Ferraro's Foods
- Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
8 Reviews for Ferraro's Foods
Hey, if you're planning a BBQ or a summer picnic, you'd be nuts to shop anywhere but Farraro's. The deals they have on beef, pork, chicken, and fish are amazing, in some cases saving 50% is not unusual. They make their own hot dogs and sausages on premise.
Yes, the place could be cleaner, more modern, and bigger.......but this is an old inner city market. And yes, there's no point to even trying to go there on a weekend.....it's just too darned small and too darned crowded. You'd be lucky to find a parking spot.
Which leads to my biggest problem with Ferraro's. The hours are just too short, the darned place closes way too early during the week. 6pm last time I checked. Most nights I just can't get there before it closes. Which just kills me.
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I can not believe you will find a better variety of meats at better prices ANYWHERE! I love this place! You better have freezer space free when you go here though. We fill our freezer every couple weeks from here and eat like kings! Their sale prices blow any supermarket out of the water, and the meat cuts are good! Excellent cold cut prices, and other good deals to be had as well as their meat! Make sure you stop by the butcher and see what he is offering for specials to! Yum!
I do agree with other reviews, not the biggest place, not the most well advertised, slim parking on weekends and mega crowded, and well not most aesthetically pleasing you will find...but for the prices its worth it!
From the outside, this place isn't much to look at. It's definitely not spanking clean, nor is it adorned with beautiful signs.
But once you enter in... oh, my! This place is a meat lover's heaven!
Sausages of all kinds, all sorts of meat cut up in too many ways to count, packaged in various sizes to fit your needs, all in piles and piles, as if they never run out of this stuff!
I have never seen so much meat in one place. If they don't carry what you're looking for, ask the butcher and he's willing to custom cut it for you. Although he couldn't cut up chuck eye thinner for me (bulgogi), he suggested I use the precut chuck eye for steak sandwiches, and he did specially cut up beef flanken (kalbi). What' more, he took off one dollar per pound on all beef I purchased.
For the produce section, there isn't as much variety, but they carry the basics and possibly a little more. I got fresh oyster and shitake mushrooms (which I love to cook with), and I got a package of three and a half pound native tomatoes for $2.75. With such a steal, as my daughter put it, "I feel joy!". I am happy to have found a place where I can shop on a regular basis. Although not everything is the freshest, you can always find something here.
Warning: I can't say I like their premade foods. They are not the cleanest nor the freshest.
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I do love this store. You can get insanely good deals on meat and fish. I got 2 lbs. of king crab legs here for half the price of what it costs in the mega-marts. I've also gotten great deals on tri-tip, sausages made in-store, rib-eyes, and other good stuff.
I did have an issue once with some veal chops I bought here, so it'll be a while before I buy those again, but everything else I've ever gotten from Ferraro's has been pretty good quality for the price.
I do think people tend to exaggerate slightly the quality of the meats here, because the prices are so low. Don't get me wrong, it is an excellent value for the money, and the meat is of good quality, but some people make it sound like you're buying Prime grade beef, which you're not. It's about the same quality that any supermarket has.
I really dont buy anything here except for meat & fish, because I just try to get in and out since it's usually pretty crowded.
Still, for the minor complaints I have, it's definitely worth it to buy your proteins here.
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Finally. A grocery store worth getting in the car for.
The selection of meats is really outstanding - beef, pork & veal. The tenderloin filet I bought was way, way beyond delicious. I've never made better meat and I can't remember the last time I ate meat this tender and lean.
And it was a great deal and the bargaining with the butcher is easy. The meat is mostly cut and wrapped in plastic, but I did hear him offer to cut something for another shopper.
I liked the selection of frozen seafood too - practical.
I also picked up a tub of bright green Sofrito Ponce, from Adeline St. So tasty on, um, EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. The ingredients read: "peppers, onions, coriander (wide and narrow leaf), garlic, vegetable oil, spices and salt." Perfect.
A dollop of this, the steaks, Chabaso ciabatta and a green salad was the best meal yet we've had in New Haven.
I can't say I was too tempted by the "fresh" seafood selection, but in future I might be. I'm not ruling it out. And I don't expect to find any fruit worth buying. Green things looked better and I got some very fresh beets.
Also, cheap oyster mushrooms and Sclafani fig preserves. And if they happen to have wedges of parm, it's an absolute steal.
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My husband and I do most of our meat shopping here. This place is awesome and they have every kind of meat and fish you could ever imagine. I especially love their chorizo. Don't forget to haggle with the butcher over his daily specials.
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I miss this place- when I lived in CT, I used to go regularly, and I was a huge fan.
The best part about the place is the selection and the prices. There is a wide variety of meat, all good quality, and always fresh because they sell do damn much of it. They've recently remodeled, and it is also now a much cleaner, nicer place to shop.
I second the suggestion on the chorizo, and also suggest the hot dogs and the red-hots. You can buy them in bulk, and I never leave without getting a chili dog from outside
The only downside is the crowds. Especially on a weekend, this place is like shopping cart bumpercars. Most people there are friendly though, save the occasional self important person that you would find at any store.
A Great Inner City Food Market with excellent Meats, Cheeses, Deli and good selection of the staples!!
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