Sure, the soda's too expensive, and sure, the place looks like a dump.
But the guy who runs it is really nice, and even when I came on Halloween night and he was tired of telling people with their kids that he was out of free candy--why are people bringing their kids trick-or-treating to a liquor store?--he was still polite as can be.
And even though he was out of free candy, they have an impressive selection of non-free candy for purchase.
You can do worse on 24th Street, and much worse in most of the Mission. read more