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| - This isn't even my normal grocery store. I live in West Park, so there's a Giant Eagle or Marcs on every corner here. But there are three magical things about this Giant Eagle. 1) it's 24 hours, 2) it has a liquor store, 3) it's right off 90.
If this was a store I went to in the daytime, maybe I would feel differently. But those of us who end up needing to buy catfood at 6am because they are coming home from a friend's house and they forgot to feed the cats the night before and most likely will be murdered immediately if we show up without food, we don't have that luxury.
My last time here was just last week. My 2002 Sonata had finally bit the bullet that morning, and my darling sister had given me a ride to Ohio City for an event. Afterwards, I was waiting for her getting very drunk at ABC, because I realized that the benefit to my new carless life would be tequila shots at 1am on a Thursday night. Even when I'm maudlin though, I know how to use a situation to my advantage, so when we were finally driving home at 2am, I asked her to take me to Giant Eagle so I wouldn't be without groceries for the weekend (and also so I wouldn't have to walk to a grocery store. Mostly that. )
It was completely deserted, which is the best part about shopping at overnight stores. You can pretend you are all alone, and actually looting the place. For being wasted, I did surprisingly well. The next morning I found myself stocked with banana chips and mini croissants. The thing that sucked the most was that the most important section, the one containing the cat food and the toilet paper, was closed off for floor washing. And I got yelled at for trying to go in there. I didn't cry though, so maybe I didn't try hard enough. Also, why is the pet food always somewhere near the ice cream and the makeup? I assume that's on purpose, because I know if I were designing grocery store layouts, I would do the same thing.
The only time I ever go there during regular business hours is for the liquor store. If you go on a Friday after 5pm, there is a huge line there, but while you're standing in line waiting, clutching your ten dollar bottle of Paramount vodka, some old guy behind you will serenade you with a current R&B hit about "laying you down", so that's charming. The wine and beer selections are all better than the other area groceries stores.
Most importantly, if you see a rainbow while you're on the highway headed home, it's the perfect place to pull off and get a pretty good view.
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