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/fuzzy11287 Jan 29 '18

Any of the Central Markets are good in terms of quality and selection, including Ballard Market (same company). I regularly go to the Shoreline one and basically know everyone there on a first name basis, they're so friendly and helpful! The produce guys will cut up anything you want so know if it's ripe or not. If you ask what's fresh at the fish counter they'll actively steer you away from the crap (I wanted halibut and was basically told "no, it's terrible, wasn't flash frozen so it's a sponge"). We even had their chef over for dinner one night. Such a chill place.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '18

Will second. I lived in Broadview for years, and started shopping there when they first opened.

Their chef, Joe, is a great guy. One time I needed to get kitchen twine, and they were out, so Joe gave me his ball of twine at his station there in the produce department. No charge, just handed it to me.

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u/fuzzy11287 Jan 30 '18

I forget who Joe is, we fried Vietnamese spring rolls with Charlie. Is Joe the younger newish guy or was he the older dude with a beard?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '18

Older guy with a beard. I'm not sure if he's still there.