After getting a cooking class as a gift certificate at a local trade school I was expecting my reasonable cooking gadgets repertoire to carry me through some of the sessions. Yet some things are not meant to be (like the gifts that require one to spend $$$ before they keep on giving :) after the first session I was on the look out for a whole bunch of items. I went through some main stream stores yet some of the items I had to purchase are for professionals so they required a store that sold items that are for pros.
Interestingly the college itself recommends this store. This is by no means a glamorous store and its actually quite hard to navigate (I am surprised they pass the safety inspections) but boy they carry the everything including the kitchen sink (pun intended) Prices for some items are good while the brand name items being in the same price range as other stores. The staff is not very helpful and you have to really press them for info. If you don't know what you are looking for you can spend a lot of time here to get the right item.
There seems to be a method to the madness as after spending half an hour or so I kind of figured out how this place is organised, yet I will be at a complete loss if I wanted a very specific item without any assistance.
The low cost items need to be checked thoroughly as they might fail even before you leave the store. However the cost/performance proposition makes it a place if you are looking for kitchen gear and don't want to spend a fortune.