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I ate probably 12oz of pudding cup tonight. It came in a clear plastic cup, like the strawberry cream things Starbucks sells. It was titled "Tristan's Magic Pudding Cup" and who am I to doubt a claim like that? It was pretty goddamn good, all chocolatey and vanilla and cream and crumbled brownie bits in its majestic self.
It adds another aspect to my sadness that Zanotto's appears to be fizzling out week by week. Every time I go in there the shelves seem more threadbare and they have less of the things I like to buy - which I guess is a positive feedback loop. The Safeway down the street is taking all their customers, including me. Zanotto's has better sandwiches but I don't think you can carry a whole supermarket on a deli counter (how would you balance it, for a start?) They've moved their tables indoors and rearranged things to make a cafe area, perhaps to try to cover up that they're only offering half as much stuff as they used to.
If they become just another empty commercial unit with a 'for lease' sign I shall be dismayed. There are too many of those in downtown San Jose already.
It adds another aspect to my sadness that Zanotto's appears to be fizzling out week by week. Every time I go in there the shelves seem more threadbare and they have less of the things I like to buy - which I guess is a positive feedback loop. The Safeway down the street is taking all their customers, including me. Zanotto's has better sandwiches but I don't think you can carry a whole supermarket on a deli counter (how would you balance it, for a start?) They've moved their tables indoors and rearranged things to make a cafe area, perhaps to try to cover up that they're only offering half as much stuff as they used to.
If they become just another empty commercial unit with a 'for lease' sign I shall be dismayed. There are too many of those in downtown San Jose already.