Richmond gets a new shop for durian, the stinkiest of fruits

A shop selling nothing but durian, the Asian fruit renowned for its rotten odor, has opened in Richmond.

Liu Shang Pin, whose sign calls it the “JQ&B Richmond CA Flagship Store,” debuted in early October in the Pacific East Mall. It appears to be the only one of its kind in the Bay Area. The store’s stock and raison d’etre is whole durian, wrapped in gold foil and presented like treasures in glass-fronted fridges.

The shop is designed like a tropical jungle inhabited by weird, durian-pomorphic characters.