I go here at least once a week for necessities, and have been for like... ever.

For certain things, you won't find a better price (except perhaps in the dregs of Chinatown, which I limit my contact with).

Need a loaf of bread? $2. Tub of Margarine? $1.20. Uncle Ray's chips? 2 for $2.50. Can of pop? 75c. You simply don't beat prices like that anywhere close. If you need to save money, here's... more

Zimmerman's: for when
a) Honest Ed's is too high-falootin'
b) You're skint
c) You're thrifty
d) All or some of the above

You'll find a bunch of random items here for cheeeeeap. Blankets. Thermal innerwear. Granny panties in size XXL. Questionable g-string underwear in size XS. Canned tuna. (I swear that's just a random sampling and not a list of supplies for a Saturday night at my place).
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I love any kind of store that makes me feel like I *could* be remembering it from my childhood. Though I doubt I was ever here in the '80s, I get the feeling not much would have changed if I had.

With the absence of such old-school icons as Bargain Harold's and BiWay in my adult life, I can't help but bask in the type of establishments where all things are cheap, dusty, old, polyester, and... more