The Inconvenient Store

Unfortunately, the store is closed. I walked all over B st. trying to find the place, but decided to go into a random store and ask someone. They told me that the store is gone, and they moved to Berkeley. It saddened me because I was excited to buy some Asian candy and Pocky! Hopefully there will be another Asian store near campus!

Announcement:
This place is closed already, but for some reason it is still on google. I spent forever walking around trying to find it a few days ago, and it is now Fast Mart. So don’t bother to try to find it :/

This place is great. The cheapest place in Davis to get your fix of Japanese candy and snacks.
The dude that runs the place is also super nice and helpful– but not too in your face.
They also have a great drink selection that is worth checking out!
They accept credit card, but you have to pay more that 3 bucks, which is easy to do :)

Craving for Hi-​chews, rice crackers, or any other Asian munchies, but don’t know where to find them in Davis?! Or… don’t know what any of those things are, but curious to find out?! Then head to downtown Davis and visit the Inconvenient Store! Ironically, they conveniently have nearly all Asian snacks and drinks that you can think of… enough to give you cavities twice over.
Behind this store’s quaint façade lies a gold mine of Asian snack selections. You name it, and they’ll most likely have it. Chocolate Pocky sticks? Yan-​Yan snacks? Calpico drinks? Yes, yes, and YES!
Their prices are a bit steeper than what you’d find at 99 Ranch. But, seeing how there’s no 99 Ranch or any other places you can get Asian snacks (besides Kim’s Mart) in Davis… paying $ 0.50-$ 1 more isn’t so bad. Also, they have GREAT customer service! They’re always willing to help you out, give you recommendations, and answer all of your questions.
And did I mention that they hand out SAMPLES?! Yup! So, come here and stock up for midterms and finals season… you’ll definitely need brain food and this place can help you with that!

Ugh, why weren’t you around when I was still in school? I guess it’s for the better. I probably would’ve spent all my money here instead of at Chipotle. It’s pretty close to campus and within walking distance from Olson Hall. Or you could just ride your bike like everybody else.
So many candies, snacks, and Asian food. I like to think of it as an extension of Kim’s Mart. This place also has high ridiculous prices, but supply and demand. Where else are you gonna go?

A great place to satisfy those Asian snacks cravings. Although the store is very small, one can find a great variety of Asian snacks ranging from chocolates, chips, ice creams, sodas, canned milk teas, cup noodles, and so forth. I always enjoy seeing the new inventories they carry.
Yes, you won’t find the cheapest prices at the inconvenient store. You will probably notice most things costing about 25 cents to a dollar higher than what you can get them for at a large Asian supermarket, but honestly, who is going to drive to Sacramento or Vacaville to save a few dollars on snacks? I personally don’t mind paying a little more for convenience.
Lastly, I cant stress enough on the great customer service Raymond and Charlie provides at the store. They always provide honest and constructive feedback on all the items they carry. Instead of selling their most expensive items, they will actually recommend on what has good value. I also received numerous discounts and freebies (hi-​chews, chocolate breads, miso soups, candies etc) from shopping at the store.
The small store and relatively expensive prices relative to large supermarkets might drive away some people. The convenience (how ironic) and the services is easily worth paying the small premium in price for me. I would definitely recommend this store for anyone who is remotely interested in Asian snacks.

The Inconvenient Store is by far one of my favorites stores in davis.
The store it self isn’t very large in comparison to other stores around davis, but less is more! Parking is usually easy to find, there is a private lot and plenty of street parking. It is in a great location which is really close to the university. I’d always just walk over and grab a quick snack/​drink when i’m at school all day.
The owners, Raymond and Charlie, are awesome and super chill. If you ever need help on finding a snack they are the ones to ask! Awesome people and awesome service. They always welcome you to provide them with new snack ideas! (which is great if what your looking for is only attainable in the bay or else where)
For a small store they carry a variety of snacks and each week/​month more new snacks are brought in and put on the shelfs.
I especially love the Ice Cream they carry: Melona (always a classic for the summer time or anytime when you crave for a refreshing and not to creamy taste of ice cream): Pangtoa (its a cookies and cream ice cream sandwich. The sandwich part is almost like pound cake! so good!!!): The frozen red bean cake with mochi and ice cream! (The name explains it all! The mochi part makes it unique from just the red bean and ice cream one. It gives it a better texture): The fish looking one with ice cream and red bed (this is pretty good too but with out the mochi), but these four choices are one of my favorite ice creams that I usually get from here.
Some other snacks I’ve tried here:
Hajima crispy salmon skin: I believe they don’t carry it anymore, but I loved that snack it had a spicy taste to it and NO MSG! which made it even better.
Super crispy grilled seaweed: Super crispy and spicy but good to snack on.
Tao Kae Noi crispy seaweed: Even better. There is more texture and not as flat.
The ramen noodles are awesome for a quick grab and go.
miso soup: fast and good for a cold day out.
Drinks: I like that they carry all the asian drinks that I can only get when I’m home! The selections get bigger each time I go to the store.
Cost: The cost of everything is pretty good considering it is in davis. If you go to other stores and compare, theirs is by far the best.
Overall a great snack store! If you crave all the asian snacks from the bay or else where definitely come here.

EDIT: Down to 4 stars. We’ve come to the door 4 times and only been inside 1 time. We come in Saturday around noon pretty much every week and somehow it’s never open. No hours on the door/​window. It’s the inconvenient store… and it’s actually sort of inconvenient. But it’s so bomb we’ll keep trying.
OLD REVIEW:
4.5 stars.
The guy who was working here was really friendly and they accept credit cards for orders $ 3 and up which is really nice if you’re a cash non-​carrier because chances are you’ll spend at least $ 3 here in the glory of the many inconvenient items the owners have conveniently collected for you.
Tons of Asian candies and snacks at particularly reasonable prices — about as cheap as you’d find at a major marketplace such as Lion or Mitsuwa in San Jose. This came as a surprise to me as this is a small, independently owned store and I figured the prices might be a bit inflated to make up for their margin. Either these guys make sufficient margin selling goods at ~MSRP or they’re taking a bit of a hit by essentially decreasing their potential profits in order to offer things at a fair price. Whatever the reasoning is, we’re just fine with it.
It might go without saying by now that we might actually come back most Saturdays to gather obscure and awesome items such as giant Malaysian lobster crackers and Ramune candies.
I don’t give the 5 star rating because this is a really small store. The place isn’t clustered which is nice, but it is rather underwhelming and if there were more than 5 or 6 people in here at once it would certainly qualify as crowded. Other than this relative non-​issue, The Inconvenient Store gets my vote.

A super awesome Asian snack convenience store usually staffed by two very friendly and happy guys. The price is super reasonable. Besides some obvious selections like Meiji chocolate, grass jelly, there are also unique selections of lesser known but equally great snacks that are waiting to be discovered. Always happy shopping here

Really cute little spot next to campus, I only wish it were open when I was ACTUALLY STILL ATTENDING DAVIS! :(
I used to walk by this plaza from the library on weekends just to grab chips/​soda from the convenience store on the corner.
On the day I stepped in, one of the guys offered us candy samples which was really nice, especially considering how steep their prices were! I’m sure they are reasonable, but I’m just used to cheap asian stuff from the huge asian markets in the bay.
Enjoy, Davisites! :)

Dropped by the Inconvenient Store today because I was in town for a conference. Let me just day this, I HELLA missed my weekly trips here!
Love that there are different samples to try everytime you stop by! Charlie is always very nice too… Love the random convos we have when I drop by.
I noticed that they are selling Asian bread now… So jealous we didn’t have it last year! Also noticed that their cup noodle section is convenient, like that they apply you with hot water and chop sticks.
Also noticed that they have new stuff in… as in new variety of yummy goodness!
If you’re ever craving some Asian snacks or just want a quick lunch (and don’t want to wait in line at the CoHo), definitely stop by the Inconvenient Store… they’re not inconvenient at all! They’re CONVENIENT!

When I first saw the sign and the name of the store I couldn’t help but laugh. You can totally tell it was some type of Asian store just by the looks of it on the outside. The store itself is real tiny and has a small selection of Japanese snacks. Ranging from teas, calipico drinks, Japanese candies, chips, and the basic Japanese snacks. I love the concept of the store, but the selection is just way too shoddy. It’s not a bad place to come to if you crave Asian snacks.
I noticed for a small town that has a lot of Asians, there’s not that many Asian markets. I’d probably be back if I’m in desparate need of some tea or calpico, but other than that I’d save all my Asian snack cravings for the bay area.

This place is a great concept for Davis. An Asian snacks/​drinks place, finally! Before this place opened up i always thought Davis needed something like this. And finally someone opened one :) Too bad its a little pricy considering Im from sac and can get snacks at the Asian plazas or even when im in SF. But when my cravings get the best of me this place is only a 7ish minute drive and 2 mins from my work. So. yea :((money being spent is never a good thing. But i DOOOOOOOO love, loveeeee my yummy sweets. The guys here are really nice and one of them even waves and comes and say hi to me whenever i go and grab stuff from the UPS store. Thumbs up for having my delicious melty blends!!!

What? No phone. No email. No dice!

I rate it 5 stars on Unilocal,because it truly is «as good as it gets» when it comes for a small convenience store in Davis. You can be sure that the friendly service here will not be found at other stores, nor will they give you the discounts like they do here; plus the recommendations they have make coming here worth it. You can guarantee that convenient stores elsewhere in Davis have that impersonal interaction, but here you’ll get quite the opposite.
Yes, people will complain that the store is small, but for small Asian candies or drinks, this place does a damn good job of keeping a variety of items. Sometimes, the items do run out, but they try to keep it stock and know that they should order more of it next time (what do you expect, they’ve only been in existence for a few months; give them a break). Yes, yes, «the prices are cheaper in the Bay», but why don’t you throw in a half tank of gas plus your bridge tolls to cover the $ 1 or $ 2 difference and see if it was still worth the drive out there! For a couple of UC Davis Alums, they’ve done a good job of starting a business and keeping customers happy by offering the daily candy samples or suggesting their new products. They even ask, what items I want to see in the future (I feel like part owner!)
I like asking them for recommendations, and they seem to have tried everything in the store, so they straight-​up tell what they think is good, and what things I could try. They’re knowledgeable with their stuff, and they’re always looking to carry new stuff — always finding new stuff every time I go in there.
Lately, I’ve been finding myself going just about everyday here since my friend and I have been craving the C. C Lemon Bottles (we just bought 10 yesterday! — there was a sale), along with those Hi-​Chews and Pocky. The guy that works there already knows us, since we go in pretty often, and he gives us his suggestions on the new stuff they get in.
TIP: Follow them on Facebook, and you can make suggestions of stuff you want to see; or see their specials.

I was visiting some of my friends in Davis when they told me that two of our friends had opened up a shop near school.
I always thought that Davis needed a place that sold Asian snacks. So before I left to go back home, I made a quick stop by the inconvenient store (perfectly located on the way to the freeway).
I was greeted by Charlie and Raymond and we made some small talk. I ended up buy a coffee drink which kind of tasted like milk tea. SO yummy. Some other people were coming in and Raymond passed out some Hi-​Chews for the customers to try.
The two owners Davis Alums and two down-​to-​earth owners. It’s great to see college grads giving back to the community.
Love the store concept. Love the location. Love the owners!
NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS!

I stopped by here on opening day and it was packed! This is a very cute Asian snack store that has an amazing variety of both salty and sweet snacks. It has everything from Calbee chips, shrimp chips, Kasugai gummies to Calpico, Ramune, and delicious Udon bowls! I was surprised to find how everything was pretty cheap here!
I’ve been back a few times since opening day and enjoy to see them add more snacks and beverages! The owners of the store are super nice and offer some free snacks to sample! They also offer suggestions on different snacks to try. I needed a quick pick me up from studying and decided to get some snacks, but it was already 12:03am when I stopped by here. I thought they would be closed as most stores in Davis will close their doors right at their closing hours. But the owners were super nice and let me grab a few things and an iced coffee drink to help me continue with my studies!
I think this is a great addition to Davis especially since they are so close to campus! I can’t wait to come back to try more snacks. =)

I was SO excited when I heard a place like this was opening up. Who doesn’t love a store dedicated to Asian snacks?!
Sadly, what a disappointment. The selection was not extensive as I thought it would be. There was a total of 3 isles… and 3 drink fridge cases. It is a bit pricey, which I guess it has to be for them to make money…
I’ll just hold off on my asian snack urges until I can stock up at home or something.

Finally!!! A cute little asian snack store close to campus. I agree with the other reviews. The store is a bit smaller than I imagined. But they had a decent selection of goodies. The prices are very decent, some of their goodies are even cheaper than what i’ll find in the bay area [for example: melty blend — $ 3.99 in sf, only $ 3.39 here! What a steal!]
The owners are super nice & friendly and hooked it up with some free snacks to sample. They seem really into the store and wants to know what other snacks customers want to see in their store. judging by the frequent replenishing of the stock, I think they’re doing pretty well so far.
I have a feeling I’ll be frequenting this store quite often [since their grand opening on Sunday, I’ve made at least 4 trips to the store :0] If only this store existed when I first moved to davis

Man I totally forgot to freaking write a review when I added it!
They have a wide selection and is very unique because majority of the items are imported from Japan or Korea. so thats why the prices are a little bit steeper. But, you get what you pay for! They have so many items that I have never ever seen before, which is cool! More things to try, like the colon crème!
Of course, they have your usual. pocky, shrimp chips, HI-​CHEWS (95 cents each), gummy candies, instant ramen, drinks such as calcipo, aloe, green tea, lemongrass tea, etc.
The owners, Charlie and Raymond, are extremely nice and friendly people! I already went twice this week and came home with so many goodies! They are open to all sorts of suggestions, which is cool! I feel like they are doing an awesome job catering to students especially during finals week!
I believe this business will be permanent. After finals week, they are planning to renovate it a bit more and hopefully expand it as well! Cant wait to see whats in store for us!
Take a break from the library and stop by for some goodies! They may motivate you even more! :)
Happy Studying & Enjoy ! :)

After a long day at the library, my housemates and I decided to check out the opening of the Inconvenient Store for snacks and much needed study motivation.
The store is a bit smaller than the pictures make it seem. The faces on the wall and Sanrio characters decorating the colorful walls is adorable. True to their advertisements, the store carries a variety of Asian snacks, drinks, candies, and ramen. There’s dried squid, with variations of spicy flavorings, and an octopus one. o_​_​O
I liked the selection of drinks the most! There’s canned green tea, oolong tea, and other teas I always buy when I’m in San Jose. The drinks are a tad bit more expensive than other stores, but that’s probably due to the convenience of it being so close to campus. I think I’ll stick to Kim’s Mart to satisfy my thirst. Hi-​Chews are cheap, though! :]
Looks like a promising start so far. I’ll be back to see what else they have to offer.