EAST BAY INSOMNIAC

LONGS DRUGS

5100 Broadway, Oakland • 654-2569

THE EBI MINI-REVIEW: You can get anything here, anything: food, plants, medicine, clothes, camping gear…Longs fills the deficit left behind by the 24-Hour K-Mart on High Street that’s been gone for years now. Great people-watching at 4AM.

OPEN: 24 Hours! • (pharmacy open til 10PM weekdays, 7PM Sundays)

PARKING: lot

PAK ‘N SAVE FOODS

The So-Called “Ghetto Safeway”

3889 San Pablo Ave, Emeryville • 450-1200

FEATURES:

• groceries
• liquor
• deli

OPEN UNTIL: 12AM

PARKING: lot

REVIEWS:

7-ELEVEN

1501 University & 2601 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

1540 Solano, Albany

4100 Broadway, Oakland

Really, they’re everywhere. See the Store Locator below.

FEATURES:

• limited groceries
• liquor
• energy drinks
• sundries
• Slurpies (see also: Slushies, Icees)
• lotto

OPEN UNTIL: 12AM (Berkeley), possibly 24 Hours in other locations

PARKING: lot

7-ELEVEN store locator

THE EBI REVIEW: Whenever I go into a 7-Eleven, I feel like a criminal. Which is to say that despite knowing otherwise, I imagine I’m going to experience a taser-like jolt and ear-shattering alarm leaving through the door because unbeknownst to me, I’ve stuffed a Red Bull in my cargo pocket. This is how they treat me there. I can’t imagine it’s any better if you’re say, black, or a college student, or well, dude, if you’re both, just go to Safeway.

FURTHER REVIEWS (that are really unnecessary):

• “smells like pee”
• “You can’t beat Seven Eleven for nachos and Big Gulps and candy.”
• “FIX THE DIET PEPSI”

NEED GROCERIES? DON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE! (I TRY NOT TO):

SAFEWAY 

1500 Solano Ave, Albany • 525-4107

6310 College Ave, Oakland • 654-6992

5130 Broadway @51st St, Oakland • 658-6612

FEATURING:

• groceries
• bakery
• deli
• pharmacy
• flowers
• liquor
• lotto

OPEN: 24 HOURS!

PARKING: lot

NOTE: Other East Bay locations are open late.

ALBERTSONS  LUCKY

 3100 E. 9th Street @ Fruitvale, Oakland 437-8000

1693 Mountain Blvd., Oakland 339-4290

1000 El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito 524-7282

815 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda 521-9113

• groceries
• produce
• bakery
• deli
• pharmacy (some stores)
• copies
• CoinStar (some stores)
• flowers
• liquor
• lotto

OPEN UNTIL: midnight

PARKING: lot

NOTE: Word on the street, or more specifically the telephone, is that Albertsons is now Lucky. Technically, Albertsons is returning to being Lucky. Wikipedia learned me that Lucky was founded in Alameda County in 1935. In 1999, Albertsons bought its parent company and by 1999, the Lucky brand had disappeared. And now its back. Albertsons has had a checkered history including wage disputes with its union workers and what Nicole called ties to Christian/anti-abortion groups. I don’t really know because I don’t shop there, but I guess Albertsons wasn’t so lucky. I promise to investigate soon. For more locations (recent closings and openings): Albertsons/Lucky/Savon Store Locator.