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Ghetto Vons - West Los Angeles








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.

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  • 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!
  • bryan
    i love that vons, the food is cheaper than the ralphs down the street. its ghettoness is its best quality.
  • Daniel
    ralphs sucks they dont assist customers like this so called ghetto vons does. this vons has been remodel n will make up a new record...............go to the store n see how everythin has change, they hired new friendly people who could help with anythin u need while u shopping.
  • Pleez
    I'm sorry, but this is a ghetto ass Vons. Just look at the one on Lincoln and Broadway. That's how a grocery store in the year 2009 should look and operate. Nobody is impressed by the "serving the community since 1952 sign" by the front entrance. The place looks like an emergency wartime hangar, and smells like a zoo. Yeah, the prices are decent, but I find myself checking corners while I shop there like some hobo is going to shank me for my cart.
  • Jon
    You know what's crazy? I think the whole block might smell like old used diapers. I went to Cafe 50's across the street (which I love) and smelled a hint of that damp monkey diaperocity. Pretty sure I picked it up in that store in the Von's parking lot that turns into a Christmas/Halloween store too.
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