Great store, great food, fresh salad and homemade salad dressing ! Love that they support local…read morefarmers ! The staff is helpful and knowledgeable. And I love to support a small local business. Middletown has a great main st let's support it. Middletown also has the last toy store left in Connecticut.

Stopped in for some all natural products (just browsing) and I can't believe how much stuff is in…read morehere! There is so much to choose from; hair care, prepped food, snacks, dog food and snacks and they are all organic and naturally made without cruelty or any additives. The woman here (I wish I didn't forget her name cause she was the sweetest and very helpful) gave me holistic suggestions to my inflammatory knee swelling and pain. I have tried everything over the counter, prescription, orthopedic medicine; nothing helps but natural and organic medicine!!! It's time we start using what Mother Nature gave us! I've also come here in the past after some physical agility fighting which left me SORE and didn't want to take a bunch of over the counter meds. Arnica gel and tabs are great! As well as the natural Joint formulas

I love this tofu. It's the best tasting tofu that I've ever had. It tastes very clean and has a…read moremild sourdough flavor. It can be eaten right out of the pack with a little salt and pepper or thrown into a salad. It's made locally in Middletown CT. I can't praise this stuff enough.

Their Organic Tofu Salad is absolutely delicious, I have it for lunch or dinner more than a few…read moretimes a week. I serve it on bread, roll, or toast w lettuce and tomato. It's so good that you can eat it alone, or atop a salad. I'm so addicted. It would also be perfect as a dip for apps. I bought it at Whole Foods, in the cooler that has all vegetarian/vegan cold foods...seitan, tempeh, tofu, jackfruit, etc..

Delicious, healthy snacks to satisfy any crunchy, salty craving - and the most amazing customer…read moreservice! I am a huge fan of the kale chips, which are full of flavor and free of the usual twigs and stems of other brands My mom also appreciates a good kale chip so I wanted to share these with her and ordered several bags online to send to her (outside the tri-state area). The package ended up coming to me by accident. Wynter graciously and immediately went to work to not only correct the order but to add a sampler of other Raw Food Central treats as an extra thank you. (My mom is now a fan as well and my dad LOVES the super crunchy and tasty onion rings.) Thank you so much for your fabulous products and really rare, really caring customer service.

From the owner: At Raw Food Central we want to support and encourage everyone interested in what we believe to be…read morethe ultimate diet and lifestyle. This lifestyle consists of raw vegan food (no animal or dairy products) with fresh vegetable juices. Other factors which are just as important for excellent health are things like exercise, fresh air, and pure water, sunshine, emotional poise, proper rest/sleep, attitude of gratitude, and of course a personal relationship with our Maker. We teach from a Biblical perspective. Through personal experience over the past 30 years and much research regarding the raw food diet and lifestyle we have found it proves to be the ideal way to eat and live. Evidence and many studies have proved this to be true. We have seen diseases of all types disappear. A diseased state of being is not normal for the human body. We have to work hard at becoming sick, diseased and obese. It takes many years of dietary and lifestyle abuse to become sick and diseased. The good news is

I have only been here twice but I love the freshness and quality of the food!…read more Everything is prepared fresh and everything is usually individually wrapped, like the pastries and muffins so no flies or sticky fingers are all over them. There is a fresh produce area, bakery, olive bar, hot bar, prepackaged meals and soups, a deli and a seafood and butcher counter I tried jalapeño bacon for the first time and it was soo good. Not too hot but just enough heat! I also got some banana cream pudding and some other fresh produce and meats.

They're potato salad uses Helmanns mayo which I love The…read morelast 2 times the salad was too vinegary and I believe missing sugar like the original Hellman's recipe

I love this store. Both owners know a great deal about vitamins and they are very nice.read more

Local small business that has been around for a very long time. Very helpful staff (or owners?) and…read morea large selection of vitamins. There's some other knock knacks but the real reason to stop in is for supplements,vitamins and st cold season the miracle known as CNF.

A girlfriend & I were at a laundromat, and she suggested this smoothie spot, right across the…read morestreet. I'm a healthy gentleman myself, so of course, we had to indulge. From outside it's a little small, but once entering I liked the layout. The server was friendly and bilingual. Everything was clean and neat. There are spots where patrons can lay back and unwind at a table with seats and enjoy a delicious drink. Overall, I'd recommend it, undoubtedly.

Rosa is the owner operator of this very nice establishment and I come here from 20 something…read moreminutes away so I can enjoy her very nutritious energy drinks, smoothies and herbal life, healthy supplements and nutritional products that she also incorporates in some of her smoothies and energy drinks. This is the place to go, if you want a wonderful nutritious energy, drink, or smoothie whether it be winter or summer!

This is the only Vitamin Shopp location that seems to have rude service. I remember I had to return…read moresome items back to back and the manager "recognized" me and told me to leave! Other VS locations have been so kind and helpful with always positive interactions & aren't bothered if I need to return items that weren't beneficial for me.

Always great service! Keto options galore. Anything they don't have at the store they will get it…read morefor you quickly

Large facility, friendly staff. Love coming here and…read morestocking up on all of our diet needs. Ask the staff for their recommendations of the best products, you won't be dissapointed!

Aldi feels like a cross between a supermarket and a minimart. They have smaller stores, less brand…read morevariety, but usually well stocked with the essentials. I have found their meats to be very fresh. With some other supermarket meat sections, they will dye the meats with fresh blood and dyes and then rewrap the meat with a new expiration date. There are consumer report videos on Youtube that describe and show the practice from CNBC and CBC. But so far I have not experience that same practice with Aldi. You can easily tell a supermarket store does this when you cut the meat and noticed the color of the meat inside is significantly darker, or browner than the surface. With Aldi, I have not experienced that at all so I trust them more. Their ground beef and other meats have a uniformed color inside and the surface. My experience with their produce has also been positive. The downside to Aldi is that they might not stock a favorite brand. For me, I am very particular about the flavored coffee creamer I like and they don't carry it. But they do have generic coffee creamers. Not a big deal because megastores like BJs Club don't carry every brand or product line either. Aldi doesn't carry hot foods to take out. They don't have an onside kitchen to prep these kinds of foods. So I'll find I will still have to go up the road to S&S and pick up a ready-made roaster for dinner. As for this particular location. The store is very clean. Aisles are neat and orderly. Boxes of goods are cut open and place directly on the shelves making the stocking of the shelves very efficient and fast. The parking lot is large with plenty of parking. Aldi is also a no-frills low-cost store so do expect to deposit a quarter to borrow one of their shopping carts. It saves them from having to hire someone to round up the carts from the lot like other supermarket do. You get the quarter back after you return the cart. You also don't have to worry about runaway carts dinging your car. Bring your own shopping bags because their plastic bags do cost money. Sometimes the check out lines are long because they might have only two cashiers. But most of the cashiers work very quickly to get you through the door. Aldi is to me a good place to get the basics at a lower cost, but they don't replace your traditional supermarket. They supplement it. I am sure some products can be purchased cheaper during a sale but if you are like me and you don't have time to look through supermarket circulars, this is a good place to get a fair price, even if it isn't the absolute cheapest. My advice, shop here first and whatever you don't find, pick it up at another store if you are in a hurry.

The food quality has been going down hill while the prices spike!…read more Bought mandarins (cuties) the other day. They seemed fine, minus one I had to throw out. No big deal, only one. The next day 2 more were rotted, leaning all over the counter smelling sour I contacted the store but this was 4 days after the fact and ALL have been discarded because they are rotten. Of course you can't do anything without the packaging or the receipt. Didn't think I'd have to save it with their "fresh produce"

It's a front for herbalife, which is a shady MLM. One of the…read moreowners (i didn't know she was an owner at the time) was incredibly rude to me when I suggested they clearly list some of the ingredients. I messaged the company to tell them what happened and the other owner was just as nasty as the first. Plus 2 small sips of 1 drink left me in the bathroom fighting for my life all night long so even the product is terrible. It's also associated with major liver issues. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548447/

Passed by a few timesbit headed in today because I just got an a cavity filling my mouth is numb…read moreand I was hungry. It's a cute little space in Newington Centre. Venus nutrition is family run and I had the pleasure of meeting of one of the owners. When I went in today she was very helpful and helping me choose the shake that I wanted along with an energy tea because I hadn't had coffee yet either. They have a variety of standard shakes and also seasonal flavors. I went with the chocolate, covered strawberry, a standard favorite of mine, as well as the scoop of peanut butter powder as well. They have small, medium and large sizes with calorie counts between 200 and 500 cal depending on what size you order. It's a great way to get a nutrition shake when you're on the run and you don't have time to grab something more substantial. I'll definitely be back to try some of the other flavors. They also have a loyalty card which I grabbed because I live right down the road and I know I'll be back for more.