Sunrise Market

Delightful neighborhood market. The owner is very friendly and welcoming. Slightly over priced, but I don’t mind because it’s a more authentic neighborhood spot than your typical corner store. Better selection too– several gourmet items. Totally worth it.

Sunrise Market is the typical ‘hood overpriced convenience store. lots of goodies, especially candies. (lots of items not priced). some beers priced, some overpriced, some not. store neat, compact with lots gourmet (pricey items)
drink: Gus“star ruby grapefruit” 1.99
–22grams sugar, «lightly sweetened»? too much
more water than juice,
1 star. mostly sugar over juice
drips:
–nice place for the area, not a destination
–4 stars for convenience, 3 stars pricing.

I thought I left a part of me in London but that little part just followed me right down the block from my apartment and into Sunrise Market … freakin’ Cadbury. Chocolate. Now once they start stocking Jaffa cakes here, a sixth star would magically appear next to this review, the stars’ color would be all shades of the rainbow, and this review will stay as the ROTD until the end of time. Make it happen, Sunrise.

Nice little shop. They carry all your typical small market items along with some unique candy imports. It’s run by the same folks that own Axum Café next door. Good people.

For a long time, I was afraid to treat this corner store like a corner store because it so prominently advertises its imports. OK, it’s not an import store, but places that advertise their British digestibles usually charge way too much for everything. But Sunrise Market doesn’t charge way too much for everything. It’s fairly priced, and the guy who’s working every time I stop in is very friendly.

Love the friendly staff at Sunrise, especially Donnie!

Charge 1.50 for a can of Arizona Iced Tea. You know, the kind that is supposed to be 99 cents everywhere.
Seems like everytime I’ve gone in, every item is marked up ridiculously high.
Here’s a hot tip:
Walk down the block to Scott and Haight. Better cornerstore located right there. Way more friendly cashier, too. Cheaper prices.

Heinz Beanz. $ 2/​can.
It’s all I’ll ever come here for, but my English breakfast just gave this place 5 stars.

«Irish and English gourmet specialists» my butt, where is your Pimms No 1?
Other than that huge misstep you’re alright

This is my little neighborhood market to go for my newspaper or Honest Tea. It is also where I go to talk about Ethiopian culture, Middle East politics and food. It’s owned by Siguy, who owns the Axum Café next door and I love chatting with him. when he’s not back in Ethiopia visiting his family. But I have Solomon if I want to talk sports.(he could be on ESPN he’s so knowledgeable) or Ali, who’s all into boxing.
They have a fair selection of beer/​wine and English goodies but no Haggis!
If I had any criticism of the place is that some of the energy bars they sell seem to be out​-dated​.as in stale. But as for the conversations I have with the staff, they are always fresh.

Although (like all the other reviewers are happy to point out) the candy selection is fairly good, this place is horribly over priced and has such a horrible selection of general grocerys. I always walk the extra block to the next store.

They’ve got AERO candy bars here! And penguin chocolates! And white and black meats for the Irish in ya!
Good selection. Good prices. Good location.

Great candy bar selection. Try the Raspberry Ice and the Violet Crumble. Cadbury makes a mean version of the VC, but I forget the name. Also have a great variety of Haribo.

Sunrise has the three things I need to make sure my walk to the Mission (and the subsequent events that will unfold there) from the Lower Haight go off without a hitch.
1. ATM… because you can’t go to the Mission without a little fuck-​you money. (I’m actually not sure what «fuck-​you» money is, exactly, and I probably don’t have enough money to be spreading around «fuck-​you» money, BUT I’ve been in love with the term since I first heard it and try to use it wherever I can).
2. Sparks… It’s not a long walk to the Mission from here, but it’s not a short one either. Brown-​bagging a can of this favorite energy drink livens the journey and leaves me slightly buzzed by the time I arrive at my bar of choice.
3. Curly Wurly… Not only is this hard to find British candy yummy – it’s also fun to say… in fact, it almost sounds dirty which makes me love it more.

Sunrise is my everything. Got a bottle of delicious Hendrick’s gin but no tonic? Sunrise. Housemate used all the toilet paper to clean up after his coke habit? Sunrise. Sick at home and just need some goddamned chicken soup? Sunrise. Plus they carry Haribo gummy peaches.
Sunrise is a consummate neighborhood convenience store. They’ve got everything you could generally require on a moment’s notice: starter logs, super glue, batteries, pints of ben & jerry’s, british chocolate bars, arizona green tea, rolling papers, milk, and a fair amount more that I won’t list in such detail.
The owner once lent me $ 5 for the day when his ATM was broken and I had already ordered a bagel across the street at Katz. That’s pretty much how I’d sum it up.

Every employee there recognizes me both in and out of the shop and take the time to say hello and other idle chit-​chat. I am only there once a week so I think that is a definite plus.
Yes, it is overpriced. When has this become a surprise? It is a convenience store. I thought that it was common knowledge that large grocery stores actually don’t make much money. Their profit margin ration is one of the slimmest in any retail industry. Secondly, they deal in volume as it becomes the only way to turn a profit. Lastly, giant stores, through ingenious social statistics wonks, are able to calculate the best loss leaders to make it seem like you are really getting quite the deal. As in, «holy cow, I only paid $ 1.29 for all this peanut butter!» «Hmm, I need some jelly now that I think of it… there is some right here for $ 3.75!» «oh, damn… maybe some milk and bread too now that I think about it.» Play that scenario about 100x/​day and the nickels they make from the three complimentary products eventually beat out the loss in peanut butter.
Sunrise is quite a good example of the small convenience store. With such limited space where can they really implement any plan to mimic the same strategy. they can’t so they have to have a higher profit margin on each and every item. they have no real room for complimentary items. This fact is noticeable as the high priced market down the street, New Santa Clara Market (was there an old one?) is actually cheaper. They have more room and inventory thus lower prices.
So yes… sticker shock is high. We all get it. If you ran the place you’d do the same thing. Its not a charity its a business that needs to turn a profit. They also respond to market demands. They may have to decrease their profit margin if nothing sold at the price point. Therefore, I can assume that despite rumbling and grumbling the overall populace feels that it is not at the tipping point of an undesirable purchase.
They open relatively early… that’s nice. The crew is friendly. that’s nice. The inventory is limited… that sucks but I understand. The ATM is nice. It’s always clean and well lit.
What more do you really need?

Agree with Joel C, everything in the corner store is just double the price what Safeway charge you. The only reason I need to go to the corner store is when I’m in the crisis of needing toilet paper a.s.a.p! Or when I just realize I’m running out of eggs just before I’m about to make my breakfast.
I’m impressed with some of their british items and candies. Who doesn’t like Clotted Cream over a crumpet with your tea at 4pm? I’m glad they have ATM, or how else am I gonna pay for my drugs?

I have two words: English Chocolate.
Not to mention that the man who owns this place is friendly, watches the Simpsons, and remembers you – like Cheers.

Though their selection isn’t as good as it was a few years ago, Sunrise Market is a great place to go when you need your British food fix. HP sauce, Baked Beanz, PG Tips Tea and Flake bars can be found here, as well as probably 100 other British imports ranging from soup to soda to candy.
Perfect when you’re out of tea and you’re just craving a good cuppa…

I think there might be a connection between this market and Axum Café, as there seems to be a lot of movement between the two and similar faces as well.
This spot will help you out in a pinch, be it for cookies or lemonade or water or even, chicken broth!