Key Food on Flatbush

innocent x

I continue to punish myself by going here. Today's annoyance: their sale signs. They're never right or all encompassing. It's always the one variety of something I bring up to the register that ISN'T on sale even though it's conveniently left off the sale sign. Again, fuck these price gouging salami salesmen.

bksouthernstyle

Pathmark @ the Atlantic Center is pretty awesome. The main selling point for me was the freh veggies, that and I'm not dropping my whole paycheck everytime I go. They have everything, except the creepy guy from The Met who violates you everytime you walk by, they don't have him. AND they've just finished remodeling. And last but not least, they have SELF CHECK-OUT AISLE'S! hooray for Pathmark...

mr. tips

BKSouthernStyle wrote: Pathmark @ the Atlantic Center is pretty awesome. The main selling point for me was the freh veggies, that and I'm not dropping my whole paycheck everytime I go. They have everything, except the creepy guy from The Met who violates you everytime you walk by, they don't have him. AND they've just finished remodeling. And last but not least, they have SELF CHECK-OUT AISLE'S! hooray for Pathmark...

FAR!

poppy13

Trader Joe's - just went to this store on Monday after work. I've seen people on the train headed home with bags and figured I could get a little shopping done too. I picked the wrong day! It was PACKED. Could barely shop and then had to wait in a looooong line. Appantley Wed and Thurs are better days to go. But I will admit they had some good stuff. Lots of choices. It's all Trader Joe's name brand. I mostly was shopping for frozen stuff... but the produce looked good enough. If one is on your way home, I suggest you stop by and check it out. And beg them to bring to Brooklyn. Don't forget to bring your own bag... they really like it when you bring your own bag, they even help you fill it up.

meganlibrarian

poppy13 wrote: And beg them to bring to Brooklyn.

Trader Joe's is actually coming to Brooklyn:

http://www.observer.com/2007/its-official-trader-joes-coming-brooklyn

fjord

Key Food on Flatbush= Price-gougers. Many items average $1-3 more here than at other markets in PH.
Met Food=Good prices overall, lackluster produce. that guy at the door.
Fairway= whose got a car???

really there's no one place in PH area that offers excellent produce, cheeses, staples, etc all at reasonable prices. you have to go to 2-3 places each week....

poppy13

Nice that Trader Joe's is coming to Brooklyn... but it will still be easier to go to the one in Union Square. The location in Brooklyn is way down on Atlantic.

So I just checked the Fairway web site... looks like they deliever to Park Slope. Maybe we ride bikes to Fairway and shop. Then beg them to deliever to Prospect Heights!

This gets so annoying to just grocery shop. Good thing I can get Chinese take-out.

alafairnadia

when I lived in harlem I'd take public transport/foot transport to fairway on 128th (or whatever) at the west side highway, and then when I left I'd take one of those illegal vans (as in, not a taxi at all, just a dude with a van) home with all of my groceries. they'd usually charge me $5 or $6 (I lived at 135th and 5th ave). I've often thought of doing something similar for the fairway here in bklyn but I'm not sure if they have the deal with the illegal vans. arecibo would cost like $12.

kick rocks!!!!

Key Food on Flatbush=Sketchy meat

More than a few times have I gotten home, opened a package of meat to smell rancidness...NASTY. I stopped buying meat from there and have gone back to the Vandy grocery for meat.

meganlibrarian

kick rocks!!!! wrote: Key Food on Flatbush=Sketchy meat

More than a few times have I gotten home, opened a package of meat to smell rancidness...NASTY. I stopped buying meat from there and have gone back to the Vandy grocery for meat.

My husband bought some lamb chops there this week that did the same exact thing. It's a real crapshoot with meat.

mobina

met food sucks. every thing about the store if me the chills. key on flatbush is way over priced. just because my rent is high does not mean my food has to be. the key on washington is run by drug dealers(no thanks) . i will stick to the little corner stores.

meganlibrarian

mobina wrote: met food sucks. every thing about the store if me the chills. key on flatbush is way over priced. just because my rent is high does not mean my food has to be. the key on washington is run by drug dealers(no thanks) . i will stick to the little corner stores.

And the little corner stores aren't overpriced? I wanna shop where you shop.

alafairnadia

meganlibrarian wrote: [quote=mobina]met food sucks. every thing about the store if me the chills. key on flatbush is way over priced. just because my rent is high does not mean my food has to be. the key on washington is run by drug dealers(no thanks) . i will stick to the little corner stores.

And the little corner stores aren't overpriced? I wanna shop where you shop.

not sure where this person is shopping. guessing there's a reality aspect missing.

vanilla

actually, the deli that doesn't sell beer on the corner of washington & st. john's has the same prices as most things i might get at key foods. or they seem cheaper at key foods, but at the deli no tax/deposit/etc.

that being said, i don't really buy much at either place.

santa

every time I buy meat from the flatbush keyfood it tastes like cleaning products.

so enough of that.

other than that its open 24/7 and is reasonably priced.

cb

"mobina" wrote: met food sucks. every thing about the store if me the chills. key on flatbush is way over priced. just because my rent is high does not mean my food has to be. the key on washington is run by drug dealers(no thanks) . i will stick to the little corner stores.

Just curious. What gives you the chills about Met? I shop there a lot but really haven't had a problem.

roux42

Yes the guy at the front door is a bit creepy... But other than that the store is good. The prices are fair and the food of decent quality. The regular cashiers are great and the guys who walk you home with your groceries are very polite. The butchers have helped me out numerous times with special orders. They try to keep up with ever gentrifying 'hood and still carry the basics that everyone wants.

Yes it is not Fairway, Whole Foods, Traders Joes or Fresh Direct but it works.... and it is privately owned franchise.

anonymous

I'm surprised no one is advocating for Natural Land, right across the street from Key Foods on Flatbush. On the other hand, I only recently started shopping there in earnest. I have switched to a mostly vegetarian diet, and their produce is fantastic. There is so much variety, and they stock organic broccoli and bananas. The bananas truly taste very noticeably better than regular bananas. The raw almonds are exceptionally good as well. I'm told all the nuts are great, but I've only tried the almonds so far.

Anyway, if you like Key Food for everything but the produce and the meat, just hop across the street to buy your fruits and veggies, and then pick up some fish instead of stinky chicken. I haven't tried it yet, but it always looks incredibly fresh and attractively displayed. And finally I found a great source of Asian condiments, sauces, etc. (hidden in the fish aisle). Does anyone else love this place?

Also, question for the Mod: how can I change my username? I don't much like the one I chose, but the system won't let me register a different username under my same email address. Please shoot me a PM with instructions. Thanks.

apollonia666

Croooklyncupcake, I just PM'd you an answer about how we can go about changing your username.

travel_wench

Thanks apollonia, all set. Through the magic of the internets, I have been reincarnated! Thanks again for the prompt assistance.

santa

i shop at natural land as well. I buy most my fish from the guys at the grand street stop in chinatown tho.

pnlop

crooklyncupcake wrote: I'm surprised no one is advocating for Natural Land, right across the street from Key Foods on Flatbush. On the other hand, I only recently started shopping there in earnest. I have switched to a mostly vegetarian diet, and their produce is fantastic. There is so much variety, and they stock organic broccoli and bananas. The bananas truly taste very noticeably better than regular bananas. The raw almonds are exceptionally good as well. I'm told all the nuts are great, but I've only tried the almonds so far.

Anyway, if you like Key Food for everything but the produce and the meat, just hop across the street to buy your fruits and veggies, and then pick up some fish instead of stinky chicken. I haven't tried it yet, but it always looks incredibly fresh and attractively displayed. And finally I found a great source of Asian condiments, sauces, etc. (hidden in the fish aisle). Does anyone else love this place?

Also, question for the Mod: how can I change my username? I don't much like the one I chose, but the system won't let me register a different username under my same email address. Please shoot me a PM with instructions. Thanks.

I also love Natural Land. Key Foods smells like strong toxic cleaning product and everything I buy ends up smelling or tasting strange, so no thanks. I really don't mind Met, and buy basics there.

stacey

Santa wrote: i shop at natural land as well. I buy most my fish from the guys at the grand street stop in chinatown tho.

If you are going to go to Manhattan for fish may I suggest Central Fish Market on 9th Ave (bet. 40 and 39). Whenever I have to make fish I try to get it there. I don't go anywhere else for my Christmas Eve dinner of 7 fish.

carnivore

I try to buy most of my fish at the GAP green market on Saturdays. Otherwise, I go to Manhattan (usually Whole Foods, sometimes Chinatown).

sprite

I love Natural Land. I once served their veggies to my book group, and one friend asked if I'd gotten them from the farmer's market. I buy almost all my produce from there now. They also have cold beer, which is nice since the Key Food doesn't.

santa

the fact that there are two 24/7 grocery stores across the street from one another is some kind of god send.

Im spoiled.

anonymous

Subject: Met Food Walking Home

My theory is that the green grocer on Flatbush sells his older product to either Key Food on Flatbush or to Met Food on Vanderbilt. Or, the owners are related some how.

Also, be leery of the older man from Met Food, he is a sort of perv and has followed me home even though I do not need help.

We live in New York -- there is price fixing, gouging, recycling, rats, mice, roaches, stinky cleansers, etc. It is not a glamourous city if we look under the rug.

Night.