Ferndale One Stop Groc

Not much going on here. I didn’t really see many actual groceries and the beer selection is lacking terribly. Liquor selection isn’t fantastic either.
If you’re getting off the bus I can imagine that this is a convenient stop but not a place I’d frequent for party store pick-​ups. They did seem to have a world class selection of Kool-​Aid mix envelopes at the counter though — yeah I’m not sure what that’s about either…
Parking in front is convenient and parking in the rear offers entrance through the back of the store. If you’re looking for something other than cigarettes, lighters, candy, or pork rinds you’lll need to go elsewhere.

What’s the most important thing to find locally when you first move into a new town? That’s right: a beer store.
This one happens to be very conveniently located, which is nice, because I can’t see driving across town to get to this place. The beer prices are not bad, and the liquor selection is not huge but they have pretty much what normal people might want. They do have a lot of half-​cases, where they’ve cut apart a case of beer and taped each side shut to make it into two 12-​packs. Is that shady? Yeah, a little. The neighborhood feels a little shady too. I would stop here by myself during the day or with a friend at night, but I wouldn’t spend much time lingering around by myself after dark. We’ve seen quite an interesting cast of characters wander in and out while we were trying to decide which beer to get, and the owner seems to know the regulars. I learned that most regulars at shady liquor stores do not have all their original teeth, and it doesn’t seem to bother them at all.
It bills itself as a one-​stop shopping place, and it certainly does have at least 2 kinds of chips, some gum, no-​brand plus-​size pantyhose, and several different magazines, some of them with their covers obscured to protect one’s dainty sensibilities. Plus if you’re hungry and don’t mind a little dust, you can pick up some Chef-​Boy-​Ar-​Dee or Rice-​A-​Roni along with your beverage.
Bottom line: I wouldn’t go out of my way to shop here, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to NOT shop here either. If it’s on my way home and I need to restock the beer fridge, I’ll probably be spotted in there again.