Blyth St Mini Supermarket

As mentioned in the previous review, this place is good because they sell Metcards (and they’re not located too far away from my house). On the downside, I went in there one day, hungover as all hell and in need of a Gatorade or other hydration type drink. How can a convenience store NOT sell either Gatorade or Power Ade? I just don’t get it. Also, they charge a pretty ridiculous fee to use a credit card (not sure how much it was…$ 1? $ 2?) and are obviously profiteering with this fee.

One of the few corner stores still brave enough to flog metcards, the milk bar on the corner of Lygon St and Blyth St in Brunswick East is still going strong. Maybe it’s the happy shade of blue that’s painted on its’ shell, but there’s something delightful about a milk bar that still looks like milk bars used to, but with contemporary advertisements and flags hanging out the front.
It sells your usual array of newspapers, magazines, drinks, milk, bread, ice creams and other foodstuffs; as well as other useful items such as stationary and sanitary items. I spotted a pile of identical sunglasses that look as though they first graced the shelves in the mid 1980s, but have still been cleaned consistently since then, ready to be purchased. Maybe one day they’ll all be sold, who knows?
The loose lollies collection is sadly on the small side, but there’s a couple of weird little lollies in the shape of ghosts and skulls going for 10c a pack, so I have to give extra points for novelty value. They tasted only ok, but hey, they were 10c.