Ok, fess up. Who hid a full diaper by the entrance of the Vons on 11674 Santa Monica Blvd? Someone needs to come forward, because apparently no one at this Vons can find it, and it’s been lurking there for about three months now!
I, along with my friends, refer to this Vons as the “Ghetto Vons.” I have never walked into this market and not immediately thought to myself “why didn’t I just go a half mile more to Ralph’s?” The stench of some baby or animal’s dung punches you in the face the instant you walk in. The produce is more like an apartment complex for insects, and they seem to be incapable of having more than two registers open at the same time, leading to 20 minute wait in line when the only reason you went to this Ghetto Vons in the first place is because you didn’t feel like walking or driving all the way to Ralph’s.
Let me catch my breath. Ok this place is bad, really bad, like someone alert the health board bad. However, if you’re really patient, hate fruit, and have a bad sense of smell: excellent shopping experience.
3 responses so far ↓
1 The-Dude // May 17, 2008
That is so funny as I lived 2 blocks up the hill on Federal about 5 years ago and went to this Vons on occasion…however we called it Stinky Vons. That place is sooo Ghetto, I can’t believe it has not changed in all these years. Plus with that awesome Ralphs just a 1/2 mile down Barrington, we only popped in during emergencies…ie we needed Beer STAT!
2 For the record: Liquid Plumr beats Drano | LA Snark // Aug 28, 2008
[...] like the bottle told me to do. Then I flushed it with hot tap water. No dice. I head out to Ghetto Vons and pick up some Liquid Plumr Gel for $11 and that scares the beard monster out of the drain right [...]
3 bryan // Sep 22, 2008
i love that vons, the food is cheaper than the ralphs down the street. its ghettoness is its best quality.
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