I got a day pass to Valhalla today...

[squirtthecat]

Otherwise known as "Restaurant Depot".   ;)

Foodservice supplies, stacked to the ceiling!





5 gallon buckets of everything imaginable...




A walk in 'cooler' many many times the size of my house.





And quite a bit cheaper than Sam's Club, as they deal in bulk only, and isn't open to the general public.


Let's go on a tour!

[squirtthecat]

Goya goodies.




Gallon jugs of Crab Boil.




Enough tomato sauce to keep Deb in pizza mode for 100 years.

[squirtthecat]

Now on to the cooler...

Crates of Jalas.  (and 50 pound bags of carrots and much more I didn't get a picture of because I made a beeline to the..)




Meat!

















This looked interesting..




Prime!

[ronbeaux]

Tilt!

[squirtthecat]

That was the individually packaged stuff...     There were cases galore.



Whole lambs.




Pulled pork sammy fixings for all my friends!

(70-80 pound cases of bone in pork butts)




Over on the discount cart were a couple 20+ pound hamzillas.






Chicken pieces/parts, stacked to the ceiling.




Pig in a box!






10 pound blocks of cheese.

[squirtthecat]

I walked out with a Turkey boulder (2.20/lb) and a box of latex prep gloves, before I headed to..




And my field trip ended shortly after that.   Had to drop a car at the airport for MrsSTC to drive home (she's in Jupiter, FL)

Didn't look like Jupiter in STL.   More like the North Pole.




Anyway, it was a fun recon mission.  And I'll be headed back again for sure. (with more than a small suitcase to carry stuff in)

[hal4uk]

Dad-naggit-darnit-gummit-shucks!!!!
I MUST GO THERE.
MUST GO.
Awrighten.

[squirtthecat]

Dad-naggit-darnit-gummit-shucks!!!!
I MUST GO THERE.
MUST GO.
Awrighten.

I need to renew our KCBS membership! 

(that's all it takes to get in - they give you a day pass, which they unceremoniously shred when you check out)

[muebe]

OMG!

So that is what heaven looks like ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

Very interesting store. I have one that is about 65 miles away. I may make a day trip out of it and check it out.

[3rensho]

OMG indeed!!!  That is one amazing store.

[deb415611]

Wow!!  that is wild,  I think there is one about 45 minutes from here.  

I read on another forum that they will give you a membership with any professional designation/license - I will have to see if mine works (not that it's remotely food related).  If not it might be time to join KCBS


You want the 6-1 tomatoes for your pizza  :)  I don't see them in that pic but I'm sure they are there

[FLBentRider]

Wow.

I would have chained myself to something...

[lumpy]

I just wet my pants :o
Think I have found heaven.

[beefmann]

to bad the depot is not open to the people