Disclaimer: I live above this bodega. I am biased. Don't hate!
That being said, I love Mason's. I will be leaving beautiful Roxborough within the next few months and this little store is... yep, the Only Thing I'll Miss.
They've got your basics: soda, juice, chips, dish soap, lottery tickets, cigarettes... They also have a deli though, which is pretty bangin'. The two guys that work there are there 7 days a week, about 11 hours a day and are way nicer to people than i would ever be in their position! I've been in for cat food or something dumb, and found myself a dollar short, and they're like, "that's okay jess, bring it later." i go in to wash my hands after i had to take the trash out and didn't feel like going back to my apartment. The best story i have is this though:
i was walking my boxer friend, Jake, and i'm on the phone and i walk out of my house and shut the door... sans keys. and i have to be at work in 45 minutes. and the only person with keys to my house is in Tennessee. and i have a dog and my cell phone. and the landlord is in Ocean City. after freaking out for like, an hour or some shit, i go into Mason's and explain my dilemma. Ravi gets a damn ladder, hoists himself onto the roof and breaks into my apartment to go through and let us back in!!!
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