Pertner Health Food Store

This place is like a "hole" in the wall! And when I say..."hole" in the wall...there is no exaggeration made here! The physical magnitude of this building...is an approximately 15 X15 size storage unit. They utilized every inch of this space...and crammed it with every health food item and vitamin that you can think of! It's located in a small strip mall...right off of Sawdust Road...near the Woodlands. Just perusing the area...you would probably let this place slip by you...time and time again. The reason...is that there are other business locales sitting in front of it. Even...after as many times as I have patronized this place...I still forget to stop by and pick something up...that I ordered. I would go by it and then realize...hmmm??? I just passed this place...and then tell myself...that I would pick it up later and "later"...might be a week or two down the road. If the truth be told...there would be times...that I would get in my car...to delib ... more

This place is like a "hole" in the wall! And when I say..."hole" in the wall...there is no exaggeration made here! The physical magnitude of this building...is an approximately 15 X15 size storage unit. They utilized every inch of this space...and crammed it with every health food item and vitamin that you can think of! It's located in a small strip mall...right off of Sawdust Road...near the Woodlands. Just perusing the area...you would probably let this place slip by you...time and time again. The reason...is that there are other business locales sitting in front of it. Even...after as many times as I have patronized this place...I still forget to stop by and pick something up...that I ordered. I would go by it and then realize...hmmm??? I just passed this place...and then tell myself...that I would pick it up later and "later"...might be a week or two down the road. If the truth be told...there would be times...that I would get in my car...to deliberately go pick up my order and by the time...I got to the area...I would forget what I was doing...get side tracked and end up somewhere else!!! Often wondering why I was in the area??? Usually...I would look around to see if anything rings a bell...to sort of "jog" my memory and because this place...is unseen through the naked eye...stuck back in the corner...I wouldn't be able to re-collect anything... The only reason...that I found this place in the first place...was because a client of mine...happened to own a Japanese Sushi Restaurant...right next door and I was so intrigued...that I had to check this place out! Sadly...the Japanese Restaurant is no longer there...(probably due to the fact...you couldn't see the place...tucked way back...in the back)...but this health food store...is still plugging away! It's very much managed...like a "mom and pop" shop and run (only) by the owner of the company and his momma! (Literally) What you will find here...that you won't find in a larger health food chain...is that...this owner...will move "heaven and earth" to find you what you need! Many times...when I was visiting family and friends in Florida... I would purchase something...that I liked in a health food store. Then...when I returned home...I would sometimes have a "dickens" of a time...locating the item here...in the Houston area. All it would take on my part...was to let this owner know what I needed...and if he didn't carry it...he would hop on the phone with one of his suppliers and would find it for me! Never charging me anything more and sometimes...even charging me a little less! Try getting a huge chain store to do that for you???!!! It would be easier...and about the equivalent...of having all your teeth pulled by a pair of pliers!!! This place might not win any awards...for the most attract venue out there...but there is something to be said...for old "hometown" business...and the great customer service you would be getting! less