Originally Posted by
milepig
On a nice day this is about a 15 minute walk, which I would do, but parts of the walk take you past fairly isolated areas.
"milepig" is being diplomatic. Many of us would use the adjective "crappy." Or worse.
Almost next door to Manny's is Binny's Liquors, a fabulous store if you want to pick up some unusual imbibables. They have something like 1500 different beers, for example. Lots of rare spirits, etc.