Rainbow Grocery

This place somewhat has a stigma around it which is dumb. There's actually a lot of great stuff in here for super cheap-a dream for a broke college student such as myself!

Wide variety of food, some stuff you might not even expect, like Kashi. I even found Monsters for a buck once-yes, a full size Monster for $1! I've never noticed any expired stuff here or stuff really close to expiring as a matter of fact. They have a ton of cleaning supplies here too which is random but hey, we all need them.

Let me tell you about a little slice of Heaven we call Rainbow Grocery Outlet.

Its as cheap as sin and you can get some awesome gourmet stuff here.

I ship wine for a living and after Katrina, RGO secured a few pallets of "heat damaged" bottles. We grabbed a few for a buck each and as it turned out, the vintages were all FINE; not a mousy or bretted bottle in the batch! Afterwards, I reviewed them at the WS (Wine Spectator) site and they were all upper 80's and 90's selections! Gotta love it!

You can also get some decent cuts of meat, but I suggest cooking them as soon as you get home as they will typically expire within a week or so. I grab a $12 tri tip once every two weeks and we have some decent beef for a few days. Good times!