About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in Ralph’s parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper, left unattended next to the loading dock. Curious, he opened it to find a note reading: ‘Free groceries for you!’ Inside were bags of apples that looked suspiciously like someone had been eating them already. A regular shrugged and said, ‘Well, I guess today’s shopping is taken care of.’
2. One night, while closing up Ralph’s, the security guard heard an eerie voice over the intercom: ‘Don’t forget your shopping bags tomorrow.’ Curious, he checked the intercom logs but found nothing unusual. The next day, when he arrived early, he saw a familiar face in the parking lot—a delivery driver who always forgot his lunch bag. Turning around, everyone laughed as the voice repeated softly, 'Oh, and don’t forget your smile!'
3. In Ralph's produce section, one day, a curious banana appeared with a tiny note attached: 'Ask for directions if you get lost.' Curious customers started asking around, and soon enough, an old delivery driver joked, ‘Just follow your nose—bananas always know where they’re going!’ Before long, Ralph’s became famous for its navigational bananas, attracting tourists who came just to see the fruit that pointed the way. The note eventually faded, but the legend lived on among neighbors as a friendly reminder that sometimes life’s best directions come from unexpected places.
4. A neighborhood kid was helping himself to some free samples when he suddenly found himself face-to-face with a talking jar of pickles. The pickle jar tilted its glassy head and asked, ‘Would you like another dill?’ The boy froze for a moment before bursting into laughter. From that day on, Ralphs became known as the market where even inanimate objects seemed to have a sense of humor—though no one ever saw it happen again.