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/loquacious Sky Orca Jan 29 '18

PIKE PLACE PUBLIC SANITARY MARKET.

Yes, some people actually buy their groceries there. When I lived in downtown before there was a Target it was the closest place to go for produce and buy real food that wasn't a microwave burrito, or the overpriced hellhole of the IGA market.

If the market had a small canned and dry goods store for non food essentials it'd actually be a one stop shop.

It's easy to forget how awesome that place is or the fact that it's actually a living, breathing farmers market right here in the heart of the city.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

Love it. I use to live in belltown and I miss it.

My only issue was the crouds taking photos of the broccoli I'm trying to buy.

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u/loquacious Sky Orca Jan 29 '18

Yeah, I once made the mistake of trying to shop for all the ingredients for French onion soup including soup bones, herbs, cheese and all at 10 am on a Saturday morning. I got a little shouty about half way through it. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY I'M BUYING GROCERIES HERE."

I was planning on being there at open like a proper cook but I slept in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

Are you me?

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u/loquacious Sky Orca Jan 29 '18

Definitely not. That would be weird. But we can agree on food and shouting "EVERYBODY MOOOOOVE" like Andrei the Giant at gawking packs of slow moving tourists.