At AJ's, you can get fresh sushi. You can buy outstanding floral arrangements and classy, exotic produce. The store offers a wonderful selection of great wines—and there's always an expert present to ask about your selection. There's a deli where you can spend your entire lunch hour just thinking about what to order. Save yourself the trouble of stuffing a quail inside a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey or whatever—because they sell pre-stuffed turduckens that are ready for the oven. In every way, AJ's is the store with more.
Runners up:
2. Trader Joe's
Various locations
3. 17th Street Market
840 E. 17th St.
792-2588; www.seventeenthstreetmarket.com
