Take-out: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
4 reviews
Felecia Bivins
If you've read my reviews I try to paint the most vivid picture of the business and mix in some light humor along the way to express my opinion. But there is nothing funny about the meat section at Trade Fair, which will be the focus on this review.
With two big dogs that are on raw meat, I thought Trade Fair would have some decient prices on lower grade or less desirable meats. The beef for soup was the cheapest of the options which ran me $4.35 a pound which was significantly higher I expected.
As I sorted through the pieces at home it was clear the more meaty chunks were strategically placed on the top to essentially dupe the customer into thinking the package is a decient deal, but its not. In addition, the underneath, underexposed meat pieces were turning rancid which was obvious by smell alone.
This trick has left me with a very unsettling feeling towards the rest of the items within the meat department and possibly beyond. The meat industry in this country is scary enough and my findings put a significant worry that will alter my future purchases.
holy crap did we leave america and just cross a portal into a third world country somewhere? one of the filthiest super markets I've ever been to. The produce was not fresh or clean for that matter, prices were fairly high for what they were, and the shelves, floors and other exteriors of this place are extremely dirty as well. Looked into the section for loose bagels and rolls and immediately thought that I would have caught hepatitis if I stuck my hands in. The only saving grace of this establishment is that it's open 24/7, therefore I will probably never come back here again, unless I'm belligerent drunk or stupidly high, and I'm looking to catch a STD by letting my hands roam around this place
This is more like a 0 star rating. i loathe this place. like more than a place with food should be loathed. This was my VERY first grocery shopping experience in Kew Gardens. And it took a few more miserable tries before I severed my ties with this store. One, its pretty big the the number of aisles cramming this supermarket makes navigating the aisles difficult and annoying. Not to mention the HOARDS of people also shopping there. Two, its DISGUSTING in here. Like FILTHY. the Floors, the aisles, the shelves and everything. Yes, their prices are great but I'd rather fork over the extra convenience charge for a store that doesnt give me panic attacks. I was asked to leave my reusable grocery bag with the manager because they were banned from the store… is the store getting thefted so much that they can't permit a shopper to be environmentally conscious?? FAIL! On my way home from the gym, i was in desperate need of milk. I walked into the store… and walked right back out. Massive lines. Massive chaos. Not worth the trouble for a measly quart of milk. My worst experience with this store was when i purchased a pound of stew beef. AS i was unwrapping the package to clean the meat there wedged between two hunks of meat: a dead fly. I wrapped it back up and took it back to the store for a refund. the manager eyeballed the meat and accused me of putting it there. At that point, i left the meat right on his counter and walked out the store. This saddens me as other trade fairs in NY are quite lovely. This one needs a makeover or to be put out of its misery.
(if you hate someone take them to this store and leave them there)
I live not far from here so I go here often to shop being that its closest to me and I don't drive. Here are the pros – inexpensive produce – wide variety of ethnic foods (if you love to experiment with cooking and follow recipes from the cooking shows or online which I do, they have almost everything) – 24 hours The cons though – the deli department is not very good as far as when you ask for something sliced very thin it's like they don't understand or don't care or don't know what thin means, I can't stand my cold cuts sliced thick. I like them paper thin- just how I was raised eating cold cuts – sometimes they have something advertised as one price but when you go to check out it rings up a higher price. Several times buying seltzer water that was on sale it rang up not on sale & when I said something the lady went to check and came back saying no it wasn't. It wasn't until I was leaving that I went to the section pulled the sign off the display & came back & showed them the sale price – it's always crowded!! – expensive on many things $9.99 for a pack of bacon? Really??
I hope they read these reviews and change what is wrong.
If you've read my reviews I try to paint the most vivid picture of the business and mix in some light humor along the way to express my opinion.
But there is nothing funny about the meat section at Trade Fair, which will be the focus on this review.
With two big dogs that are on raw meat, I thought Trade Fair would have some decient prices on lower grade or less desirable meats. The beef for soup was the cheapest of the options which ran me $4.35 a pound which was significantly higher I expected.
As I sorted through the pieces at home it was clear the more meaty chunks were strategically placed on the top to essentially dupe the customer into thinking the package is a decient deal, but its not. In addition, the underneath, underexposed meat pieces were turning rancid which was obvious by smell alone.
This trick has left me with a very unsettling feeling towards the rest of the items within the meat department and possibly beyond. The meat industry in this country is scary enough and my findings put a significant worry that will alter my future purchases.
holy crap did we leave america and just cross a portal into a third world country somewhere? one of the filthiest super markets I've ever been to. The produce was not fresh or clean for that matter, prices were fairly high for what they were, and the shelves, floors and other exteriors of this place are extremely dirty as well. Looked into the section for loose bagels and rolls and immediately thought that I would have caught hepatitis if I stuck my hands in. The only saving grace of this establishment is that it's open 24/7, therefore I will probably never come back here again, unless I'm belligerent drunk or stupidly high, and I'm looking to catch a STD by letting my hands roam around this place
This is more like a 0 star rating.
i loathe this place.
like more than a place with food should be loathed.
This was my VERY first grocery shopping experience in Kew Gardens. And it took a few more miserable tries before I severed my ties with this store.
One, its pretty big the the number of aisles cramming this supermarket makes navigating the aisles difficult and annoying. Not to mention the HOARDS of people also shopping there.
Two, its DISGUSTING in here. Like FILTHY. the Floors, the aisles, the shelves and everything.
Yes, their prices are great but I'd rather fork over the extra convenience charge for a store that doesnt give me panic attacks.
I was asked to leave my reusable grocery bag with the manager because they were banned from the store… is the store getting thefted so much that they can't permit a shopper to be environmentally conscious?? FAIL!
On my way home from the gym, i was in desperate need of milk. I walked into the store… and walked right back out. Massive lines. Massive chaos. Not worth the trouble for a measly quart of milk.
My worst experience with this store was when i purchased a pound of stew beef. AS i was unwrapping the package to clean the meat there wedged between two hunks of meat: a dead fly.
I wrapped it back up and took it back to the store for a refund. the manager eyeballed the meat and accused me of putting it there. At that point, i left the meat right on his counter and walked out the store.
This saddens me as other trade fairs in NY are quite lovely. This one needs a makeover or to be put out of its misery.
(if you hate someone take them to this store and leave them there)
I live not far from here so I go here often to shop being that its closest to me and I don't drive. Here are the pros
– inexpensive produce
– wide variety of ethnic foods (if you love to experiment with cooking and follow recipes from the cooking shows or online which I do, they have almost everything)
– 24 hours
The cons though
– the deli department is not very good as far as when you ask for something sliced very thin it's like they don't understand or don't care or don't know what thin means, I can't stand my cold cuts sliced thick. I like them paper thin- just how I was raised eating cold cuts
– sometimes they have something advertised as one price but when you go to check out it rings up a higher price. Several times buying seltzer water that was on sale it rang up not on sale & when I said something the lady went to check and came back saying no it wasn't. It wasn't until I was leaving that I went to the section pulled the sign off the display & came back & showed them the sale price
– it's always crowded!!
– expensive on many things $9.99 for a pack of bacon? Really??
I hope they read these reviews and change what is wrong.