Super friendly owners, they use "green" substances, and the system is fully digital with barcodes / lookup by phone number. What's not to like?
Solve one of the many riddles posted around and earn yourself a free 3 pieces of nori! Just don't be THAT GUY and use your smartphone to cheat. I promise it won't taste nearly as satisfying...
Skip the sandwich and get the roast suckling pig. Just $155!! You can feed your family, or one really really fat guy. Or 2 kinda fat guys and 8 kids. Or 4 kinda fat guys. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES!
If you can't wait at home for a package that requires signature for most anyplace in the South Bay, you gotta come here. Unfortunately it's only open Mon-Fri 9am–5:30pm. Yes, it's THAT inconvenient.
The three things to know: You can book appointments online, they're open 10am-11pm, and it's $20 for a 1-hour foot+arms+back+neck massage. It's the most obnoxiously great massage deal in the bay.
It's cash only, so make sure you got the goods before you walk through the door, but this place is legit. You go to supercuts to cut corners. You come here to cut your hair.
A few doors down from the Euro Grill, this market's primary utility is in all the different kinds of Eastern European candies and chocolates. Drop $20 on anything that looks good, you won't regret it!
Kids eat free on Sundays. Your feelings about throngs of children, hands covered in BBQ sauce, running around should dictate whether it's a good idea for you to frequent this place on Sundays.
If you forget your rewards card they can look you up by phone number. Saves you a slot in your wallet...
The owner is immensely knowledgeable, can answer any question you have, will work to solve any problem you encounter, has stock you can't find most places, with reasonable prices. Shop here, ok?!?
Bonus points if you check out in the lane with a piperlime box side as your signing surface!
I wanted to like this place: it's got cute novelty items and a good range of selection but let's be real here. Gas stations have better prices on candy. Seriously!
The Duvel is a Belgian beer low in hops and high in deliciousness! They have big bottles inside the chill chest and smaller bottles in the Belgian section. Pick one up, you won't regret it.
Yeah, you might save a buck or two buying that trade paperback on Amazon, but buy here to support a local shop and because of the friendly and knowledgeable staff.
Sign up for the mailing list to get free tea samples monthly (for one year)! However, resubscription requires a $30 minimum purchase...
These places are best for books. It's all about luck and timing with regards to their furniture. I strongly suggest you avoid the clothes. It's where fashion goes to die.
What is with the bathrooms here?! The creepy oxen yoke mirror, confusingly putting hand soap in a purel dispenser... it's an Oregon Trail rest stop gone wrong!
Come here at the wrong time and you may end up parking as far away as Sweet Tomatoes. No, really.
Don't waste money on expensive exfoliants, just give yourself a good rubdown with one of their towels after a shower. Yee-owch!
If you have an Android phone, get the five guys app and skip the line by ordering ahead! You can even place orders for future dates and times, so you can get your burger on whenever you want :-)
Small family-run shop with a super friendly owner. Don't be afraid to ask her for recommendations, but definitely get the xiao long bao, (they're pork soup dumplings). Delicious!
If they don't have the take-home tub of the type you want, just tell them what you want and they'll fill one for you on the spot!
The food here is pretty good, but it's primarily a weekday lunch spot. Come on a weekend and the service tends to get spotty...
If you're worried about rising a spice level when deciding your order, just get some cajun fries at the next level up. That way you'll know if you can handle it on your seafood for next time!
I love the variety of items here, but make sure to price check against Amazon. They beat their prices by as much as 40%!! Their reviews are incredibly helpful too, if you have to buy it today.
They do sell some under armour products here, if you're looking for some non-ugly athletic gear :-)
The punchh app is available on android now and you get a free entree for every 7 visits.
Wow. The clearance racks here are so incredibly disorganized. No sorting by sizes, the hanger size clips are wrong more often than they're right. You can find deals here but it takes a ton of work...
Very small space so if you don't want to eat at the counter, you may want to make a reservation.
They try to hide the credit price and do it pretty successfully. Be aware before you drive in.
Essentially a poor man's Container Store. Slightly different stock, but slightly lower prices, too.
This is the place to go to sign up for & pay the various sports leagues Mountain View manages.
Get knives sharpened here (kitchen or otherwise) for an incredibly reasonable price!
I've seen this food court stay open as late as 9/10pm, which is better than most malls in the Bay Area.
If you are spending more than $5 on your froyo, that's more than a pound (30 cents/oz). Careful there...
Don't use the self checkout lanes if you want to bag with paper, since it throws the scales off and the system will keep stopping you and bitching.
If you don't have or want a BevMo club card, supposedly the phone number 111-111-1111 works for discounts!
Make a reservation (I used opentable), because even with one, I waited 20+ minutes for a table.
This is the IMAX inside the Tech Museum. It doesn't JUST have sciency movies, and the screen/sound system is amazing. Worth checking out!
Is it near the end of the month? Stay away. People come here to renew registration without appointments and it's insane, all day. Check online for average wait times, and pick a faster DMV.
Try to not get into an accident while making your way to the awkwardly placed drive-thru.
Don't forget you can renew online too! (Unless someone has put a hold on the book...)
Bummed because Baker's Village is closed on Mondays? There's one in the back that's open :-)
Not everything that's actually on sale has been tagged with the sale price. Don't be deterred, just check similar items, or ask the staff for the correct price.
This is a pretty bare-bones operation, but I got an absolutely obscene deal here, and overall had the best mattress-buying experience of my life!
The steel-cut oatmeal is slow-cooked and way better for you than anything you make at home, trust me. Even just the brown sugar crumble is enough to make it yummy (if you're counting calories)!
Produce here can be hit or miss (in quality and freshness, not price), but the prices on meat can't be beat!
Bored while waiting for your food? There are crates of peanuts in between some trash cans by the drinks. But unlike the original DC location, don't drop the shells on the floor!
