McAllister Market

Very unfortunate that they don’t run the deli that the store was designed for. It looks like it was a nice place decades ago, but the current owners just seem to cram in as much junk food as they can. Whenever I see the boarded up deli in the back, I mourn the lost potential.
The owners don’t seem community minded at all in terms of how they interact with people.
The few benefits of this place is a reasonable selection of wine, and that it is open late.
Also they ripped me off by ten cents in my purchase today, I’m pretty sure. Be careful that they don’t skim coins from you.

I dread going here but its on my way to some restaurants. I go here a few times a year because its the only place on my way back to work where I can get a lottery ticket. The owner is a a$$hole for no reason. Anytime I walk in, I come in nice and politely ask for a few dollars of lottery tickets and every time, he takes more than 5 minutes to give me a damn lottery ticket, whether he is not busy or not. Then when I give him a $ 20 for $ 10 worth of lottery tickets he ALWAYS asks if I have anything smaller than a $ 20. WTF is up with him and wanting smaller bills than a $ 20 every time I come in this place? I am not dropping a Benjamin or Grant for you to break a-​hole its a freakin authentic US MINT $ 20 bill. And why do I need to repeat 4 times my order of lottery tickets? Get off the phone and cater to your customers or tell them to hold on while you ring up a customer.
Its located in a crappy area (the TL) be glad I am not a schizophrenia heroine addict trying to get all crazy on you like most of the clientele that come in here. I come in politely I ask for some lottery tickets and whatever else and I give you a freakin $ 20 so deal. I bet if my total came to $ 18.75 and I gave him a $ 20, this prick would still ask me if I had smaller bills. Anyways, I concluded after coming here and this repeatedly happening they lost me as a customer even if I only come here a handful of times a year. I’m over it and its not worth giving business to idiots of any kind. Ciao!

Pretty bad market in a bad location. Probably survives from selling cigarettes to the people in the ‘hood. It smells bad in here!!! But the guy behind the counter was nice when I asked if they had nail glue. Hence, the 2 stars. I know what you’re thinking! Nail glue here? But you can’t blame a gal for trying!

You have got to be kidding me. The kombucha is still flat!

If you like extremely overpriced, expired and/​or defective products, this is the place for you.
If you go to UC Hastings and don’t feel like walking a few blocks into the scenic Tenderloin, this place is also for you.

DUE TO THE GRAPHIC NATURE OF THIS Unilocal, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
mcallister market is what i would imagine being raped by a clown would be like. because you know you are being violated. you know that what is happening is not really okay. but at the same time the clown has that painted on smile, which may make you smile or at the very least make you less horrified by the goings on around you.
the guys that own/​work at this place are real nice. they always welcome me when i come in. they always ask how im doing. they always ask how school is going. they are good people.
they have what i need when i come in. whether i am stopping by before class to grab a water or redbull, coming in after hitting up subway to grab a bag of pretzels, stopping by late at night to grab some intoxicating spirits, they have what i need.
the only problem with this place is that they know they have the uchastings kids exactly where they want us. situated a half block from the school and literally downstairs from a large amount of students apartments, they can charge what they want for their goods. so yes i have paid $ 5 for a single lean cusine, $ 5 for a box of triscuits, $ 30 for a half fifth of ciroc…
I may be getting raped, but at least i am getting raped by a clown.

I hate these sons of bitches. Don’t support terrorism.
They broke the cardinal liquor store rule: The «$ 2.25 Out The Door» sticker on my Miller High Life 40oz means two dollars and twenty-​five cents out the fucking door. Not $ 2.41!!!
They definitely discriminated against me. I know the rule, they know the rule… the bums definitely know the rule. So why, oh why would they charge me that extra 16 cents. Its not the few cents, its the principle.
Justin B., or J. Biddy, whatever you call yourself these days… I like how you totally ignored the other review of McAllister Market so you could be first. I like that good ol’ strongarm gorilla Unilocaling.

Basic bodega in the TL.
Owners are pretty nice and are bound to give you a friendly grunt as you enter the store.
Prices are a bit much cause they know they have the Hastings kids by the balls.

Another little dump in the ghetto. See U-​Haul: