Super Foodtown Of Bedford Stuyvesant
“It's sadly probably due to the rapid gentrification of Bed-Stuy, I hope they don't get rid of their amazing Southern/Caribbean food product sections.”
“The deli has Boar's Head, which is an improvement from the Pathmark that used to be here that only has the yucky Pathmark brand.”
“It's a huge grocery store that has a shocking amount of vegetarian and organic options (May-Wah products?”
Super Foodtown Of Bedford Stuyvesant
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
8 reviews
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I just luuuuurv errything about this grocery store. As a suburban girl at heart, I often miss large stores with wide aisles. Boop! Foodtown has it.
The prices are reasonable and if you sign up for a membership card you often get some free goods. I can't wait to get my free eggs.
In Bed-Stuy this is my go to market. They have most necessities, if I need something Esoteric I'll go to Whole Foods or Citarella. But, for the most part SFT has it covered- decent cheese selection, excellent produce (especially if you're cooking Southern cuisine) and an actually half respectable beer selection with excellent prices. The weak points are coffee- all they have is reground crap, meat- I never buy any here, and organic products although this growing when I moved her 6 years ago they didn't sell any. In 6 years it has steadily gotten better and better. It's sadly probably due to the rapid gentrification of Bed-Stuy, I hope they don't get rid of their amazing Southern/Caribbean food product sections. I recommend this place to everyone who moves to the area.
This place is incredibly disgusting. The entire establishment reeks of cat food. The odor hits you especially hard when you enter, in the fruit section of all places. You eventually get used to it but it's still distinctly there.
It's in terrible disrepair, with scuffs on almost every floor. It looks like it hasn't been updated since the 90s, and that's probably the case.
As of July 2015 they look to be doing upgrades to some walls.
Prices are average. Frustratingly, not be early lower than in the rest of the city, despite this being the cheapest neighborhood close to Manhattan.
I give this an extra star because the guy who bagged my groceries was especially nice, letting me know the date when I filled out a form and thanking me for signing up for their club card. He sang along to one of the intercom songs and generally had a good humor about him. In New York this is truly a remarkable level of service!
A pretty decent sized supermarket with organic and some natural food brands and products. I like how everything is layed out in an organized and easy to find fashion. Lines move quickly during weeknights and the prices are okay, not great.
Gentrification is a funny thing. It spreads through a neighborhood like a clever joke, making laugh-out-loud changes for the "better" to this local supermarket. A sushi corner here, some "organic" produce there–often mixed in with the conventional for clarity–and a special all natural, and gluten-free snack section. As much as I am an advocate for healthy eating, what am I supposed to do with a flour-less, eggless, butter-less, sugarless cookie? Not have any late-night snack fun, that's what.
Noticing that the changes haven't reached every area of this store, makes me chuckle even more. So while the getting-smaller-every-day sushi nook may be evidence that a change is happening, or simply that it is 2013 in NYC and Bed-Stuy is actually part of NYC, a good number of the cashiers still have the same It's-not-my fault-this-line-is-so-slow-it's-yours perspective, and hairstyles that reflect the 1990s. Think: mean and not cute.
Speaking of the beloved 90s, I wonder about the shelf life of certain products. I've had a few "this expiration date was yesterday" times and a special "Ewwww, What is that at the top of that jar I just opened" moment. And in the produce section, a few browning broccoli sprouts and yellowing collard greens prove that Superfoodtown is in need of some more gentrification, or at least real care from management to put out good products for long-time customers like me.
All that being said there are the freshly baked "reasons" I keep coming here. Quite honestly the smell of just out of the oven bread on Saturday mornings is a major one. Another is I don't trust buying meat, eggs, or dairy from anywhere else in the area. Yet another is I love to laugh at all of the innocent shenanigans that go on here, gentrified-induced and otherwise.
I kinda hate this place for so many reasons. Main reason: useless staff. If you can't find it don't bother asking because no one, and I mean NO ONE will have a freaking clue. Actually if you spot and manage to speak to a floor employee, consider yourself lucky. Reason two: The parking situation. Yes they have a parking garage, which is great, until you realize you can't bring your cart full of groceries to your car. The elevator is blocked off by a gate, which they NEVER unlock. So depending on how much grocery you have ( and I usually have a lot) you usually have to make several trips to your car. I'm a suspicious sort so I'm always tense thinking someone will swipe my remaining bags as I make a mad dash to my car.
Reason Three: What's up with all the paper? You get the actually receipt, then a coupon, then something else that tells you how much you have on your Foodtown discount card, and one other. Just combine all of them.
As far as supermarkets go, this one is your better option in the area. The place is relatively clean.The fruit and veggies are a decent quality. The meat does not look shady.
I would be remiss if I did not comment on the cashiers, who are always pleasant.
Excellent local grocery store with a huge selection of natural and vegan foods at average prices. My only complaint is that their selection of bread leaves much to be desired. We live in New York City. Is fresh bread too much to ask for? Bread Alone?
Their shelves are usually fully stocked with a variety of products. There was a lot of concern from the community about the new supermarket that would replace Pathmark, but I think they managed to settle in quite nicely into Bedford-Stuyvesant. It took a while to get used to the higher prices, but the quality is there. My favorite aisle is the one that caters to the West Indian heritage of the surrounding efforts. That signals to me that the owner/manager is cognizant of the community's needs and have chosen to embrace rather than alienate them. The points program is pretty good. It can be tempting to use points to get free products, but we're usually able to fight it. The big payoff is the free turkey they give away annually, but you've got to have those points racked up.