Union Market: Delish But No Bargain
Given Clinton Hill’s limited selection of gourmet food (L’Epicerie, that’s it), we decided to head over to Union Market (at Union and Sixth Avenue) in Park Slope on Saturday to shop for a dinner we were giving that night. We had a great experience–decent cheese selection, great meats, not too crowded–until we got to the…
Given Clinton Hill’s limited selection of gourmet food (L’Epicerie, that’s it), we decided to head over to Union Market (at Union and Sixth Avenue) in Park Slope on Saturday to shop for a dinner we were giving that night. We had a great experience–decent cheese selection, great meats, not too crowded–until we got to the cash register. Ouch! $1.79 for an Emmi yogurt? Manhattan prices to be sure. But the pork loin that we seasoned with just a little garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper and threw on the grill turned out great so we weren’t complaining. Guess you get what you pay for!
I think Fresh Direct and Bruce Ratner are teaming up so you can order groceries from your seat at the Nets game and have it waiting for you when you get home. Can you say heaven??!!!
I could never leave the slope –
Park Slope Food Co-op- Fruit,veggies,meat, chocolate olives, cheese, bbq sauces and assorted impulse items all at fabulous prices.
Costco- Austrialn Lamb chops, salmon, OJ, Water, Books, & oil or Olay and assorted impulse items at fabulous prices.
C-Town 9th St. – Whatever may be needed daily.
Take Out- Chinese, Mexican, Peruvian, at excellent prices at least once or twice a week!
Does anyone have any feedback about the Clinton Hill CSA?
I live in Clinton Hill and I do a similar thing.
A previous poster spoke about “Delicacies” as a good place to shop. I’m in the southern part of Clinton Hill, close to Fulton. Where is Delicacies – or is there only one location in Prospect Heights on Vanderbilt?
I live in Clinton Hill and we don’t have a car. I’m not thrilled with FD, but it’s still heads above the skanky grocery stores around here. Yes, I go to L’epicerie and the Korean grocer on Myrtle many times each week, but the selection is limited. If we’re doing some cooking for company, which we do a lot, we end up shopping at Chelsea Market and Florence in Manhattan.
I find it amazing that a nabe with million-dollar homes doesn’t have one decent grocery store. I would be thrilled just to have something like the Key Foods in Park Slope. The Pathmark at Atlantic Center is generally unbearable–dirty and understaffed, with mediocre meat and produce. Thank God for farmer’s markets in the summer; at least it’s some help.
to the driver who is calling people who use freshdirect idiots – can you take public transport to work. If so, then why do you drive? get off your high horse complaining about damage to the environment by fd trucks. As a previous poster correctly noted, they deliver to multiple people in one shot, reducing car trips by such shoppers.
so answer the question about your own driving necessity if you are so pro environment.
There is a huge difference between the traffic one grocery store will bring and that associated with a basketball arena, which BTW is only 10% of the monstrosity that Ratner wants to put there and isn’t the main problem at all. The problem is the other 90% devoted to housing and office buildings and the traffic (not to mention the sewage, garbage, health care, police, fire protection, etc., needs) that these new buildings will bring and that are totally ommitted from any consideration of this design.
The comments here do make me chuckle. Seems we are all guilty of loving what we love and hating what we don’t. Can rationalize FD because its part of our modern lives and gives us what we want but a Walmart or a Blimpies on Lafayette would destroy our neighborhood. You don’t hear the kvetching about building Whole Food or Fairway and the traffic they’ll bring but the Arena – forgetaboutit – a nightmare.
Bierkraft is fabulous. Blue Apron – both branches – almost as good. FreshDirect rocks!!! Last winter, during one of the snowstorms, they cancelled all deliveries because they felt it was unsafe to drive (protecting their drivers and innocent pedestrians). The drivers still got paid for the day.
How can you even compare Sprawlmart and FreshDirect? And I am sure you can take public transport to work – a few buses, three changes on the subway, and you are there in a few hours. Instead, you choose to drive.
I don’t want another C-town in Park Slope. Until TraderJoes comes, FreshDirect it is.
To rant on, Urban Organic sucks – the groceries arrived bruised, near-rotten, and not at all any more flavorful than C-town stuff.