re: best place I can find ripe avocados in Metairie?

Yes they do.

The Ghetto rouses by my house always had shallots. Well that store close so now everyone goes to the Winn-Dixie Rouses. I asked the produce girl if they had shallots, she said yeah they over there and pointed to the green onion tops. I told her that's not shallots, shallots are little onion looking things. She said we don't carry that. FML, I'm going to have to find another source or get with the MGR and see if can start getting them. As far as avacados.... They normally have some nice ripe ones unless they are on sale. Then most of them are hard.