We are surrounded in our daily lives by grocery stores. Some big corporate chains try to please the eye with their designs. But a small regional Northern California chain based in Woodland, Nugget Market, really went the extra mile for its Elk Grove outlet about 15 miles south of Sacramento.
This site used to be a Ralphs' Market, the big grocery chain in Southern California. It didn't make it and the building at Elk Grove Boulevard and Bruceville Road sat empty for a few years. Then came this colorful extravaganza about a mile from my house. It's not just the massive frontal sunflower mural. Check out the street furniture to sit in out front:
Seldom, too, is anyone treated by great store entrances these days. This one features a pair of classic goddesses bearing cornucopias.
And lastly, three great murals on the side of the store, which otherwise might have been a long blank wall, American grocery store-style.
Nothing about this grocery store had to be special. But it's become a visual delight to thousands of auto trekkers passing what's otherwise a standard suburban commercial center.
This site used to be a Ralphs' Market, the big grocery chain in Southern California. It didn't make it and the building at Elk Grove Boulevard and Bruceville Road sat empty for a few years. Then came this colorful extravaganza about a mile from my house. It's not just the massive frontal sunflower mural. Check out the street furniture to sit in out front:
Seldom, too, is anyone treated by great store entrances these days. This one features a pair of classic goddesses bearing cornucopias.
And lastly, three great murals on the side of the store, which otherwise might have been a long blank wall, American grocery store-style.
Nothing about this grocery store had to be special. But it's become a visual delight to thousands of auto trekkers passing what's otherwise a standard suburban commercial center.
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