East Avenue Marketplace — Local services in Chico

This "marketplace" or as they use to say strip mall is so awesome to live down the street from. First off you have my favorite, West of the Mississippi River, grocery store...Safeway. Rarely ever have a bad experience there. Friendly staff who are always willing to be helpful plus a clean well stocked store has made this my go to grocery since moving to California 7 years ago. Also their member rewards program can reduce you gas prices with10 cents of every gallon of gas for every 100 you spend in store. And if you're a couponer...their digital coupons are my favorite way to save money. I mean cereal for 1.49 a box or packages of slice cheese at 2 dollars each. Then you have some excellent places to eat at. Celestino's pizza, El Patron, a Hawaiian poké bowl place and in a hurry there's a McDonald's as well. Even a place to get your haircut, dry cleaning and specialty pet store. Or if you need money a check cashing place to get a payday advance or credit union bank to get take out a loan. Its the sense of belonging. When the cashier is someone who remembers you it just gives it that...

Frequently shop at the Safeway, jalapeno cheese bagels are really good, their breakfast burritos are a good way to start a lazy weekend morning. Also, their bakery is always pumping put REALLY GOOD CARROT CAKE SLICES with REAL CREAM CHEESE AND COCONUT I mean who can...

PELICANS ROOST IS WORTH A TRY. It was my first time there. Very pleased with service and price/value relationship is in top 5% of my recent dining out experiences. Had the Fried Oysters. Very nice. Not overcooked as is the case more likely than not. I will try it...