Easy Foods Company

The lady who owns this store is racist. I’ve seen her blatantly change the video surveillance cameras to follow Latino men who come into the store.

All I can say is they either own the building or they sell a boatload of Powerball tickets, scratchers, booze and Happy Buddha statues to pay Castro Street rent.

A friend introduced me to this little surprising market in down town Mountain View.
They have a wide variety of imported cookies, including Danish butter cookies, fine cocoa candies and Japanese chocolates and other fine stuff. And a good wine selection, including cognac. Some are priced quite decently, but you will have to look.
Cool selection of Asian delights, like tea, herbs and soup ingredients.
Customer service: pleasant.
Parking: behind, or on the side.

My fiancé has been coming here for years is seems. I think I’ve wandered in here many times over the years too. It’s unassuming, but now when we are downtown we often find ourselves in here picking up something.
It’s a fairly large store and they have a ton of stuff to browse and look at:
Gambling stuff — I honestly love scratchers (I think I get it from my Grandma).
Porn — yep they have a section behind door and while I haven’t gone, if you have the need. .. they might be able to scratch it.
Trinkets — The other day I was showing my fiancé a Neko Cat I liked in the back (good luck cat) and he went back and bought to put it in my stocking. LOVE!
Food Snacks — Asian and American stuff
Drinks — Thirst quenchers and alcoholic
So, they have all kinds of stuff and I love browsing some times or getting a scratcher. The cashiers are also always super nice and I look forward to seeing them every time,
So why one star off?
It can seem a little dirty, but I get it. They have a lot in the store and that some times can be hard to keep clean, especially with so many people coming in and out.

I like that this store is very unique. Has many many varieties of biscuits and chocolates. I got hooked on the asian candies. BAD BAD idea. Turns out it’s full of lead see :
. I do not see how they are able to sell this Plum candy and I bought 2 bags of them. I am probably contaminated with lead and my kidneys damaged at this point. Very awful of them to sell stuff they shouldn’t be selling. Other than that, the chocolate I got there were good. But i’m really peeved about the lead contaminated candies so I have knocked them down 2 stars.

I don’t know what to say about this place. I only buy lottery tickets here. I guess if you are in need of cigarettes, dirty magazines and alcohol while on Castro street, this is the place to go. Oh, good selection of candies too :-)

we went here to do a liquor run :) the owners were very helpful and patient with us. it was art and wine fest right outside. they have an assortment of snacks and stuff to choose from and lots of liquor

Came in to buy some cigarettes and unfortunately they are a business that insists you charge a minimum of $ 10 on your debit/​credit card or else you will not be able to use it with them.
I ended up grabbing a Lindt white chocolate and coconut bar for $ 3 and a pack of gum. I was pretty surprised by them having a high end chocolate selection in the first place let alone the fact that you gotta charge a stupid $ 10 on your electronic payment card.
They might as well be cash only. A star goes to convenience, a star goes to selection but no stars for that whack rule just cause they don’t wanna pay for the costs themselves. Lastly, you sell food, so you could clean up the place, geez.

Great selection of snacks including Coffee Crisp — my favorite chocolate bar. Open late.

I love coming here after having dinner somewhere along Castro St.
Products/​Items?
It’s an Asian convenience store! Imported snacks, drinks, trinkets, herbal remedies and lotto. That pretty much sums it up.
Price?
Definitely costlier than if you went to a bigger Asian supermarket.
Location?
In the heart of Downtown Mtn. View. Definitely worth crossing the street.
Store?
Very clean. It’s fun to watch all the elderly’s sitting on the «lotto table» scratching away.
It’s a neat little shop. Nice people and interesting items.

Alcohol, ginseng, virgin Mary candles, jumper cables, cigars, British biscuits, Japanese porn and big bags of rice. What more could you ask for? Oh, wait a sec, let me check… yeah, they have that too!

I try to go to Easy Foods at least once a week to buy a little something. The owners, Sunny and Gloria are completely sweet and helpful. Their black and green tea selection is large and the prices are competitive– a deal. I have bought shiny cloth purses to use for gift bags. Lots of stuff here that you need but you just don’t know that you need it until you shop at Easy Foods. There is a lottery table where the occasional senior hangs out to make their gamble for the day. It is old style Mountain View, homey, no pretense. Enjoy.

This is my usual spot to stock up on green tea, which I drink in quantity at work. They have many types of tea to choose from, from oolong to white, both loose-​leaf and tea bags, in a variety of quality/​prices.
On a recent walkthrough I took notes on their other offerings:
— A large selection of candy and cookies (many Asian), some of which I need a tour guide to figure out.
— Chinese porno mags up front;
— Lotto by the register;
— Salty snacks and treats;
— Beer/​sodas in the back;
— Chinese bowls, plates, cups, silverware, cooking utensils, chopsticks
— Teapots and tea-​making supplies
— chinese lanterns, figurines, and framed art
— Wine & liquor
Sort of a combination liquor store, convenience store, and kitchen supply store, even though the name sounds more like a grocery.

My favorite neighbor indeed.
No refund, No credit card if you buy less than $ 10.
This place reminds me small convenience markets 15 years ago in Korea except the porn magazines. I really like the place like this. Not very big but has everything I need – hey this doesn’t include the mags. Good beer and wine section, even markets bigger than this doesn’t have the better ones. The storekeeper is very kind. 5 stars because I just feel like to.
Unfortunately many small convenience markets like this in Korea were disappeared and changed their banners to corporate chains like 7 – 11 which is no fun. Maybe that’s why I like this place more.
I’m not very good at Chinese characters but those on the banner is like «yi fu gong si» in Chinese, I think ‘yi fu’ came from ‘easy foods’ by pronunciation (the meaning of characters is also good ones like the righteous wealth) and ‘gong si’ came from ‘company’ by meaning. Interesting.

Buy your Choya here. Don’t forget the champagne.

Been to this establishment a number of times over the years. Last evening I bought some Taiwanese pineapple and mango cakes – sort of like fig newtons, only much bigger and chewier (and tastier, in my book), $ 1.29 a pack, can’t remember the exact number in each pack. Plenty of Asian tchochkes, sweet treats, among other items. Plus tons of liquor, among other items many a convenience store carries. The non-​easy thing at this store is the debit/​credit card minimum of $ 10. Yikes, are we back in the ‘90s? Not the cheapest or biggest place. But if you’re looking for lots of liquor or some sweet treats, it’s not a bad place to visit.

Nothing Food related about this place, but Easy it sure is. A Chinese owned convenience/​liquor store that also sells stuff you’d see at a Chinese supermarket, including instant noodles, Vita brand artificially flavored drinks. They even have a selection of sake in the wine section! Also a section for purchasing lottery tickets because Asians love to gamble. Don’t look for groceries here (go across the street for that), you either buy grub, snacks, alcohol to go, or gamble the lottery.
But right past the entrance door, on your right is a shelf wide out in the open that holds sealed copies of dated Hong Kong porno magazines. +1 star for not giving customers any privacy like a semi transparent curtain, or its own cubicle, and +1 star for putting this by the front, so we know who the old pervs with yellow fever are!

Liqour, smokes, legalized gambling and chopsticks. What else could you want in a late night joint in Mtn View?

Easy Foods is the closest thing to a 7 – 11 you can find on Castro. It’s basically an Asian convenience store where you can find candy, snacks, general food items, household items, adult magazines and a wide variety of beverages. Also a good place to grab a weekly lottery ticket. Management is generally pleasant but can be grumpy at times.

Essentially a liquor store, you can also pick up Asian cookies, Chinese snacks, drinks, a Chinese newspaper and most importantly, a lottery ticket! The owners are friendly and helpful!