Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Bike Parking: Yes Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
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$$ Price range Moderate
5 reviews
Bridgett Lockhart
My grocery store by choice, mainly because there is no other choice within reasonable walking distance.
Not that I'm ungrateful, mind you. I have and will continue to go here even with all of its flaws. It covers the basics of fruit and vegetables. Decent selection of dry and can goods. But I often find they only have a couple brands to choose from of each item. Not loving the "ethnic" food selection either. Ethnic, perhaps, if you wanted all of the makings for tacos.
Meat and seafood selection is very poor. They really have only the most basic cuts of meat and very few seafood options. If I want to cook anything other than chicken breasts or hamburger I end up going somewhere else to pick up my meats.
Also fair warning, the prices sometimes don't reflect what's on the price sticker.
Workers here are mostly nice and will ask you if you need help while you're browsing.
The Yelp Police may be after me… …Because I'm committing Yelp Pedophilia here. Writing up my childhood grocery store that I cam back to visit 20 years later.
And while many neighborhood businesses have changed, the Met remains. A survivor like The Destiny's Child hit pop song.
I took a stroll and while the prices were a little steep it still had that "Whole Foods" meets Co-op with a sprinkle of of (insert regional chain store."
The prices can be high as they carry certain things you'd find at Whole Foods (Annie's, R W Knudson, etc). Then you have the fresh produce that isn't just Dole, and the likes of the generic brands. The Deli is still serving up fine cheese and cuts of prime rib. And when you need that Pepsi with Doritos, they have some bare essentials of the good stuff so you're not limited to buying organic soda and baked tofu chips.
Happy to see it still stands and maybe someday I'll call it home.
This is by no means an ideal grocery store, but they have you covered with the basics. Open til 9 on weeknights is pretty convenient. There usually isn't much of a line unless you are going midday on a Saturday. Prices are okay, look out for sales. They have a decent amount of 'ethnic' products and a few specialty products. When you live nearby you are grateful for it's existence. Staff has always been helpful, doesn't mind if you need to run back and get something, are using coupons and will confirm sale prices for you. It gets to the job done, but don't expect anything fancy. There is usually a line at the deli counter, but the deli staff definitely provides that old school feel, like they remember you, and will usually give you service with a smile.
This Met and the other one on Smith are the two worst Met Foods I've been to. I'm not sure why the other reviews said they preferred this one over the other (unless it was pure convenience). Yes it's far better than any mini market or bodega but as far as a supermarket goes this one feel pretty grungy, it's very tight and cramped, and the selection on certain items (like anything non food related) is very limited. If convenience is not a factor for you then take a little drive to Fairway in Red Hook or pick up some essentials at Union Market on Court St, otherwise this Met Food will suffice if necessary.
The layout is different from my grocer of choice in Astoria. The oil is in the wrong place and the chips are nestled in the corner, as if they are something to be hidden away, shamefully and in secret, as opposed to being honored and celebrated (very similar to the treatment of this particular writer in certain contexts… *ahem four/five boroughs… some wax for my cross please). Nevertheless, I've been forced to roam these aisles many a time during my visits to this part of the world.
A good friend of mine frequently hosts dinner parties but a walk away from here, and more often than not (honestly not tooting my own horn here), yours truly oft prepares the lions' share of the meal. She "cooks" the healthy stuff (rainbow carrots and hummus if you fancy that), while I prepare the crowd pleasers (fried chicken, karaage chicken, Korean fried chicken, five spice chicken, Scotch eggs, sweet potato fries, etc… just to name some bygone preparations). I'll marinate the meats at home if called for, other than that, any ancillary items I like to pick up close by; this is most specially true if I make a bike ride down to this part of Brooklyn instead (I cut 30 minutes from the commute that way, I can't carry too much sh*t. The commute also justifies my partaking in the devilishly unhealthy albeit wickedly tasty dinner items I end up preparing).
The two minute walk to the apartment turned dinner venue on Sackett Street (heading east) is exceedingly welcomed. And despite my personal objections to the layout, one should pretty much be able to find standard grocery fare at this place. Oil for (deep) frying right when you walk in (and in the veggie aisle too?! So frickin' weird), and refrigerated meats along the back end of the store (at least they got that part right) are pretty much the only things that matter when I walk in.
Other than that, a serviceable spot. Nothing more, nothing less. Also, is it a Key Foods now? Need clarification on this.
My grocery store by choice, mainly because there is no other choice within reasonable walking distance.
Not that I'm ungrateful, mind you. I have and will continue to go here even with all of its flaws. It covers the basics of fruit and vegetables. Decent selection of dry and can goods. But I often find they only have a couple brands to choose from of each item. Not loving the "ethnic" food selection either. Ethnic, perhaps, if you wanted all of the makings for tacos.
Meat and seafood selection is very poor. They really have only the most basic cuts of meat and very few seafood options. If I want to cook anything other than chicken breasts or hamburger I end up going somewhere else to pick up my meats.
Also fair warning, the prices sometimes don't reflect what's on the price sticker.
Workers here are mostly nice and will ask you if you need help while you're browsing.
The Yelp Police may be after me…
…Because I'm committing Yelp Pedophilia here. Writing up my childhood grocery store that I cam back to visit 20 years later.
And while many neighborhood businesses have changed, the Met remains. A survivor like The Destiny's Child hit pop song.
I took a stroll and while the prices were a little steep it still had that "Whole Foods" meets Co-op with a sprinkle of of (insert regional chain store."
The prices can be high as they carry certain things you'd find at Whole Foods (Annie's, R W Knudson, etc). Then you have the fresh produce that isn't just Dole, and the likes of the generic brands. The Deli is still serving up fine cheese and cuts of prime rib. And when you need that Pepsi with Doritos, they have some bare essentials of the good stuff so you're not limited to buying organic soda and baked tofu chips.
Happy to see it still stands and maybe someday I'll call it home.
This is by no means an ideal grocery store, but they have you covered with the basics. Open til 9 on weeknights is pretty convenient. There usually isn't much of a line unless you are going midday on a Saturday. Prices are okay, look out for sales. They have a decent amount of 'ethnic' products and a few specialty products.
When you live nearby you are grateful for it's existence. Staff has always been helpful, doesn't mind if you need to run back and get something, are using coupons and will confirm sale prices for you. It gets to the job done, but don't expect anything fancy.
There is usually a line at the deli counter, but the deli staff definitely provides that old school feel, like they remember you, and will usually give you service with a smile.
2.5 stars…
This Met and the other one on Smith are the two worst Met Foods I've been to. I'm not sure why the other reviews said they preferred this one over the other (unless it was pure convenience). Yes it's far better than any mini market or bodega but as far as a supermarket goes this one feel pretty grungy, it's very tight and cramped, and the selection on certain items (like anything non food related) is very limited. If convenience is not a factor for you then take a little drive to Fairway in Red Hook or pick up some essentials at Union Market on Court St, otherwise this Met Food will suffice if necessary.
The layout is different from my grocer of choice in Astoria. The oil is in the wrong place and the chips are nestled in the corner, as if they are something to be hidden away, shamefully and in secret, as opposed to being honored and celebrated (very similar to the treatment of this particular writer in certain contexts… *ahem four/five boroughs… some wax for my cross please). Nevertheless, I've been forced to roam these aisles many a time during my visits to this part of the world.
A good friend of mine frequently hosts dinner parties but a walk away from here, and more often than not (honestly not tooting my own horn here), yours truly oft prepares the lions' share of the meal. She "cooks" the healthy stuff (rainbow carrots and hummus if you fancy that), while I prepare the crowd pleasers (fried chicken, karaage chicken, Korean fried chicken, five spice chicken, Scotch eggs, sweet potato fries, etc… just to name some bygone preparations). I'll marinate the meats at home if called for, other than that, any ancillary items I like to pick up close by; this is most specially true if I make a bike ride down to this part of Brooklyn instead (I cut 30 minutes from the commute that way, I can't carry too much sh*t. The commute also justifies my partaking in the devilishly unhealthy albeit wickedly tasty dinner items I end up preparing).
The two minute walk to the apartment turned dinner venue on Sackett Street (heading east) is exceedingly welcomed. And despite my personal objections to the layout, one should pretty much be able to find standard grocery fare at this place. Oil for (deep) frying right when you walk in (and in the veggie aisle too?! So frickin' weird), and refrigerated meats along the back end of the store (at least they got that part right) are pretty much the only things that matter when I walk in.
Other than that, a serviceable spot. Nothing more, nothing less. Also, is it a Key Foods now? Need clarification on this.