Comments on: Bushwick Supermarket Sweep

By: joann

joann — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:15:44 +0000

Hey took someones advise and went shopping at Western Beef.They are the cheapest by far.I bought a piece of bulk meat and went to the butcher counter to get it cut up ,they were very nice and it was clean .Thumbs up to Western Beef.Store is huge ,you will find everything you need.

By: some history

some history — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:56:45 +0000

I see this is an old thread but if anyone checks it out again I’d like to add that I was around when Brooklyn’s Natural opened around 2003 by completely different owners than the current one. It once had wood shelves and was opened by artists and designers essentially, hence the mural outside also. I later worked there in 2004-2005. It was a vastly different store then. As soon as the new owner took over he instantly raised the prices because he saw the newcomers as good as gold who would pay whatever he charged. I know what the wholesale prices on those products are and of course I now shop at Whole Foods and Traders and bring it home on the train. BN used to be a place you could actually buy your weekly groceries and we had a much bigger selection and awesome produce for awhile. It was more like a co-op for a time and I miss it. Sadly it became a generic overpriced “gourmet” store with less organic, healthy and real foods and more high priced desserts, candies, snacks etc… Maybe better than nothing to people now, but it was once the real deal.

By: powkang

powkang — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:45 +0000

i bought a loaf of bread at brooklyn’s natural and the next day i made a cheese sandwich and found my first two slices of bread covered in mold. i went back for a refund and they wouldn’t give it to me, telling me i can only just get another loaf of bread.

i’d like to see the excel spreadsheet with the locations/prices of all of these places!

By: mama mia

mama mia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:52:07 +0000

of course it’s more expensive in bk. most of the sales they make are probably from coronas and rollies – new blog?

By: Man

Man — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:39:16 +0000

Worked in Western Beef for years.

NEVER shop there.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:19:07 +0000

What about Western Beef on Metropolitan?

It’s slightly outside of Bushwick (though I’m not sure it could claim to be in any other neighborhood either), but the place is cheap if nothing else. They even have their own generic brand that makes everything from pasta sauce (99c) to canned goods (2/ a dollar) and bread.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:35:13 +0000

Great posting! I do a lot of shopping at TJ’s but for local shopping Food Dimensions @ Myrtle/Wyckoff can’t be beat. Good produce, reasonable prices, clean, well stocked and nice quick checkout. I find that for quick basics that C-Town on Wyckoff or Associated on Knick are both fine although prices for anything organic or natural can be high.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:53:22 +0000

I just went to some places I had never been to on knickerbocker this weekend.. a fish market, a veggi and fruit store and a Carniceria all in a row (by the park). I got two zucchinis, four kiwis, two cucumbers, a half gallon of soy milk, three apples, a lime, a lemon , a bag of pine nuts, three tomatoes, parsley, and a pound of salmon for $23. The veggie and fruit place had some dry goods too – and the milk. It was really nice….

By: Dresden

Dresden — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:41:32 +0000

Yeah Pixie, I feel you on your hate for Brooklyn Natural. It’s exploitation.

By: Man

Man — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:48:28 +0000

Agreed about the walking from C-Town, it’s nice I get huge containers of juice for 1/2 price but the arms do get stretched if you carry a few gallons.

There meat section is getting better, stopped going to the carneceria but then again I’m also cutting back on meat.