Santos Groceries

«What’s up buddy» may be the only English this charismatic and friendly corner store owner speaks. However his fresh produce and prompt service doesn’t disappoint. Good prices! 50 cent water!

I have never been in such a welcoming corner store! Every time I go in I am greeted with «Hey, how’re you doing buddy!?» By Santos.
On top of the friendly atmosphere, this is a perfect place to get fresh produce if you’re in a pinch — and if you spend over $ 20 they will give you a free carton of eggs (I don’t eat eggs, and they never had a problem substituting something else for me).

Santos is our go-​to guy for fresh produce, and for interesting variety. He’s also a great guy.

Santos is a small corner store the Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philly. It has a small selection of items (coffee, candy, bread, snacks, junk), some moderately priced fresh produce and a few packaged Indonesian items (spices, sauces and noodles — which is the only thing that attracted me here). There is also a selection of fresh baked cakes and bread in the front near the fruit. They also stock phone cards.

Santos Groceries is a just a little tiny store on the corner of 15^th and Tasker, but they don’t sell the usual chips/​candy/​small selection of crappy boxed and canned foods. Instead they sell fresh produce, homemade Indonesian snacks, bulk tofu, some meats, various Asian and Mexican products (palm sugar, fish sauce, Bimbo cakes, shrimp crackers, tortillas, weird Indonesian ramens with like 50 spice and flavoring packets, queso fresco, etc), fresh baked pastries, all at very cheap prices. Seriously, as cheap as you think it might be, it is cheaper. A soft sweet pastry bun the size of yr face? $ 0.15. A whole block of deep fried stuffed tofu? $ 1.50. Bonus? You can get one liter glass bottles of Coca Cola, made in Mexico with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Oh, and the guys that work there are helpful and sweet.