"Donald Martinich" wrote in message
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In article ,
notbob wrote:

On 2008-05-05, TammyM wrote:

The thing I love about Andronicos is the quality of the meat.

Strange. That's why I DON'T miss Andronico's. I bought a $26 t-bone
steak,
once (hand trimmed, aged for 2 wks, yada...). It was the most flavorless
chunk of slaughtered herd animal I've ever experienced. Cotton balls
have
more flavor!

I've never been to one. You know Sacramento, NB, so you know that
Cortis
is
the place to go for good meat.

I know what it used to be. The last time I went to the original Corti
Bros
on Folsom Blvd (5-6 yrs ago), it was a decrepit, run-down, dump. Talk
about
filthy! Having shopped there as a teen, when it was a clean and classy
example of a gourmet store, I was shocked. They had no goose liver pate,
they had no decent cheeses, the wine selection sucked, the produce was
wilted, the cold cases were leaking fluids, and the floor tiles were
coming
up. In short, it was disgusting mess and I've never been back. Such a
sad
end to a pioneering store.

nb

I've got a 'deja' feeling about this post but I'm going to do it any
way. Yes, Corti had a slump when they went through reorganization after
closing several stores a few years ago. They only have the original
store now and it is run by Darryl who knows his stuff. It is back up to
what it was 20 years ago. Great deli and meat departments, good breads,
good wine and liquor dept.s for their size and is the only source for a
goodly number of items in the Sac area. There are some good cheeses but
it is not as big a selection as you might find at bigger upscale stores.
It's still the best in town.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a high opinion of them. The store
definitely is NOT a glitzy place. But they reliably have high quality items
many of which I can't get elsewhere locally (as a radio DJ once said of
Sacramento, "don't let the tall buildings fool you, folks, it's still just a
cow town"....) I think Darrell C is a complete jerk, but he knows his
stuff.

TammyM