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December 2023 by Vi T.
This family-owned grocery/liquor store has a small parking lot right next to it for ease of a quick stop and shopping for last-minute supplies. It's nice that they have a produce section and a mini hot foods kiosk/counter. Prices overall seem a bit higher than larger grocery stores. And since they don't have as quick of a turnaround on their items, I recommend you check the expiration date and quality before final purchase. I bought a bag of artisan chips and when I got home just noticed the expiration on the back of the package and it had expired.
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December 2023 by John Takayama
Service is great, but a little pricey. Best butcher in town.
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December 2023 by Rosalie Weatherhead
A little bit of everything. Gorgeous meat display. Lots of special goodies!
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October 2023 by William W.
I am a middle school student who went to this store after school with my friends. My friends and I had to wait for quite awhile before we were able to enter the store. On top of that, we were always being stalked and scolded at by the store manager and workers. I would not recommend this store. I am an Asian child and I cannot stand this hate towards me and my friends.
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October 2023 by Amanda Tozer
This little market with compact aisles has a lot. Great local food shop with some limited non food items. Staff at times hard to find, but kind and quick to help. Suprised at how much they had available and such good quality.
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October 2023 by David Sayen
This local market is a treasure. Great meat counter and cheese selection.
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October 2023 by Anyonomous ..
Service was horrible. I'm a middle schooler, went in there with friends to get some chips and maybe a soda. immediately, they treated us awfully. First, the staff made us wait in a line of a few other students trying to get some food for 20 minutes. If we stepped out of the line at all, they would go out of their way to scold us and tell us not to do that. After we finally got in, we continued to be harassed. Three times, a staff member would stop what they were doing and come over to us and aggressively say, are you shopping or playing around? All the times they said this, we were just simply debating what foods to get. After I finished paying at the cash register, the cashier aggressively told me to go outside immediately and wait there for my friends. When I asked If I could wait with my friends as I didn't see the need to walk completely out of the store, the cashier forcefully told me to leave now. My family lives extremely near to Encinal market, and goes there very often to get food. I am absolutely blown away that this is how they would treat some of their most consistent customers. I'm never going here again.
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October 2023 by Gabriel Duncan
Overpriced by several dollars. They don't take food stamps. Limited options. Will never have the ingredient you need for your dinner/cookout unless it's very common like salt. Go to a real grocery store first, because you're going to have to go there, anyway. No cap.
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October 2023 by Mareijke Weidemann
Lovely local gorcer. Interesting products you don't see elsewhere. On the expensive side but it is a quality store.
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September 2023 by KC Messenger
Excellent produce. Good selection of gourmet items.
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April 2023 by Chris G.
Shop here when I'm visiting family in Alameda. Small store but quality products. I recently bought fresh chicken wings from the butcher, they were huge and delicious.
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April 2023 by Gregory L.
The service at this wonderful market, is remarkable. Along with excellent guest service. They seem to help customers find products within the store or even new products too. On certain days and times they set-up a bbq area in the parking lot. They even sell ice cream made in Santa Cruz at Maryann's. They also have started selling ice cream from a local ice cream shop in town. I'm very glad that this market is located in Alameda.
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April 2023 by Ryan A
Blue fin is a great place to grab lunch and the market is just next door
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March 2023 by Angelina Pryor
I love that store VERY, VERY, much!It is VERY nice, clean, quiet, and the employees there are 100% polite, respectful, courteous, considerate, professional, and responsible, too!They will always be getting my business!???
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January 2023 by Chihiro T.
I've been coming here for as long as I have lived in Alameda, which is 30 years. This is the quintessential friendly neighborhood grocer. They greet you by your first name, the butchers know the cuts of meat you like, they ask about your family. They always carry top quality gourmet items. It's not a chain, so don't expect the prices to be comparable. I come here for convenience and to just feel that decent people still exist which you don't get ordering online and having no interaction with humans.
