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| - This place is Exhibit B in "The List of Sub-par Establishments That Survive Only Because They're Close To Case Western." (Exhibit A is The Coffee House--at least Dave's has some good food, The Coffee House doesn't even have good coffee!)
Honestly, Dave's is not bad in a pinch. I lived in the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood for 3 years, and Dave's was still the closest grocery store when I lived in Little Italy. While I preferred to stop at Aldi's and save a lot of money on my groceries, I used to go to Dave's when I realized that I only needed 1 or 2 items.
While Dave's bailed me out in a pinch several times over the years, my wallet unfortunately got pinched very frequently at Dave's. I always thought their prices were very high, especially for beer and produce. Furthermore, I thought that their advertising campaign that said something like, "You don't need to sign up for a special card or program to get discounts here!" was some kind of a joke...because there were rarely many great discounts there! I realize that this is the closest grocery store to Case, and this is pretty much the only option for anyone who doesn't have a car and who doesn't want to take the RTA anywhere, especially if you live on the south side of campus...which is a shame, because it's not like students (or the parents who fund them) have a ton of disposable income to spend these days.
Additionally, this place's selection was somewhat wanting at times. I can't think of anything off the top of my rapidly-graying head, but there was at least one time that I went here and couldn't find something relatively common.
I will say, though, that their day-old bakery section has some great finds. While you're keeping your eyes open for great stuff like their homemade cheese bread (which is amazing), though, be sure to keep your eyes open for mold--I once found mold on some of their day-old bakery!
When you're in the middle of making something and you realize you need just one more item, Dave's is great. However, when you're doing your weekly\monthly grocery shop...you can do better than Dave's.
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