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| - +1 for location/proximity to where I live (less than a 5 minute drive).
-2 for an overcrowded, claustrophobic parking lot where I feel like I am going to hit a person or car/GET hit by a person or car every time I am there.
+3 for mostly everything you need.
-1 for those few "gourmet" items you might not find here.
+1 for mostly good prices and for it being a little less hectic than going to the West Side Market.
-3 for the guilt you feel over NOT going to the West Side Market when you so easily could have.
+2 for the organic section.
-5 for the clusterfuck of a deli counter.
+4 for the music they play (not kidding! I love it!).
-4 for the homeless, smelly guys singing along with you.
+2 for the usually competent, adequately friendly cashiers.
-5 for not being able to take your cart to your car, and, if you're there alone, having to decide between leaving your stuff with "a guy" while you drive the car around (dodging 3 families in the process), or tipping said guy to help you bring it to your car.
+6 for the time I schlepped out to Whole Foods (an experience I detest; more on that later) and they were out of corn syrup and I drove right over to Dave's, and there it was, as it should be, in all its sickly-sweet glory.
I hate to say it, but if I need to do a shopping trip that's bigger than two bags' worth, or if I am looking for something special, OR if I want to get my deli meat without a written permit and 20 extra minutes of standing "in line," I am probably going to go to Giant Eagle. Sorry Dave's.
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