A unique supermarket

When we stay in Twisp, we find ourselves shopping at Hank's Harvest Foods at least once a day. Hank's is a family owned grocery store, and Hank has been a pillar of the community since 1975. For the locals it's the place to buy food, greet friends and gossip about the latest valley news. And Hank's provides a good service too, since the next nearest large grocery store is 45 minutes away on the other side of the Loup Loup mountain pass. Hank's has reasonable prices and a nice wine selection. Bulk cheese and house-made sausage is especially cheap; a good thing for getting through a cold winter. And the store is scattered with odd things like tools, cheap toys and lawn ornaments.

But! Glance up up while shopping, and you'll see things you wouldn't find in a Seattle grocery store. Mr. Hank is a big game hunter, and the store is bristling with mounted heads and stuffed animals he's brought home from hunting expeditions around the world. Including two African lions. (Don't ask, don't tell.)

There are assorted horns and horned creature heads looming over the frozen food aisle:

A lion guards the Pepsi cooler:

And when all those eyes follow you around,
who needs store security?

Last weekend, we checked out the latest addition:

Just like being on the African savanna in the dog food section. Although by now we've been to Hank's so many times we feel almost like locals, and hardly notice the critters. Although it's hard to miss this one by the front doors.

And you can see why a lady with cranes in her cart wouldn't get a second look at Hank's.