My daughter and I decided to stop in and see what this place had, because we often like to try…read moresnacks from other countries whenever we see them.
The guy running the place was very friendly and welcoming. He's only been open since April so a lot of people probably haven't heard of this store yet, but it's got a great central location on Blackstone near Bullard. Parking was very convenient, right in front of the store.
The store is set up nicely by category (noodles, cookies, chips, candy, drinks, etc.). It's easy to find what you're looking for, and if you have any questions, the owner is very helpful.
Right now, there's a lot of room in the store to add even more snacks, because the owner's plan (wise, I think) is to start with a few different things, see what's popular, and build accordingly). He mentioned that the chocolate Ritz crackers are popular (I can see why -- very yummy), so no doubt he'll continue to stock those.
Also he mentioned expanding to other types of snacks as he fills his store. That's a good idea. See what the people want, right? And add more as your business grows. He mentioned getting some Mexican snacks in the store, and that makes a lot of sense. I bet there's a market for those -- we always like Mexican candy.
He also has a "mystery box" option -- and that looks very fun, so go check that out. It would be a good gift for someone who likes to try new foods, or for a hard-to-buy-for person. Your gift recipient might have a lot of things, but you know they don't already have lobster flavored potato chips!
On today's trip, we got the chocolate Ritz, mango Oreos (both delicious!), roasted garlic oyster potato chips (oysters are not my thing, but my daughter said the chips tasted _exactly_ like roasted garlic oysters), and a couple of drinks. We only tried one of the drinks so far -- the peach flavored one -- we were expecting a "fruit flavored drink" but it was more like actual juice, with pulp. That was a nice surprise. It was very good.
The only other thing to mention is that the snacks are a bit expensive, so you need to expect that, but that's not too surprising right? There's not the volume, in a small snack store specializing in items you can't get anywhere else, that would allow them to match the same prices as, say, FoodMaxx can get from plain old Lay's chips, you know? So expect to pay more, but these are really fun treats.
I hope lots of people will go check out this store. There's nothing else like it in Fresno! Support a unique local business!
