Well I have to say i'm a little shocked no one else has written a review about this little gem!…read more This fruit and veg shop is fantastic, it's shaped like a horseshoe, you enter in one end, your nose filled with the smells of so many glorious fresh fruits and vegatables, you have a little nosey around as you make your way around the horseshoe and then you come out the other end after your magical healthy journey and pay for your goods. The price is fantastic and I truely hope that the supermarkets don't squash this shining beacon of what is so great about buying local produce. The front of the shop is red lettering and white background and is listed as 'Fruit market' above the exite and 'EAST STREET fresh fruit and veg' above the entrance - please take note, we can't be doing with people ruining thier perfect system!

"Get your strawberries" is currently what you'll hear being shouted by the grocers on East Street…read more It brings me back to my student days walking down Henry Street in Dublin. Its not a middle class farmers market, its a proper old fashioned market, with fresh and delicious smelling and tasting fruit at bargain prices. It also has a gorgeous array of plants for sale out front. I keep being tempted by them but am usually on my bike when I go to the market. In a world where local supermarkets sell overpriced bland fruit and veg grown in far flung corners of the world it is encouraging to see such a fantastic market still surviving despite the large Asda down the road. Its got character, cheap prices and delicious produce. Well worth turning your nose up at the inferior supermarket produce and taking the extra stroll up East Street to get some tasty treats. Craving some fresh strawberries now!!

Why would anyone need to buy supermarket veg? Go to your local greengrocer and not only are you…read moresupporting a small business, but you're helping the local community and getting your hands on the freshest produce, too. My local grocers is opposite a Tesco Metro and I can't understand why anyone wold use the supermarket, as the range doesn't even begin to compare. Plus the Banana Boat is reasonably priced and serves with a smile. I'm not suggesting that you travel especially to come here, but if you happen to be local: stop using Tesco now!

If the name doesn't draw you in on it's own i'd be surprised!…read more Great value fruit and vegtables to beef up that sunday roast, or add a bit of sweetness to the bland pudding, or just to stock up your fridge and cupboard shelves. As Henry says, why would you need to get any fruit and veg from a supermarket, or a smaller outlet of one for that matter, when there are places like this occupying most of the busy streets in Bristol. Make a small change in your life and get all your fresh food from here and you will never look back.

Mr Tomato is a newly opened fruit and veg shop. It has a clean and well presented range of produce…read morethat is easily priced. The guy who runs it is friendly and its a great place to pop in of a lunchtime and get a couple of bits of fruit to count towards your five-a-day!

Bedminster has a brilliant selection of butchers, bakers and fruit and veg shops, it's great to see…read morethat the Asda store at the top of the high street hasn't killed off these fantastic shops. Ashton's has some really tasty fruit and veg, and some brilliant, more hard to find, fruits like your Lychees (I think thats how you spell it?) so I challenge you to pop in and try something a bit different. On your way out as well, pick up some flowers and surprise that special woman in your life! who'd have thought Ashton's could provide you with taste bud joy and romantic assistence!

The fruit and veg shop as a concept was declared dead as a dodo long ago. In with the big chain…read moresupermarkets and all their sparkly, evenly sized apples and genetically modified cabbages. People have got wise to this and started going back to more traditional routes, and hence Ashton fruit & veg stores have thrived in the recession. I like it because the produce isn't all uniformly the same size and without blemish - but all the more beautiful and tasty for not being so. Situated in the height of cool on North Street in Southville, I also feel a sense of satisfaction each time I visit (and leave laden with cloth bags of scrummy veg for the week). By shopping here you're making a small gesture at doing something 'local' for a change. The obvious downside is that you may pay a little extra than the budget stores (who offer worringly cheap prices), but I can really taste the difference - buttery, powdery potatoes and crisp juicy British apples. The staff are helpful too, what they don't stock they'll order in. Veg-tastic.

Scrummy and yummy are just two non-words that can be used to describe O'Celeiro, the speciality…read morefood shop in St Nicholas market. Specialising in food from Portugal, Brazil, Italy and Spain it's so wonderfully different from anything else the market has to offer. As well as pate, pasta, oils and coffee, there's a deli section serving cheeses and fish from across the globe. And it's not just their food which is worth a visit, but their selection of alcoholic drinks, including Casal Garcia (also known as 'green wine') from Portugal. Perfect for presents, or for turning boring meals into something special.