Best Variety Store Cambridge Near Me

Zach Pena: Great little shop, has been there since I was kid.

Susan Brundige: I love the mom and pop stores

Tony Moreira: Great place been there for years beautiful people beautiful family and I always have a smile on their faces for their customers thanks guys and gals

Irene Kasper: Great meatball subs and the owner is awesome

bethzaida otero: Has a little bit of EVERYTHING you'll need Rob even makes subs hot and cold ones

Bob Keeley: This place has subs! And they are huge and really affordable.

M Leona “Leona” Bennett: People store

James Barrows: Family friendly place. Great food cheap prices

Zachary Durant: They got great deals on all your essentials ;)

Sohan Dsouza: They have a good selection of convenience store items for the size. A few fresh vegetables too, along with hot drip coffee and espresso, and tuna sandwiches in the fridge many days. Friendly, helpful people working the store too.

Steve: I've been going to this corner store since I've been I'm 40 years old always super friendly

Talal Mikhail: great people and a nice friendly store

Alia Farah: Such a nice place to go for a quick snack or coffee. Very kind staff and very good service.

Susan McNamara: Very convenient small market. The owners are the nicest people you could possibly meet. Always leave with a smile.

patricia Farrell: Very friendly, old school helpfulness. Loyal to the neighborhood. I don't drive and there is a closer convenience store to me but I'd rather walk an extra block to pay my patronage to Coco than to the closer store who I gave my money to for 6 yrs and would't trust me to come back when I was short 5 cents =[. Visit Luigi's!!

Francesca Gordini: This is by far the best local variety small grocery store in the neighborhood! I am not sure if the owner's name is Luigi, but I like to this it is so.Luigi's very personable and kind; he has been offering a great UPS service for the neighborhood. Need a package delivered but not at home? Well, I've discovered he does that. Need to drop off a package for UPS, well, he does that -too!I've recently discovered there is a shining Nespresso maker - the ambience isn't exactly the same one offered on Newbury street, but if you like good coffee, on the go, this is a place you might want to consider (good not-overpriced coffee).Siggi's yogurt and some other organic products are being sold, too. It's not just a place that retails junky-candy.It might be hard to do the weekly food shopping but if you're only missing some items; you'll be amazed by the variety of things you could find here.

Casey Kroll: Reliable, local spot that offers a wide variety of snacks, home goods, and light food. Open relatively late as well.

Riff Zifnab: Good corner store with a nice selection of foods and household goods. Also just saved my bacon when the laundromat ran out of quarters after I had already loaded my laundry. Thank you.

Hikman USA: Great customer service, Thanks!

Gabriel: Shout out to the homie helping us with the music video. 💯

Florence Bergeron: Wonderful staff

Govinda Neupane: They are providing good service

Krishna babu Shrestha: friendly atmosphere

Jill Smith: Friendly employees, recently remodeled.

Sobaan Ali: Good and big store

Lovely Applewhyte: I work close by and my boss gives me a company card to purchase snacks for our break room. I have been going to Friendly Corner for years for this purpose and have had mixed experiences, but mostly good ones for the first several years. Lately, however, most of my experiences have been negative.A few weeks ago, I wanted to purchase some sour cream and noticed at the register that it was expired so I switched it out. This prompted me to check all expiry dates on products from then on and I have since found MANY expired products. Right now there is a stack of refrigerated dips that are all expired by a month or more for example. I've also seen moldy pastries on the shelf several times.If that's not enough of a health hazard for you, well maybe this next part will be. Recently I purchased several bags of pork rinds. When I got back to the office, I noticed that all of them had holes towards the bottoms of the bags. It looked like they had been chewed through in multiple places. I immediately returned to the store and was told that they have rats because of the pizza restaurant next door. They exchanged the bags for fresh ones that I confirmed were perfectly sealed but I left wondering, if they know they have rats, why haven't they done anything about it? I can now, weeks later confirm that they still have not done anything about this because today I went to purchase some pork rinds and all 5 bags of the spicy ones on the shelf have chew holes in them.Perhaps the worst part about this place is that they do not honor prices on their already overpriced items. Weeks ago I was going to purchase a box of tea. The person at the register proceeded to pull the price tag off the box and ring it in at a higher price. When I asked about this, I was told that the price was wrong and they would not honor it. But, that's not even as bad as the fact that I have noticed that often, they will scan a product, it will ring up as one price and they will void it and ring it up at a higher price. Today, I purchased a container of cream cheese that when scanned rang up as $4.49. The cashier voided it, then rang it up as a random grocery item for $4.99. I also purchased a Jack Links beef stick which had an original sticker price of $2.99, then a newer label on top with a price of $1.99 and was charged $2.79. (Please see my photos below for reference.) The prices at this store are already super high as it is, so tacking on even more at the register is just awful. I recommend always requesting a receipt so that you can check if you've been swindled. Most of the workers will not give you a receipt unless you ask for it.I kept giving them chances since they are very convenient for me and hoped they would improve, but if anything they are getting worse. They may be friendly here, but they certainly are not honest or responsible business people. I will never be returning to this store and will instead take our business down the street to 7-11 and/or VIP Convenience.Caveat emptor!

sahil patel: Hey everyone,I know this store normally wasn’t a place that welcomed customers. However, this store just underwent a temporary management change. The rude woman employee that every seemed to hate left today. New permanent management change will not occur until April 1st. Come to this store. I promise you will not be disappointed.

H G-C: Been twice and each time the snacks have been stale/rancid. and the cashiers are always rushing you out while looking around.

Derek TM: Friendly corner is a good run in run out store and the prices are a little more for a convenience store. Also I bought two things of chips and we didn't eat any and it it looks like someone ate them if you look below.

Dillon Compton: Totally fine neighborhood convenience store. Nice to have when I don't want to walk into Davis or to Pemberton up the street.

Dan Ryan: Decent place with decent prices and good selection. Need to spend at least $10 to use debit/credit which was a blow. Staff seemed suspicious of me as I walked around looking for a snack. There are signs on the door with expected etiquette that doesn't make it seem like a friendly place, ironic given the name. I'm sure place is fine but didn't care for my experience.

Ernest Middleton: Hey I am in that store almost every day always good service #5 star.

Bostons own Jerry: Me and my son came in the store and immediately Tony started making friends with me and my son. I felt at home with my family. Great service, Great new management and so many more choices than before. We all have to support this store in the community. Great for people.

T P: good service and good people working in store now is under new management they are good and more choices in store use to be not good but now good 3 months a go was not happy but now I'm so happy

Alexander Noviello: New owners are fantastic. This used to be a zero star place until just recently

PjAY “PjAY” GUNNERS: Very cheap owners...barley talks english ..if u walk around store , trying to decide what to get , the owner thinks you're trying to steal his stuff...Very rude and unprofessional cheap indian guy..non of the local people like this owner, If u ask him a bag even if u buy something, this guy dont want to give u plastic bag....i was there week ago , i bought a can juice which is cold , and i had to walk couple a blocks down , i asked him a bag , he replied me " u only buy one juice , so no bag "....wow thats the kindda service u get from this cheap people

Ezekiel Wheeler: aptly described. the usual convenience store fare, however they tend to have an unusually upbeat staff.

Cameron Tracy: My favorite place in Cambridge! The people there are always very nice and friendly, the store is always stocked with everything I need and always reasonably priced!

Imani Brown: Love the owner he’s a nice gentleman ! Woman is awesome too .🙌🏽🙏🏽 Wish I knew what time they open and closed though !!

Niz: Boss man's the best very helpful

Derek Ayala: Tried to buy some coffee, my card got denied. Avoid this place if you can.

Joseph S.: A lot of good stuff and the owner is very friendly.

Quaniey P: My favorite corner store a lil high but OK !

Colin Grambow: Pretty expensive but good if looking for a quick snack.

Adam “Red” Kasevich: Great employees, they have helped me out on more than one occasion and I have to say it's nice to see that there are some good people out there in this horrible world still. I do recommend!

Natalia Ramos: It's a nice place to pick up a few things. ⚠️Be careful w/who's behind the counter, 4💲PRICE CHANGES with different clerk's.

K S: Great selection of groceries including fresh produce like plantains, yucca, and sour oranges as well as dried legumes, wide selection of indian spices, jamaican goods, canned foods, and household staples. Very well priced and cozy shop!

Ryan Sander: Great prices and service!

Amy Bu: Super friendly owners with a good selection