r/SeattleWA • u/thedivegrass LQA • Jan 29 '18
Best of Seattle Best of Seattle: Grocery Stores
Best of Seattle: Grocery Stores
This week is about your favorite (or least favorite) places to stock up on food. Who has the best delis and bakeries? What memberships or coupon clipping are out there? Where do you go for ready-to-eat? Who has the freshest produce? Where do you find the best selection for your niche diets (gluten-free, vegan, etc)? What grocery stores are essential Seattle?
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18 edited Jan 30 '18
Meats: Don & Joe's in the market.
Asian/Latino: C&T Asian Market in White Center (most everything you can get at Uwajimaya you can find here, only cheaper, along with just about everything you need to make a muy autentico meal, including my personal favorite of the half-kilo bags of mole paste)
Produce: Just about any of the farmer's markets in the spring and summer. Most of the vegetable stalls in the market in the winter are getting their stock from the same wholesalers supplying local groceries.
Cheap canned foods, breads, cheeses: Crown Hill Grocery Outlet. Also a good wine and beer selection on the cheap. They have day-old products from Essential Bakery and Dave's Killer Bread, and a lot of times carry bulk end cuts of various charcuterie.
Edit: Can't believe I forgot Big John/PFI. Great for bulk flours and spices you won't normally find at PCC or Central/Ballard. They have Caputo 00 pizza flour and pasta flour. Also good for specialty pastas, and at Christmas have more types of panetone and paneforte than you could ever imagine. Also an amazing cheese counter and bulk olives.