L & S General Store

As I’ve stated plenty of times I’m a bit of a whore for all things housewares.
Add to the equation, multiple little stores packed to the ceiling with all sorts of goodies and I’m in heaven. My Linh (the owner) owns/​runs several shops inside a center on Spring Street. Pretty much the majority are into home goods, and hers is no exception. An endless array of pots and pans, woks, rice cookers and brooms greet the passerby inside. Her stores feature much the same, along with the odds and ends that make it easy to spend a lot of time pouring over everything from business card holders to tweezers and pain patches. I’m not sure how she is able move about in a couple parts, as it is so freaking packed, and somewhat precariously too.
I wouldn’t recommend certain items though, I noticed lately that much of the cookware is aluminum, and for those of you who don’t know, steel is preferable… not just for durability, but for health reasons. So if you plan to look for cookware, snap your finger against the sides and look underneath. The rice cookers tend to be Tiger, and while it’s OK, I’d hold out for Cuckoo or Zojirushi.
Truthfully I’d rather write a review for the center itself, all the shops are selling much the same items, with a few notable exceptions, but anyway I digress. Prices here are extremely inexpensive. I picked up a dozen thick plastic hangers for $ 2, and routinely by other items for not much more. Speak carefully here as a good majority of the ladies here speak almost no English whatsoever. Well, no real conversational English. However, you will find that they are helpful and will go out of their way to help you find what you want, and again, the prices are super inexpensive.