Grosvenor Supermarket

The use of the word ‘supermarket’ is perhaps a little optimistic here: it’s your average corner shop, let’s not get above ourselves. It does, however, stock fig rolls and a massive array of alcohol, so we shouldn’t write it off too soon (anywhere stocking that figgy biscuit treat is more than fine with me).
Known as Mr G’s to its locals, this place is generally used by the students who live in the halls next door. However, it is also useful for those visiting The Footage, the Deaf Institute or The Pub (all within about 10metres away) and who need chewing gum in case of unexpected pulling situations. So for those who like a little random fumbling on your night out, then this is your place.
The main guy, affectionately nicknamed Mr G (that’s not his real name. No-​one knows what that is), is manager and it would seem, Pervert in Chief. We were his ‘lovely ladies’ when we lived in the aforementioned halls-​next-​door, but did we ever get a discount? Did we hell. Having said that, you’d be hard pushed to find a girl he didn’t apply the rather euphemistic ‘lovely ladies’ tag to, so perhaps we weren’t that special after all.
I haven’t been in a while, so I can’t tell you if Mr G is still around. I would imagine he is, still ‘flirting’ with the lovely ladies who visit… I do hope they don’t mind, he’s harmless enough. A perfectly normal corner shop in a normal corner of Manchester, BUT… They do stock fig rolls. And the supply of chewing gum has saved me from embarrassing situations on more than one occasion (maybe I like a little random fumbling on a night out, alright?!). So that’s why I’ve given this place one more star than I intended to, and awarded a nice big 4 stars to Mr G and his supermarket. Lovely.

I get the feeling someone is telling a small fib here, because this is not a supermarket, far from it. It’s just a convenience store with aspirations. It does sell a lot of stuff though, ranging from sweets to alcohol, so the fat that it’s misnamed doesn’t make it useless.

Less supermarket more well corner shop, with lots of extras. The Grosvenor has all manner of items whether it be food, booze or fags. The décor is somewhat bland but then again it’s a corner shop and you’re a very sad person if you care that much… it has some fresh fruit and veg?

The word ‘supermarket’ is a slight misrepresentation of what Grosvenor Supermarket really is. It’s actually just a local convenience store.
And it’s good at doing that. I went in searching for some milky bar buttons, and there they were. Excellent stuff!
There’s a really good selection of alcohol at Grosvenor Supermarket, which is surprising given its size. You’ll also find your standard corner shop items like phone cards, milk, fizzy pop and crisps.

Aww! Andrew and I would get cheap wine here for dinner! And once, I bought chocolate buttons to melt and turn into ganache and dipping chocolate for truffles.
Problem was, I didn’t know any better and got milk chocolate. I later solved that at another market.
Andrew once brought me the leftover bottle of champagne from his uncle’s trip on the Orient Express. We then went back to cheap wine from the Grosvenor Market.