Marty's in Allston is more than a liquor store, it has an amazing deli. Boar's Head meats, nice rolls and french baguettes, all kinds of gourmet spreads and toppings, a hoard of pre-designed sandwiches, pasta and potato salads, grape leaves...tons of stuff. Not to mention a bunch of awesome jerks who work back there. The store also has a lot of gourmet products you can buy, like hot sauces and mustards and olive oil and cheeses, and imported pepper balls. Aside from all of that, they have a big wine department and often feature some really cheap beer. For a few months they were selling Bass ale pub can 8 packs for 8 bucks...other places had them for almost double. And maybe if you're lucky, you'll run into the notorious Mr. Butch on the street corner.
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