Drake's

[afader.livejournal.com]

Anyone know where to buy Drake's coffee cake around Davis? I'm supposed to pick some up for an out-of-state friend. I walked down Highland and none of the party stores had it.

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[bloodsynphony.livejournal.com]

Well, I've seen them in any large grocery store chain I've ever been to. Those little coffee cakes are awesome! Stop & Shop, Price Chopper, Market Basket, etc are all places where I've seen them.

[afader.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll check out Shawsie's. Thanks.

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

"Party stores"? How utterly...Midwestern.

[ron_newman]

Are you referring to iParty? I think there used to be one in Assembly Square, but now the closest one is in Meadow Glen Mall in Medford. I've never seen any similar store on Highland Ave.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

"Party stores" midwest = "package stores" MA

[afader.livejournal.com]

A.K.A. shindig shops.

[afader.livejournal.com]

You got me, I'm from Michigan, where our party stores sell both coffee cakes and booze.

[ron_newman]

So you'd buy coffee cakes, booze, wrapping paper, and costumes, all at the same place?

[afader.livejournal.com]

No, you'd have to go to Meijer's (http://www.meijer.com/home.jsp) for that.

(Apparently liberally adding "'s" to the end of store names is another Midwestern shibboleth.)

not all over the midwest...

[nora-rocket.livejournal.com]

More like Michigan-an. We don't call them party stores in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, or Oklahoma.

But that's just the little slice of the Midwest from which I might reasonably be said to hail.

Re: not all over the midwest...

[cityofbeige.livejournal.com]

I was going to say the same. In Ohio, they tended to be called "package stores" much more often than "party stores". However, in Kentucky (especially around Lexington), there are quite a few that are called "party stores"... go figure. :-/

Re: not all over the midwest...

[ron_newman]

I'm from Ohio and have never, ever heard a liquor store called a "party store".

[lena-a-mermaid.livejournal.com]

Have you ever been to a grocery store or supermarket? They sell food there. Do you do all your food shopping in Party stores or Liquor stores?

[afader.livejournal.com]

No, I have never been to a grocery store or supermarket. Yes, I do all of my shopping in party stores and liquor stores.