Best of 2001: Best Discount Store

GTM Discount General Store
7663 Broadway, Lemon Grove
619-460-2990
716 16th Street, Downtown
619-234-7122
8967 Carlton Hills Boulevard, Santee
619-499-4953
350 Cypress Lane, El Cajon
619-441-8183

Parking is sometimes at a premium in front of the supermarket-sized GTM Discount store. Inside, the place is crawling with shoppers. Clothes, furniture, housewares, electronics, food -- the store carries nearly everything (many products were at Costco a few months earlier for a higher price.) Calvin Klein women's khaki's sell for $9.97. Men's Bill Blass wool cashmere dress pants are snatched up at a sale price of $20.99. A Pfaltzgraff 18-piece dinnerwear set is priced at $67.99. A brown overstuffed leather chair with ottoman catches the eye -- $359. It comes in black also. There are cosmetics, light bulbs, office supplies, books, party supplies, toys, and beauty supplies. They carry some fine crystal and porcelain. You can even grab a Who Wants to be a Millionaire? game set for $18.99.