Fine Fare Supermarket
“Across the street is Broadyke Meats, a real butcher, another neighborhood plus.”
“The lines move fast & if you live in the neighborhood, someone will deliver your purchase for you.”
“Prices are reasonable and the employees are really friendly..”
Fine Fare Supermarket
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
7 reviews
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Pretty big spot that's open 24 hrs.
Also it has a pretty nice beer selection considering it's just average uptown supermarket.
I dig it.
It is not a good supermarket. It is the best one in Inwood.
They have the best selection, they are open late, they have better quality food, there service is better and they are cleaner than any other crap shop up here (C-Town and Dan's…I'm talking to you).
My rule has always been to avoid buying dairy or protein above 96th Street…and while this isn't really a true exception to the rule, they at least have the best to offer in the area. A steak or a chicken breast could be bought here…but I'll never trust their ground beef/turkey/pork or milk (or thawed and re-frozen icecream).
Hit 'em up for the basics…but don't have high hopes.
I have been shopping at the Fine Fare since I moved to Inwood in August 2014. It's not the world's best supermarket, but I have been to worse. After a year and a half, I know what to buy and what not to buy there.
Their produces and meats are what can be the most hit or miss items. When I buy produce from them, it's usually avocados, zucchini (in the winter and spring), onions (which can be rotten AF sometimes, so it's always good to double check their integrity before buying…), garlic, carrots, and other herbs (cilantro, dill, et al). Everything else can be *myeh* and / or overpriced. For most produce, still, I'll to to C-Town, a Whole Foods, or the Farmers' Market on Isham, depending on the season. As for their meats, most of them I find questionable. If you stand near their actual meat counter, it smells like dead flesh and / or waste in that area. AVOID. If I buy packaged meat from them, it's usually just hamburger meat, pork chops, or chicken breasts. Most of their beef, I've found, looks very questionable, already turning brown sometimes. Some of their pork chops don't look so hot, either. If you're doing to buy meat, do a very thorough check before buying!
For canned goods or frozen vegetables, you can definitely stock up at affordable prices. I'm sure I help keep Goya in business from the amount of beans I buy from them. (Ha!) Also, They do have a good selection of yogurts, milks, cheese (Cabot!), and eggs in the rear; I've never come across anything expired or spoiled.
Also, their sale items don't always transfer to the cash register. A few weeks ago, Tazo tea was on sale, 2 for $6. Nice! When they were rung up, they were their regular $5.99 each. Just be wary and proactive to get your sale prices if you find them.
It's not the best, but I'm in there multiple times a week, buying what I need to buy. I'm just savvy on what NOT to buy.
I don't know why I didn't check yelpiverse before stopping in here BUT this place is being put on the if I am in a cast and can only get there list.
I've been in here 4 times since moving back to the Heights. Twice I have had to return because I realized they over charged me. The first time I was all "well shit happens, and you need to go by the librabry". The second time I was all Xena Princess. Those two trips totaled to about $8. Now I know that isn't a lot BUT it got me thinking about my grandma shopping at these places and not paying attention because at her age ain't nobody got time for details. This is 'Murica and we migrated here so we wouldn't have to haggle the fruit man!!
I doubt I will go back here. It just isn't worth the mental work I have to put into remembering prices to ensure I'm not being cheated.
Selection is basic, and plantains cost more than meat. How is that even possible!?
There are two supermarkets around here, This one and Dan's a block away. I think I like Dan's better just because it seems cleaner, but both are just ok. They both have a nice fish market though. Plenty of Spanish products and Chicken Gizz.
Living in Inwood has lots of perks but the limited grocery shopping is a major drag. Its a really great location if you take the A train because you are basically dropped off outside their doors. It's what is behind those doors that concerns me.
The produce is terrible and goes bad quickly, the pricing on other products is high and I have been charged incorrectly multiple times upon check out.
I will not buy any dairy products at this location, the fridges and freezers are never cold enough and once I pored curdled cream into my fondue…I bought that cream an hour before! BARF!!!
Maybe it's become more bad than good since we've been there… but to update:
The good:
-you can get Sabra hummus and some fresh-ish pasta from the display case on the right when you walk in
-decent selection of bread, and in recent months, a better selection of cheese
-it's open 24/7
The bad:
-there's always ONE, and I mean ONE, register open at Fine Fare. The person working the register always, and I mean ALWAYS, works at a snail's pace.
– expired stuff
– horrible, horrible produce
-there's always some basic thing that I want that they just don't carry- I mean, really basic stuff (Lemon Poppy muffin mix? No.)
Try Ctown. Or Dan's. I haven't been to Dan's yet, but I hear it's good.