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Fine Fare Supermarket
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- Nearest Transit:
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East Broadway (F)
Delancey-Essex Sts (F, J, M, Z)
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Fine Fare Supermarket
Of course pathmart, super walmarts other supermarkets are better, but if you don't have the time to go there, there is nothing wrong with the location of this FINE FARE. (the fine fare on grand street sucks)
I have been going to this location for like 10 years now, and they are good. They carry Spanish and Kosher foods, they have an okay selection of frozen foods and can items.
They have a good variety of fruits and veggies (and cheap prices). I don't eat meat, but my family has never had any problems finding anything they need, and they are always throwing meat products on SALE.
Sometimes the cashiers are nasty or have an attitude, but they are NOT SLOW ringing you up, unlike their neighbors on grand street. At this location they ring you up and get you out.
This place sucks, for real. If you do shop here, check carefully to make sure that your food has not expired. I saw a bottle of orange juice on the shelf that expired a month ago! Unfriendly cashiers, unsanitary refrigerators. I'm not a big fan of gentrification, but if it brings better supermarkets to town, then I say to hell with Fine Fare.
I'm not the only other customer to notice this. http://www.yelp.com/bi...
I quote:
"This place is just fucking vile. Among the various disgusting things that have happened to me there is the following: I bought a box of granola bars. When I opened one of the vacuum-sealed granola bars, bugs came crawling out. Ugh."
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Fine Fare - a fine find. If you live around the neighborhood and you're looking for an alternative to the dismally overpriced Bowery WholeFoods, here it is. The produce is very good, although I had my doubts before going. They regularly have fresh dill, rosemary, bay leaves, etc for less than you'll pay at WholeFoods. They also have incredible deals on a back table of old produce. Today I got six fennel bulbs and six tangerines, all of which look just fine, for 98 cents. That's a deal.
Actually let me describe what I got today and you judge the price.
Scotties Tissues
Lavazza Italian Espresso can (8oz)
Parade crushed tomatoes
Organic Valley quart milk
Organic brown eggs, dozen
Mushroom cello pack
Black peppercorn jar
green chard
green onions (3)
Italian parsley
apples (3)
pears (2)
plantains (2)
fennel bulbs (6)
tangerines (6)
stew meat (2 lbs)
onions (6)
spinach bunch
broccoli rabe
celery root
Total: $36.53
Tell me you could get all these things at WholeFoods for less...
It's true, they don't have a great bread selection - go to the nearby Jewish bakery on Grand. They do have an olive bar, at only $5.99 a pound it's much cheaper than the $9.99 at WholeFoods. They don't have an encyclopedic selection of specialty cheeses but they do have Manchego, Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, Gruyere, Brie, etc.
Love you Fine Fare.
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My local supermarket. Always some deal on groceries here.
Unfortunately not everyone speaks english, but you have the best selection of Goya beans in the neighborhood. And the koser aisle has no comparison.
Not quite a Morton Williams Associated, but it will do.
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This is not a fancy supermarket. If you were to imagine the opposite of Citarella you'd be in the ballpark. Yes, they carry Latino and kosher specialty items, as you'd expect from the neighborhood joint, but I would hesitate to buy anything from their small selection of "gourmet" items (the turnover doesn't seem to be that high). They also don't have any "good" bread. Their meats are typical low grade supermarket quality - useful for making a stew, but not much else unless you're in a pinch. When you are in a pinch something is always on sale, so you're at least not overpaying for cheap meat. Of course, cheap meat is better avoided when possible.
The produce is better than expected - fresh and well-priced. They even carry fresh herbs. The typical supermarket items like beans, rice, pasta, canned tomatoes, tuna, milk and the like are all very fairly priced. So when it comes to the items I buy at the supermarket they've got me covered. Other things I'll usually buy elsewhere.
When time doesn't allow me to do a proper shopping I can get what I need to float by for a couple days at Fine Fare, no problem. The money I save shopping here now and then allows me to spend a few more bucks at the butcher, the greengrocer or the wine shop. Thanks, Fine Fare!
Two more positives: the store is always clean and the manager never fails to greet me warmly (in accented English) when I enter. Worth an extra star.
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My favorite grocery store in the area because it's the only grocery store in the area? My apt is equidistant between here and the Whole Foods, and 4 out of 5 times I'll go here, even though it's further from the train. It's your basic grocery store and they have all the standards, plus decent produce. I've never tried the meat, but they often have good cereal deals! I'll go to Chinatown for fruits & veggies, but this place is the one stop for all your canned and boxed foods.
It's kind of dirty and if this was somewhere that was not NYC, this place would totally suck. But as far as grocery stores in NYC, it's pretty cheap and fantastic?
just a few reasons to love & hate fine fair on clinton street:
-so so close
-sweet stench of the cologned man in the suit & hat moving carts that almost knocks you over as you enter
-mango, culantro, goya, plantanos, etc...
-always something sticky, broken, or spilled on the floor
-ever-increasing vegetarian selections in 2 different areas
- you need to wear a down jacket in the dairy aisle
-finally getting on the organic tip (at least a few items...)
-all the little old ladies from seward park screaming for andre the manager
-cheap cheap cheap
-the cashiers with long nails text messaging & eating
-diverse population of customers
-they look at us like we are crazy when we bring our re-useable shopping bags
ah, l.e.s. fine fair!! what would i do without you...
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Here is how I would rank the grocery stores in the (sortof)near vicinity, given that options are few. Ranked in descending order of cleanliness/pleasantness of shopping experience/quality of food/selection:
1. whole foods (gorgeous and expensive as hell)
2. citarella (most are uptown, just as expensive as whole foods but not as nice overall)
3. morton williams (a big step down from whole foods, but still sorta nice)
4. fine fare (medium crappy, medium deals)
5. pathmark (better veggies than fine fare, a bit crappier over all, but 45 mins in line at night? damn)
6. gristedes (vomit)
7. grocery outlet (think the only branch is in harlem. Entire sea food section was outright rotting when I was there).
**addendum - Trader joe's is a separate thing altogether in my experience, so I don't rank with the rest. It has below market deals on pretty decent quality items, but you can't spend less than an hour there due to the mammoth crowds. TJs is more like a disneyland ride than a regular grocery store, with the line to match.**
So fine fare is where I tend to shop; its grimy but not so grime, some deals can be had but it's not like shopping in chinatown, and selection is ok. Hate that the cilantro is unwashed and gritty with dirt off the rack.
All things considered, I miss my generic albertsons from the generic west coast suburb in which I was raised.
