Cortez Hill Market & Deli in downtown San Diego's Cortez Hill neighborhood stocks groceries, beer, wine, spirits, and a deli counter from its 1301 Ninth Avenue storefront, serving the residential towers concentrated on the hill between the core downtown grid and Balboa Park. The market fills the same corner-store-plus-sandwich-counter role that JR's Grill / G Street Deli occupies in the blocks to the south, stocking convenience staples alongside made-to-order deli items for the apartment-building population that surrounds it. SNAP EBT is accepted for grocery purchases, making Cortez Hill Market one of the few small-format food retailers on the Ninth Avenue corridor that processes federal nutrition benefits. U-Haul truck rental and moving supplies are available through the same storefront, a logistics add-on tied to the high apartment turnover rate in the Cortez Hill rental market. The beverage inventory spans craft beer, wine, and a full spirits selection, covering a product range closer to a specialty bottle shop than to the snack-and-soda format at most downtown convenience stores, including independent grocers like West Cedar Market nearby. The most complex order the market handles is a full apartment move-in provision — deli lunch, grocery staples, and U-Haul truck reservation coordinated through a single counter transaction.