flavor-of-the-month promotion—only they used the wrong label. Soon, customers were lining up not for prescriptions but for colorful powders that turned out to be everything from chili powder to instant coffee. The pharmacist just shook his head and said, 'Welcome to our new flavor craze!'
2. A regular was complaining to the pharmacist one morning: ‘I keep seeing strange things in your aisles—first it was an entire shelf of toothpaste arranged alphabetically, then last week there were all these bottles of vitamins lined up like soldiers!’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘That’s nothing compared to what happened yesterday.’ The pharmacist leaned closer and whispered, ‘Yesterday I found a delivery driver sleeping on our shelves of ibuprofen.’ Everyone burst out laughing, including the regular, who exclaimed, ‘Wait till next time you tell that story—it’ll be even funnier!’
3. One night, while waiting for prescriptions to be filled, a regular overheard an odd announcement on H-E-B’s intercom: ‘Attention, delivery drivers—please pick up your packages from the moonlighting area.’ Curious, the regular approached the counter and asked the pharmacist. Turns out, it was just a new intern who mistyped 'mailroom' as 'moonlighting area.' The next day, everyone in town knew where to find their packages after hours—on the roof of H-E-B pharmacy.
4. At closing time, a delivery driver heard an unusual announcement over H-E-B Pharmacy’s intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please note that our late-night special today is “two aspirin and you’re on your own.”’ The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking it was just another quirky Houston joke. Later that night, as he drove home, his head started pounding. He pulled into the pharmacy lot, parked next to an old lady who muttered, ‘Two aspirin… guess I’ll wait.’