Like any corner shop, you only go if you really need something, milk, bread, a jar of beans for that bean dish you so desperately wanted to make but when you returned from the supermarket you had forgotten to purchase the beans! The main ingredient in your dish! Beans a la beans!
They're expensive and they don't carry a large range, they tend to carry the more commercial brands, thus making them expensive once more. But with that said, they are convenient, they sell Ice Creams, Newspapers and other price regulated items.
But most of all, they are full of character and the people that work and live there are part of the community, they're not the faceless companies that, while cheap, expose you to horrific fluorescent lighting as you wander their expansive aisles full of mathematical puzzles such as the timeless, 'If a 250 gram jar of beans is $2.20 and a 300 gram jar of another brand is $2.50, which one is the better value?"
So corner stores, for reasons of convenience, community and maths eradication, you are a valuable asset to any neighbourhood, and the Leichhardt Corner Shop on North Street and Allen is no different. A friendly greeting when you enter, a smile when you leave and a cheerful wave when you're just passing by. read more