Pelham Bay Mini Market

HOW TO SAY YOU DON'T GIVE TWO SH!TS ABOUT YOUR CUSTOMERS

Pelham Bay Mini Market at Train Station on the #6...
I would avoid this store at all cost as far as food! Last night 11/15/21 I stopped in there to get a sandwich. The guy on the grill was adding raw chicken to the hot grill with tongs, and adding sauce to the chicken. He was wearing gloves but they looked like he had had them on him for some time, cause they were shiny! I gently asked him to please change his gloves since he had been dealing with RAW CHICKEN (cause all he did was wipe his hands with the gloves on onto a dirty rag he had nearby!)...Instead of complying and thinking about the customers safety, he got annoyed and told me he was closed, after putting the roll he just grabbed with the dirty gloves back into the bin. So again, if this is how they treat customer safety I absolutely would not eat at this location.
You've been warned‍

They don't listen and then I called the person is going to argue with saying I said this what happened to customer service.

Although this store (formerly Optimo, Te Amo or whatever bodega name it had) has changed ownership several times in thirty years, this store is Pelham Bay's de facto standard for visitors and natives. Need a soda? Gum? Dutchmaster? Besides Villa Barone (http://www.yelp.com/biz/villa-barone-restaurant-bronx#hrid:hWLs8XnvJ1BWjJfGfRpAbQ)and Peghe Deli, this is the only business that has stood the test of time.

As you enter, the register is to your left. Behind the register are lottery tickets and scratch offs, tobacco products such as cigarettes and cheap cigars and a myriad of calling cards. There are plenty of beverages in the back (I always buy a beverage here if I'm getting pizza next door). The three middle aisles are to your right and are loosely split up into magazines/candy, cookies/odds and ends, and chips/coffee. The cookies, chips and other snacks (little powdered donut-ettes, yankee doodles, apple fruit pies - sometimes they have peach) could easily transform you into Jared Fogle: "the before picture."

Plenty of porn mags in the back, which are dangerously close to the men's magazines. How convenient! It gives me a chance to pretend-read Maxim and peep over at the buxom covers without looking too interested. I have this fear that I will bump into my dad or a neighbor; I see their smile turning upside down as their eyes start at my face and fall towards the High Society mag that I'm holding.

As I picked up Gatorade today for my slight hangover this morning, I saw a MTA fellow reading a magazine with a lot of pictures; I couldn't tell which porn mag. I thought it would be rude to peek over his shoulder. Oh well, the drink was great on the subway.

The store is "clean" but looks very old. PBMM is open 24 hours. I would call it the ghetto 7-11. Except NO BEER.

IFHTP 3+

You know you have problems when the people at the cashier are catching wind of your mild caffeine addiction.

Anyway, the place is nice, has a LARGE selection of beverages, particularly the one dollar Arizona teas. It's a good place to stop in the morning before your commute, or to get a drink to take into the park and relax for awhile.

The store that never closes! Spotless ! Most of the workers are very nice. Added a deli a couple of years ago, better prices then Key Food but limited selection of cold cuts. Sandwiches are a bargain 5,00 for a hero. Avoid buying the groceries though, cereal etc, the mark up is too high. Get your lazy butts down. To Key Food for the essentials.
For what it is 3.5 stars

Their beer selection is pretty over saturated but their Stone selection is crazy! Ruination, IPA, Delicious, & Go To! I use to see Founders & Radeberger as well & even that grapefruit one is pretty crafty. Coffee is indeed the best in the area & food is decent!