Seven Palms Food Center

Most convenient liquor store on the north side of campus. Stays open just late enough for me, always there when I need it :)
They have:
Cigarettes
Liquor
Snacks
(and more)
Also, very important:
They accept debit and credit!
For debit: there is a $ 5 minimum + flat charge (slightly more than for credit)
For credit: NO minimum, + flat charge of $ 0.40.

Good selection of drinks. Prices are a bit high, less so on the drinks, more so on the food items so be careful what you buy. So-​so wine and beer selection but the real thing you need to know is they carry liquor. There are a few other stores that carry alcohol around campus but many of them only carry beer/​wine and NOT liquor, so this is a spot to keep on your radar if you’re into that.

This place charges up to twice as much as Walgreens does for the same products. A large breyer’s ice cream at Walgreen is around $ 6, while the same ice cream at seven palms is around $ 9. There is NO REASON produces there should be so expensive, especially since I see people in there all the time just because it’s the only corner store in that area. Also I’ve noticed that the man who works there ALWAYS closes this little gate at the counter where the liquor is, as if I were going to steal it!!! Way to profile your customers AND take advantage of people, dude.

Seven Palms isn’t a destination unless u live less than a few blocks away and u need something but won’t/can’t wheel to whole foods/​safeway/​? . then seven palms definitely deserves 4 stars. .
everything’s here that a minigrocery would have. microbrews limited to 6 packs. seem pricey (10.99). good selection of ²⁴⁄₂₅ oucers. not all beers priced.
buys: tecate beer, 24 oz. (2.19)
–my fave mex brew, just add salt and lime
drips:
–friendly, cordial checkout
–pricing a bit high? blame the rent?

What would I do without Seven Palms? Well, I’d probably spend a little more time on my food runs and head to Safeway, but then that means that I would have to climb the hill on Cedar Street up to my house at the top of the hill. At Seven Palms, I can stop by on my way home from school and work.
Nonetheless, after eating my heart out at La Val and stuffing my mouth with mouth-​watering pizza, I typically head to Seven Palms for dessert. They have an amazing chocolate selection. They have Ritter Sport! They offer several varieties of Ritter Sport, including milk chocolate (30%) and dark chocolate (50%). Their Ritter Sport costs $ 2.94. They offer Hershey’s and Reeses and the like for $ 1.25 for the regular-​sized versions, and the king-​sized selections are $ 1.85.
On a side note, don’t buy any of the ice cream sandwiches here because they taste very bad. They taste like they’ve been sitting beneath the child seat in my Ford Focus for a few months.
The prices here are a little on the high side, but that is what happens when you go to school in a well-​to-​do area. Seven Palms pays a premium rent for its premium location next to La Val. Anyone who opens up shop next to La Val pays a premium because everyone wants to be next to La Val. That way, after you eat La Val, you can stop for more food.
My roommate tried taking 20 cents out of the «take a penny, leave a penny» jar at the cashier’s desk at Seven Palms, but the cashier got pretty upset at him, so don’t do that. Similarly to my boy Drizzy Drake, Seven Palms prefers straight up cash money (dolla dolla billz) over credit cards, so be sure to tip them on your way out. At the front of the store, they offer smaller chocolates (Ghirardelli anyone?) for 50 cents a pop.
One more thing: this store has everything! From peanuts to Honey Dijon kettle chips to sparkling water to eggs to Hennessy to bananas to lottery ticketz to aluminum foil, the Seven Palms «Seven Penintential Psalms» store has you covered for life. They are open late and open early. They offer a bucket for your wet umbrellas. Their muffins taste OK.
The same two men run the store. They are quite friendly and helpful! I give them big tip. I wish that Seven Palms sold hoisin sauce so I can put some of dat jaunt into my homemade phò.

This is a cute little store at the corner of Euclid. The owners are super friendly and always greet you with a smile.
The store is pretty well stocked in terms of food and is open till about 10 pm on weekdays.
However, it is on the pricey side but the timings and the large variety of delicious chocolate make it worth while to visit!!!

Seven Palms is the neighbourhood grocery store for the Northside. You’re darn right that they serve a captive market and that things are priced accordingly. However, a cost-​benefit analysis may yet result in a positive net present value, depending how far you want to walk to say Andronicos or Safeway on Shattuck. And as long as I limit my shopping to «onesy, twosy» stuff that I need in a pinch (or a stomach growl), this place is A-​OK.

If I could I would give this place zero stars. Don’t waste your time or money going here. Everything is ridiculously expensive and the cashier has short changed me twice. Beware. I created a Unilocal account just to tell everyone how bad this place sucks. They charge you to use a debit card also.

Sandwiches and side salads here are pretty good. I’ve tried a few different ones and I really like the southwestern-​style turkey one with corn salsa and cilantro mayo.
Deli food is reasonably priced; everything else is a little spendy. But hey, it’s a convenience store! If you want the absolute lowest prices, you’ll have to trek down to Walgreens or Safeway.
The people that run it are nice enough, and quick with the register except if you’re paying by credit and someone’s on their phone line. Come on, it’s the 21^st century, can’t you have a second line for your credit terminal? And the $ 0.50 charge to use credit on a purchase under $ 10 is annoying (not to mention in violation of their merchant agreement).
But whatever. I’ll be back as long as I’m spending long hours just around the corner in Soda Hall.

The prices for the stuff are a little high here and some of it looks of questionable age… but I don’t come here for strange household goods or dog food… yet its nice to know a place so close to home or the campus has that stuff just in case!
The old ajussi that works here and I’m guessing owns the place is nice.
And they have a few snacks and drinks that I cannot find anywhere else around town for slightly cheaper prices than I’ve seen in the past when I could find it!
(example: neuro, its $ 3 plus tax and crv in so cal; really hard to find in the east bay or at least it was and its just $ 2.50 flat here… I love that stuff)

For the sandwiches:
I got a turkey sandwich with all the vegies. Decent sandwiches for the price! $ 4! Where else can you get a sandwich for that price during hard economic times like this!!! It was packed with a lot of deli meat and a little skimpy on the vegies but I’ll forgive them. How much bigger can you pump up a sandwich right? The bread (dutch crunch) was delicious!
For everything else:
I give if a BFFRO which stands for… BIG FAT FREAKEN RIP OFF! But I guess that’s how they make money and stay alive right? Cause they certainly are NOT making money off those sandwiches!

This review is for the sandwich makers specifically.
I eat here almost every day. I would say…4 stars is in comparison to the other sandwich shops in the area, 3 overall. The 3 ladies who work behind the counter are nice, and the sandwiches are a good deal, while delicious. The bread is especially good, even though they run out of dutch crunch a little too much for my liking. Also, the Mountain Dew supply is not the best.
BUT, regardless of their stocking issues, the sandwiches are the best on Euclid. I consider these better than both Hummingbird and Stuffed Inn. The products in the convenience store are overpriced, but they cornered the market in this corner market genre of northside.
Also, note that the sandwiches are only made starting around 11 am, and end around 2 – 3 pm (although the good bread will be gone by that time…)

I liked Kathleen M’s review in which she called Seven Palms the «Seven THIEVES». I am inclined to agree, but there are some times when I still find them absolutely necessary. Usually, that’s around 10pm.
When you just need that $ 5 pint of Haagen Daaz ice cream. When you just need that bottle of Whiskey because you need to get that drunk that quickly.
Or like this morning, when you are in bed with potential swine flu that’s been going around UC Berkeley and you need a combination of advil, cough syrup, and extremely overpriced odwalla orange juice but don’t have the energy to walk more than half a block from your house.
Then it’s Seven Palms to the rescue. And in cases like this, I’m more than happy to pay their prices.
(on the plus side, I feel much better than I did last night. Not to worry. I shall be just fine!)

Great little corner store. I used to live a couple of blocks away from here so it was really convenient for picking up a carton of milk or whatever on my way back home from campus. The Korean storeowners are very nice and it always made my day a little brighter to hear that slightly-​accented «Thank youuuu!» from the mom.
They’re also a good place to stop by for lunchtime sandwiches if you’re near Northside. Best BLTs with many crispy strips of bacon. Mmm.

Good corner store for quick trips and impromptu requests. Decent selection of snacks and beverages. I love that they have vegetarian soy jerky and plantains! Alcohol can be pricey but otherwise prices are decent for the convenience. Cashier is always friendly.

Were it not for the guys in the lab down the hall, I would’ve never known they had such good sandwiches at Seven Palms. And they do have very good sandwiches, especially the pressed paninis.
It could be a little cheaper, but I guess you pay a little premium for convenience.
As someone who works up the hill on campus, I personally appreciate that Seven Palms sells beer and wine. They’ve helped us stock several last-​minute qual parties and other occasions where we simply decided we needed some afternoon beer.

IF…
…I have people over and conversation gets a little slow:
I run to Seven Palms for some alcohol.
…I cook dinner but it tastes a little uninspired:
I run to Seven Palms for some bacon.
…I’m walking home and need to blow my nose urgently:
I stop at Seven Palms for some tissues.
…I run out of Ambien:
I crawl to Seven Palms for some Benadryl (it really works!)
…I am hungry and on Euclid and tired of Asian food:
I get a turkey bacon chipotle sandwich from Seven Palms’ deli counter.
…I face any of the above situations and am not too lazy to walk down to Shattuck:
I go to Safeway instead and save around 25% of my money.

«Food Center» is a bit generous of a term for Seven Palms – it’s a glorified convenience store – but the selection is impressive for such a small location in relatively unpopulated Northside. If this place was located Southside, I bet this place would be booming. Think of the selection of goods as being halfway between a convenience store and Safeway, except at convenience store prices. Still, for the walking crowd, it beats walking down to Shattuck to reach a serviceable grocery store (or ordering in bulk from
, but I digress).
The owner is super friendly, a smiling benign Korean man. His wife is there pretty often too, and if nothing else, their pleasant demeanor makes it easier to forget that you’re being overcharged. While the guy at Le Petit Market (Northside ghetto) is similarly cool, the selection here blows Le Petit out of the water.
They also have sandwiches/​potato salad/​other prepared salads weekdays around lunch time that are popular with staff and construction crew, but I haven’t tried them myself.
if I remember correctly, they accept credit/​debit at a charge, but credit is free if you spend over $ 10.
In summary: good products, clean store, but at a price.

Back in the day when I lived in the Berkeley Hills, I’d probably cruise down to 7 Palms at least once a week to buy some beer, since that was the closest place to purchase Alcohol.
Try dragging your ass + a couple of cases of beer back up Cedar and up Laloma when you don’t own a car and I assure you that you get real good at studying this kind of shit.
Let’s just say that if you’re living in the Berkeley Hills this place rocks because it’s way convenient. Of course, it’s still a small Mom & Pop type of joint, so they’ll charge you big time premium for the favor.

They call this place the seven thieves because it is ridiculously over priced. However, it is great to pick stuff up on the way home from school (milk, eggs, diet Pepsi, etc.)
Plus if you are desperate for something like, tampons, twine, toilet paper, or Ben and Jerry’s, they have it.
Open till 9PM.