Del Mar Market

Del Mar Market, Deli and Video is nestled in the heart of North Morro Bay, CA just East of Highway 1 near San Jacinto Street. The market is cultishly known for its advanced selection of world and domestic beers as well as chance vintages of assorted fine California wines. It also carries a hidden and extensive pornographic video selection as well as current releases and miscellaneous classic films. The spirits’ collection is vast, the deli functions; but the selection of sandwiches and entrees is questionable. The market's relationship with both the Kettle Chips' and Ben and Jerry's distributor is healthy and the store carries a prodigious selection of both lines. Del Mar’s offerings of novelty lighters ranges from professional sports teams to multiple Bob Marley renderings to NASCAR options.

The market serves as the last bastion for services/vices for those living within the general fifteen block radius of it. The diversity of the clientele is at time overwhelming, yet comfortably expected. Stay tuned to this blog for erratic updates and lucid observations of the market.

9:15am—woman in her early twenties driving a silver Mitsubishi eclipse wearing a brown vest with a fur hood and a long sleeved t-shirt buys cigarettes and leaves.

11:14am—middle aged softball coach looking woman wearing a visor with seemingly permed blond hair on a cell phone buys a newspaper

12:02pm—ambiguously homeless man peeks in dumpster while eating store bought sandwiches. As pieces of the sandwiches fell out of his mouth and onto the ground, he picks them up and eats them.

2:03pm—white male, early to mid-thirties wearing sweats driving a black, early 2000 model VW Jetta returns a keg.

3:45pm – a white male, mid to late 30s with buttock length sandy brown hair tied back in a pony tail gets into a blue late 90s model Toyota Celica with a small brown bag.

4:17pm—two teenagers in skin tight black jeans, black sweatshirts and Mick Jagger haircuts take the wood slats out of the chain link fence surrounding the dumpster and start a sword fight.

4:45pm—the woman in the silver Mitsubishi eclipse returns this time without the long sleeved shirt under the vest, but wearing a short sleeved shirt under the same fur hooded vest. She goes into the store for a few minutes and exits seemingly empty handed.

AFTERNOON NOTES—multiple men over 45 years old in camoflauge. Numerous unmarked white Econoline vans or models similar (Astrovan, etc). Amount of Toyota Tacomas was virtually impossible to record due to high number and various years, makes and models.

9:12pm—a hooded gentlemen in his twenties lingering near the dumpster.

9:36pm—Game Over Pest Control parks its compact truck in the parking lot. It remains there for twenty minutes before the owner comes out with a small brown bag.

9:40pm—Late 30s short (5’1-5’3) Hispanic male wearing sweats, black slippers and a heather gray t-shirt with the word “Mase” on the front purchased two 72 ounce cans of Budweiser.

9:47pm – the Silver Mitubishi Eclipse returns.