Costco food court

[jammindude]

Their hot dog/drink combo is the best budget lunch in existence afaic

[Cool Chris]

Won't argue that. Though I am displeased they no longer offer fresh chopped onions for the hot dogs - at least mine doesn't.

[pg1067]

Sounds like a good deal, but every time I've had a warehouse club membership, I've ended up buying a bunch of stuff I otherwise wouldn't have bought.

Plus, I HATE auto-renew stuff.  I've had a Sam's Club membership for the past few years to buy stuff for my kid's marching band, and last time I renewed it (at the checkstand), it automatically did auto-renewal.  Initially, I thought it was one of those things where you had to make a phone call to cancel, but I was able to do it online.  I also had a "VIP" thing with a shoe store when I got some special walking shoes, and that was a "must call to cancel" thing.  Fortunately, I had to cancel my debit card because of some specific fraud, so I ended up not having to deal with it.

[Herrick]

Sounds like a good deal, but every time I've had a warehouse club membership, I've ended up buying a bunch of stuff I otherwise wouldn't have bought.

Plus, I HATE auto-renew stuff.  I've had a Sam's Club membership for the past few years to buy stuff for my kid's marching band, and last time I renewed it (at the checkstand), it automatically did auto-renewal.  Initially, I thought it was one of those things where you had to make a phone call to cancel, but I was able to do it online.  I also had a "VIP" thing with a shoe store when I got some special walking shoes, and that was a "must call to cancel" thing.  Fortunately, I had to cancel my debit card because of some specific fraud, so I ended up not having to deal with it.

I hate that some places can access the new card info when the old one gets cancelled.

[Chino]

Well, I decided to bump this thread. So I saw a Groupon where they were offering one year of a Costco Membership card for $60.00 (and added an incentive where after you get the card and set it up for renewal, you also get a $40.00 gift card and a promo for $40.00 off for orders over $250.00). 

So, I guess I'm off to Costco today see what's up with the food court and everything else that they have there.

How was your experience?

[Anguyen92]

It was pretty good.  I had the chicken bake and a coffee drink.  Good value.

[hefdaddy42]

We were Costco members, but the closest one was about a 30 minute drive.

They just recently opened a new one 10 minutes down the road.  WIN

[cramx3]

That groupon deal is great.  I did it a couple years ago.  However, I think this may be dfifferent for different costcos, but the ones here in NJ you don't need a membership to eat at the food court. 

[Anguyen92]

It may have been something that applied to California as far back as March 2020.  No matter, what's done is done on my end.

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-03-03/costco-food-court-membership

Interesting quote in that article.  "The change will not affect Costco’s policy allowing non-members to purchase alcohol in its stores or use its pharmacy, which are mandated by state and federal law."

[Cool Chris]

Sounds like a good deal, but every time I've had a warehouse club membership, I've ended up buying a bunch of stuff I otherwise wouldn't have bought.

We go to Costco maybe once every 2 months, and it is usually for toilet paper, paper towels, and a few other bulk items. But we cannot go there without my wife spending 30 minutes in the clothing section.

[jingle.boy]

We were Costco members, but the closest one was about a 30 minute drive.

They just recently opened a new one 10 minutes down the road.  WIN

Pfft. For almost 2 years, we were making a 40 minute trip. Nov 2020 one opened 20 minutes away.

[El Barto]

We were Costco members, but the closest one was about a 30 minute drive.

They just recently opened a new one 10 minutes down the road.  WIN

Pfft. For almost 2 years, we were making a 40 minute trip. Nov 2020 one opened 20 minutes away.

Luxury! I had to drive 2 hours to get there and 3 to get back, and by the time I got there their gas prices had gone up so much I had to return everything I bought just so I could afford to get back home.

[cramx3]

There's a costco very close to my house.  Probably less than 10 minutes.  But there's a costco about 30 minutes away that sells the alcohol.  I usually go every 3 months to that one to stock up and almost never go to the one closer bcause I just don't need to go to costco more than once every 3 months or so.  There's another costco about 15 minutes from work that I will go to just for lunch too.

[Cool Chris]

https://mynorthwest.com/3902116/costco-members-leave-mixed-reviews-for-newly-added-sushi/

Costco recently unveiled its newest item for the company's famously-priced food court — sushi — which caused lines and wait times to grow nearly immediately as members wait to try the retailer's latest cuisine.

Costco also unveiled a $9.99 roast beef sandwich earlier this year that appeared at a Costco store in Lynnwood.

I go to the Lynnwood store and don't recall seeing this on the menu last time I was there. I says "appeared" so maybe it was a temporary trial run.

[hefdaddy42]

https://mynorthwest.com/3902116/costco-members-leave-mixed-reviews-for-newly-added-sushi/

Costco recently unveiled its newest item for the company's famously-priced food court — sushi — which caused lines and wait times to grow nearly immediately as members wait to try the retailer's latest cuisine.

Costco also unveiled a $9.99 roast beef sandwich earlier this year that appeared at a Costco store in Lynnwood.

I go to the Lynnwood store and don't recall seeing this on the menu last time I was there. I says "appeared" so maybe it was a temporary trial run.

I didn't notice sushi at our Costco this weekend, but if I had seen it, no way would I have ordered it.

They did change out the Berry Smoothy for some kind of coffee drink.   

[jingle.boy]

My local Costco sells pre-packaged sushi in the store all day everyday.  Only 2 different kinds of packs, and I've ordered it a couple of times.  It wasn't terrible.  It's fast, and it's inexpensive - which goes to prove the theory of that everyone has 3 service levels.

[Anguyen92]

I've tried one of their pre-packaged sushi.  It wasn't great.  It almost turned me off sushi for a good while, which sucks, because I really like good fresh takeout sushi.

[cramx3]

I haven't seen Costco sushi before but I also haven't looked for it. However, I did see a tiktok from one of the more popular sushi tiktokers that the frozen Kirkland salmon is pretty good and cheap to use for homemade sushi. I may try it one day with my gf.

[jingle.boy]

I haven't seen Costco sushi before but I also haven't looked for it. However, I did see a tiktok from one of the more popular sushi tiktokers that the frozen Kirkland salmon is pretty good and cheap to use for homemade sushi. I may try it one day with my gf.

I had an old friend that told me he did that once. While slicing those fillets, he thought "this looks good enough to eat as sashimi".  Told me he just drizzled a little soy on a tiny slice, and gulped it down.

[cramx3]

I haven't seen Costco sushi before but I also haven't looked for it. However, I did see a tiktok from one of the more popular sushi tiktokers that the frozen Kirkland salmon is pretty good and cheap to use for homemade sushi. I may try it one day with my gf.

I had an old friend that told me he did that once. While slicing those fillets, he thought "this looks good enough to eat as sashimi".  Told me he just drizzled a little soy on a tiny slice, and gulped it down.

Apparently you should give it a salt water bath and dry it out and let it sit for a few hours before eating. (this was all new to me, I'm no expert here but we may try this soon)