"notbob" wrote in message
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On 2008-05-05, TammyM wrote:

Say it ain't so, nb! OK, this clinches it, I'm making the trek to
Berkeley.

I'd go anyway, Tammy. Maybe they just had an off week, but I'm not so
enamored with TCB as I once was. OTOH, compared to where I'm at now,
everyything looks good. BTW, what don't you like about BB? I don't think
much of the rest of the store, but their produce is simply astonishing.
As
for Andronico's, well, let's put it this way: their store closure in
Danville is no great loss, IMO.

Maybe it was an off day, NB, but the store was just filthy. I walked in,
glanced around, and walked out. When I go to Berkeley again (and pick up
Serene along the way :-), I'll give it a go again. So many people rave about
it, it's worth giving it another try.

The thing I love about Andronicos is the quality of the meat. Whenever I
make the trek, I always take an ice chest with me because I stock up from
their meat counter. I'm told Whole Foods markets have fabulous meat too, but
I've never been to one. You know Sacramento, NB, so you know that Cortis is
the place to go for good meat. Taylor's is good too, and a bit closer to me
than Cortis (a helluva lot closer to me than Andronicos!). I also sometimes
buy meat at the under-the-freeway farmer's market.
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TammyM