A seven-inch vinyl single, the kind that sells three for $10 in a used record bin, once sold at auction for more than $15,000. It contained a detail invisible to anyone who didn’t know to look for it. These are the antique shop finds in Virginia that can be worth way more than their price…
A first-time visitor stands at the Sheetz touchscreen scrolling through pictures, hunting for a plain burger. A longtime regular walks past them, taps through four screens from memory, and already has a fully custom order queued. None of it came from the printed menu board. These are the Sheetz orders that instantly mark someone as…
Wegmans doesn’t charge a fee for grocery pickup when you order through wegmans.com or the Wegmans app. There’s a $10 order minimum, and that’s it. No pickup fee, no service charge, and no tip line at checkout. Order the same groceries through Instacart’s own app instead of wegmans.com, though, and that answer can flip fast….
North Carolina isn’t short on grocery stores worth loving. Harris Teeter got its start in North Carolina too, and Lowes Foods has its own devoted following in many towns. None of that changes how we feel about Food Lion. These are the reasons we think Food Lion is the best grocery store North Carolina has…
A tourist wheels a cart of groceries to the register at a California supermarket and expects a plastic bag that doesn’t exist. The cashier already knows what happens next. These are the things California grocery stores do that shock first-time visitors. 1. Locks Your Cart’s Wheels A California grocery store’s cart can lock its own…
Nicholas Lambrinides opened the first Skyline Chili on Cincinnati’s Glenway Avenue in 1949. More than 75 years later, Ohioans still follow the same unwritten playbook his customers started. These are the Skyline Chili rules Ohioans follow that leave everyone else confused. 1. Cut the Spaghetti, Never Twirl It Skyline Chili serves its 3-way over a…
Yelp recently ranked the New York State Fair the fourth-best state fair for food in the entire country. Think you could guess which food helped earn that spot? Good luck narrowing it down. These are the New York State Fair foods and drinks people can’t get enough of. 1. State Fair Cream Puff New York…
The outdoor flea market at Renninger’s in Adamstown opens at 5 a.m. every Sunday, dealers unloading tailgates under headlamp light before the sun’s even up. By 7:30, a stranger’s whole attic and garage have landed across a folding table, priced with a marker and a guess. Some of it could land a seller in federal…
A shopper in Moline sets a bag of Hy-Vee’s own brand chips on the customer service counter, receipt nowhere in sight, and asks for her money back. The clerk reaches for the phone instead of the register. Hy-Vee has built trust across Illinois: It’s employee-owned, it prints a satisfaction promise on its own products, and…
South Carolina family reunions don’t run on love alone. They run on which relative brought which dish, and whether it was made the right way. Every branch of the family has its own answer. No branch backs down. These are the foods that turn a potluck line into a debate. 1. Potato Salad Potato salad…
