Golden Eagle Market

This corner market is one of two that I have to choose from and, Golden Eagle Market is my favorite. This shop that everyone in my building refers to as "Sam's", has all the basics you need, a good wine selection, snacks and an owner who's connected to the community. 5/5 for corner markets.

Golden Eagle Market doesn't have much micros in stock. what's there $1 pricier than average. store is cramped. hard to move around in.buys: bruce cost ginger ale (2.5)-refreshing on a warm day.take outs:-avoiding chips lately, not so healthy.

Golden Eagle market is great if you're trying to find varieties of booze however for someone like me who was trying to find food options, this place was not ideal. They did offer a couple essential items crackers, cookies, juices etc but not specific brands. I did see beer, liquor, and wines in the coolers. Additionally they had milk, vitamin water, Gatorade, orange juice and other drink options as well. This place is owned by a family which is great if you want to shop local and help out the community. They also have an $8 minimum on credit cards or .75cent fee, so make sure you bring cash if you're not spending that much.

I should have left after it was clear that this was an overpriced place, but i figured the convenience of it being on my way was worth it. First price on a 24oz Modelo was $4.49. I hesitated when I thought I saw Corona was cheaper. It was the same. Except I somehow paid $5.53 for it. Also, the counter guy was very arrogant, and made me show him my ID a second time. I was born in 1984, and you checked it just a minute before. Really dude? Good selection, but take your biz elsewhere!!!

My local market I've been going to since moving here. They have great wine, good drinks of all types, candy, and some basic groceries and medicines. They're super nice as well.

Sam, great owner/operator of Golden Eagle Market, I wish all of San Francisco could have such a stand-up guy as you for their Corner Store man. Except for The Marina, natch. They can collectively blow me in a PM. Unless you are reading this review from The Marina, in which case, you are the exception to the rule and obviously The Quality. [SF/X; Never Stop (Discotheque Mix), Echo And The Bunnymen]I used to sit for my exes cats*. One time I made my Space Shuttle Nachos (invented by me with help from NASA) because the kittens and I were hunkering down for some quality time. None of that "feed 'em and toss the litter if you can smell it from down the block crap". Some Vernor's that I'd picked up at Golden Eagle, the kitties, a pile of new comics and nachos...I was totally set for a castle siege. And it felt like Sam, the owner of Golden Eagle was like my Honorary Cat-Sitter. He is one of the few Vernor's Ginger Ale stockists in greater SF, and I know of nearly them all.Huge inventory, average prices, don't get the sandwiches, in-store ATM, open late...the customer is pretty much king. GEM is a borderline freak magnet for the hours it keeps and being right on the hub of the Valencia Corridor.Vernor's is also Sam's favorite Ginger Ale, but he drinks the Diet because he's diabetic. How do I know this? The man is clearly open-hearted, just like me. Dear The Marina, I don't even wish diabetes on you, that's how open we're talking here. So gobble that SKOR bar down Marina. I've heard it's like a "classier Heath".Sam's brother Joe owns the corner store up 20th. He's a mensch too. But that's another Corner Store for another day. For all of my trash-talking, I realize that this review may read as kinda soft and cuddly. It was probably the kittens. Oh wait, I told The Marina they could blow me! Anyways, in the interest of a bigger overseas box office (not to mention more UFCs), please cut & paste these words and phrases into your re-edited Director's Cut of this review:blackout drunk, easy lay, pharmaceuticals, big boobs, gay, fuckin' puked six times * Siamese, notoriously bitches to everyone, yet they love me to bits. Actual miles may vary for you yourself loving me, but they think that I'm the shit.

If it's your corner store, sure, you're gonna be biased. You're gonna see things that Friday nighters don't, as they stop in for Camel Lights, condoms, or maybe a lime.But Sam's Club (as an old roommate called Golden Eagle, owing to the awesomeness of its owner, Sam) goes above and beyond the basic call of the corner store.Sure, spotting me a quarter here, a nickel there, it's standard fare. But Sam actually orders ice cream, just for me. He tells me about new products I might like (much as an online service like Yelp), he gives my dog a treat even when I forget I have her with me (dog owners will know what I mean), and, best of all, he chats you up with meaningful, fun conversation.Our topics over the years have ranged from the political to the personal, from citywide events to local neighborhood business.The store itself stocks a nice beer and wine selection, given its diminutive size. And it's open well into the wee hours (closes at 2 a.m., I think).I've been so lucky to have Sam close by. It's seriously something I think about when I'm bummed on the hood, and I resort to pro/con lists.Thanks, Sam!

Sam welcomed me when I moved into the neighborhood. He's the kind of stand-up guy you want: The guy who orders shit if you ask for it. The kind of guy (and wife, and son) who talk about how much they love the 'hood, they welcome you to it, they remember your face, and they order more wine. They tell you about burning tires for religious festivals on the slopes of the mountains in Jordan. They chase f*cktards out who leer at women. And, for god's sake, then have a Ye Olde Pink iMac. They're so damn superfly, I'll walk past four corner markets to go to theirs.

I have been cat called multiple times by the man at the register. Asked about my ethnicity and then proceeded to say he liked those type of women. He got very personal. Asking where I worked. Also asked for my name. He came off as very creepy and was asking questions that were super unprofessional.

I got catcalled by the person at register telling me that I looked "sexy", I'm a seventeen year old so that made me very uncomfortable.