Went to San Francisco Centre to drop off a watch for repair and decided to walk around the SOMA/Union Square Area and take advantage of the rare 60 degree F weather.
Dropped by Bristiol Farms market in the basement of the SF Centre. They had a large selection of gourmet foods. Saw the soda below in their cold drinks and soda section called “China Cola”. Hmm… not sure what “Asian herbs” are. Read the ingredients and I imagine it would taste like carbonated Chinese medicine. The only thing it had going for it was it used sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup. I was not willing to pay the $2.29 to try a bottle though.
Walked by the bakery cases and saw some cupcakes. Theresa wanted to try one, but we ended up getting 2 – Tiramisu and Chocolate Banana – bringing it home for dessert. The choco-banana one has real bits of banana in the cake part and icing. Very tasty, and we finished that one off.
Also had some time to check out City Target in the Metreon, the small format store sibling of the Target and Super Targets that dot our fair land.
While the store is smaller, it had all the essentials stocked. I would say it contains probably half the selection of a regular Target, and a lack of the larger, jumbo, family size packages. Perfect for city dwellers, especially in the SOMA area where grocery and sundry selection is limited. They even have smaller carts.
When we stepped out the door, there was even a Target employee helping a couple try and hail a cab because their purchases were too much to carry on the streets of SF. Always tempting to overbuy at Target. This format is perfect for dense urban areas like SF, DC, NYC, and Chicago.
