I remember my parents taking me here in the late 80's (when they had their humble storefront on…read moreHarlem Avenue) to grocery shop. They have come a long way since then. Decades later, they've grown exponentially and have several locations in the Chicagoland area. I visited in search of commercial premium ingredients for a pasta dish and found everything I needed. I like the exterior's futuristic design. Parking is easy with their generously sized lot.

Tired of walking the same five aisles at your regular grocery store? This place is the antidote…read more The first thing that hit me walking in was how different everything felt: shelves stocked with items I don't normally see, the kind of variety that makes meal planning fun again instead of routine. If you've ever stood in your usual store wondering why every dish you cook ends up tasting the same, this is where you go to break that cycle. It's a big store, but don't let that intimidate you. I expected to get turned around a few times, but the layout makes sense and everything is easy enough to find. What really stood out was the produce and the fresh sections I walked through. You can tell things are turned over regularly, nothing looked tired or picked over. Now, the honest part. Prices here run about 20% higher than what you'd pay at a typical grocery store. That's the trade-off, and I want to be upfront about it rather than let you find out at checkout. But here's the thing: if that difference doesn't break your budget, this is absolutely worth it. You're not just paying for groceries, you're paying for the chance to discover something you wouldn't have found anywhere else in the neighborhood. So if you're the type who gets a little bored buying the same brands week after week, do yourself a favor and take the detour. Wander the aisles, grab something you don't recognize, and let this place shake up your routine a little. Sometimes the best meals start with a store you didn't expect to fall for.

I rarely shop at this Mariano's, but after my experience today, I am extremely disappointed. My…read moresister and I went to the self-checkout and were completing two separate transactions. The employee initially asked if we were doing two transactions, which I had no issue with and understood. However, after I completed the first transaction, she questioned whether I had paid for my orange juice, even though it had already been included in my purchase. She then asked to see my receipt and snatched it out of my hand, which felt very disrespectful. What made the interaction even more upsetting was that she was only paying close attention to us the entire time. There were several other WHITE customers using self-checkout at the same time, and she did not ask to see any of their receipts or question whether they had paid for their items. My sister and I are both young-looking and have a brown appearance, and the clear difference in how we were treated compared to other customers made us feel racially profiled and singled out because of our age and appearance. I understand employees have a job to do and may need to verify purchases, but that should be done fairly and respectfully with all customers. This experience made us feel unwelcome, and I hope management takes this seriously and ensures customers are treated equally going forward.

Stopped in to the best pharmacy and staff on the planet…read more At pickup the pharmacist took the time to explain IN DETAIL what the scripts were for and how to properly use them. This kind of patience is not only a rarity but usually non existent. I want to thank the staff at this pharmacy for going the xtra mile. Keep up the great work

This store looks like they typically have lots of great fresh produce. They have a wide variety in…read moreterms of selection. They have dine-in available, which I found helpful and was grateful for. I was also grateful that they have prepared meal options, including sushi. The prepared meal options aside from sushi looked great, e.g., Italian dishes, salmon, chicken meals. The ambiance of the store looked good.

1 Star - Very Disappointing Customer Service…read more I have never experienced customer service like this at a grocery store. I understand that customers can sometimes be wrong, and I also understand that every store may have different policies. In this case, I was not aware that Caputo's does not bag customers' groceries, and I would have been completely fine with being politely informed of that policy. What I did have a problem with was the way the cashier spoke to me. Regardless of whether a customer is right or wrong, a cashier should never argue with or talk back to a customer in a disrespectful manner. There is a professional way to explain a store policy without becoming argumentative. What made the situation even more disappointing was that I had the manager standing right there. I explained to the manager that I felt the cashier should not be arguing with or talking back to a customer. Unfortunately, the manager ( short lady with curly hair) did nothing to address the employee's behavior or even speak to the cashier about the situation. To me, that sends the wrong message. When management witnesses an employee treating a customer this way and does nothing, it makes the employee feel that this type of behavior is acceptable. That is bad management and poor customer service. I am not upset about having to bag my own groceries. I am upset about how I was treated and how management chose to handle the situation. Customers deserve to be treated with basic courtesy and respect, even when there is a disagreement. I hope the management at this location takes this seriously and understands that allowing employees to argue with customers without addressing the behavior is not good for the store or its customers.

Always happy with their groceries in the store. Staffs are ao friendly and helpful!!!read more

This Whole Foods is in a convenient Park Ridge location but we've never been much of a patron and…read morehave generally found them to be pricier than we like for groceries.  However, I came in on this day to try their Friday promo of 12 raw oysters for $12.  You do need to have an Amazon Prime account to get the deal.  I heard about this deal from a neighbor pal who is a big fan and oyster lover.   I would say it was an ok deal, and I'm going with 3.49 stars, as the oysters are all on the smallish side.  They're regularly priced at $1.99 apiece, and for comparison if you have them say at Shaw's, they go for $4 apiece there fyi.  You can't really enjoy them in their dining space though unless you want to buy lemons and/or cocktail sauce, as none is provided, so we did a carryout which is apparently the most common approach.  Carryout is fine as they are iced and as long as you eat them within 2 hours.  They had 3 types of oysters and they are the typical offerings year round we were told - Atlantic Blue Point, Rappahannock Atlantic, and Atlantic Wellfleet.  I queried a bit with Terry, one of the two seafood staffers on duty, and he told me Blue Points were the most popular and Rappahannocks were the biggest.  I don't know anything about the multitude of oyster varieties, but I do like the idea of getting the biggest for the buck as they all taste pretty much the same to me.  I also noticed they were only about 1/4 to 1/3 the size of the big oysters we get in a Chinatown restaurant(!), duh, but that's an aside.  Anyway we ordered 6 Blue Points and 6 Rappahannocks.  They made for a nice lunch side at home and a nice little foodie treat.  The two varieties tasted very similar but the Rappahannocks might have been a little fishier tasting.  Kyle was the staffer who did the shucking (and Terry said he was the best shucker in all of Park Ridge!), and he indeed did a masterful and excellent job as you couldn't even tell they were shucked as the shells were carefully reassembled so beautifully.  I actually raised my rating by 1/2 star just because of Kyle's fine work ha.  It was all fun, but probably still a one and done on the promo unless I find out they are going to bigger oyster varieties some day!

I got multiple food items here that I enjoyed. It looked like the store typically has good produce…read more The store has a convenient location. They have a wide selection, although smaller than other grocery stores. I was usually able to find a lot of items that I was looking for. It looked like most of the time the store was not too busy. It even has a parking lot. I appreciated that the store had a lot of prepared foods, which was convenient. It was excellent that they did this, and a lot of the prepared foods looked like they would typically be good.

Great neighborhood grocery store -- bigger than you'd expect, well stocked, friendly staff, and…read morefair prices. A reliable spot for everyday shopping.

Mini-rant on Raspberry Stars. TJ's web site has no place to upload photos, they told me "sorry, go…read moreto your local store." Sorry, not making a special trip for one box of wonky cookies. Were these cookies made by Frankenstein's Monster? 1). Manufacturer knows nothing about making "sandwich" cookies: bottoms should BOTH face towards filling, so cookie looks beautiful no matter how it is held! 2) Filling: like dried rubber cement, sticky/overly sweet. Try using real raspberry jam. When I attempted to pull a cookie apart to scrape off the filling, the cookie exploded. 3) Looks like Flying Monkeys assembled these cookies. 4) All cookies in box were deformed and/or broken. Either your truck driver hit a major pothole or they came from the factory this way. Complete waste of money and calories.

All Trader Joe's are basically the same offerings - but a great selection for my meat-eating…read morehusband and my vegan self. VERY low prices, and my husband basically lives off of the frozen meals and pizzas at home. He finds dairy, cage-free and pasture raised, Humane Certified eggs at much less of a markup than at Jewel. I always find some new vegan thing or other, they always have new seasonal offerings. My ONLY complaint is that the checkout lines are FAR too long, due to what I feel is "forced" by company policy on the checker staff. The checkers are FAR too "chatty" with every single customer, when most of us simply want to get in and out. Great cart policy with regard to return and retrieval. Zero complaints and we will always be return customers!

Great selection of produce and baked goods--both made in house and from local bakeries. Deli has a…read morewide selection of products, more than most supermarket delis. One of the few stores where I'm actually excited about buying meat and fish because it's always good quality and properly butchered or cleaned. Sushi made in house daily; not the best sushi I've had, but better than other grocery store sushi. Very nice selection of imported foods from all over the world. Can be very crowded during peak times and hard to move around other shoppers. You do have to be aware of prices--sometimes they can be crazy high, especially for fresh fruit. And the young cashiers can be inattentive and occasionally rude. Still, one of the best supermarkets around, IMO.

If I could give zero stars, I would…read more I had an extremely disappointing and disrespectful experience at Fresh Farms today. I politely questioned why several traditional Balkan cookies in the bakery were all labeled "Serbian," when many of these desserts are shared across Balkan cultures, including Bosnia, and are not exclusively Serbian. Instead of simply discussing my concern, the employee who made the signs approached me aggressively and asked if I "had a problem with it." She then told me she didn't care if I ever bought the cookies. I spoke with the manager expecting a more professional response, but unfortunately, his attitude was no better. He raised his voice and told me he didn't care whether I purchased anything there either. I left feeling humiliated, discriminated against, and completely unwelcome. Regardless of anyone's opinion about how these products should be labeled, there is absolutely no reason to treat a customer this way for respectfully raising a cultural concern. After this experience, I will not return to this location, and neither will my family. Management should seriously address how customers are spoken to and treated.

How is aldi going to hire a 3rd party to protect the store when the security guard is more worried…read moreabout toddlers being loud in the store mind you my kids were not even running around they were in the shopping cart but the security guard instead of her being worried about people coming in and doing theft shes more concerned about little kids making noise. I see this as discrimination. Beacuse who is she to tell me how to take care of my kids but yet she wants to tell me how she raises her kids very unprofessional because who she think she is

Aldi is one of my favorite places to shop. Great quality and low prices can actually go together!…read more Here is a quick breakdown of this grocery store chain just in case you've never been to one in your life. You save money because the aisles are stocked with product still encased in their original boxes during shipment. Its ready for you to pick up but dont expect the fancy shelving arrangement that you would at Mariano's. You pay a quarter for your cart and get it back once you put your cart back where it belongs. That way Aldi doesn't have to hire workers to gather all the carts that lazy people just leave out in the middle of the parking lot. Now that you get the gist of it all lets get down to this store location and why the 3 stars. More times than once, this location ran out of stock of some important things i was needing such as milk and eggs. Another time they ran out of tortillas. If you call yourself the "stock up store" you shouldn't run out of stock. That is all.