Great family run business that caters to the neighborhood, and has an excellent long standing…read morereputation for quality and freshness. A good variety of fresh fruit and veg from local sources, including a good selection or organics. Love the fresh herbs. If you don't see what you're looking for on the shelves , Mike might have it in the back. If you are aware of days that stock arrives, best to shop early (ex: breads) and same for vegetables.

A friendly, old fashioned traditional greengrocer. They have lots of organic and local produce and…read moreother essentials. Of course this means some things are more expensive than the supermarket but it is worth it to have this neighbourhood shop.

If we don't go to Bartletts we go to Banables. Not quite so 'up market' but extra friendly and good…read morequality meat unlike those supermarkets. Fantastic pork pies too. Try the dry cured bacon.

There are multiple locations in London, but we were in Bath and wanted to check it out. Since it's…read moreone of the oldest cheesemongers and is well established, it is more expensive, but compared to American prices, it's still not that bad. They have a good selection of interesting cheeses. Even though it was empty on a weekday afternoon, the cheesemonger didn't seem particularly interested in helping us since we weren't buying a ton. I know it's annoying to let us sample and then cut a bunch of 100 g pieces, but we just didn't have anywhere to store the cheese on our trip. They also have lots of cheese tools and cheese related gifts, as well as their own crackers and lots of various spreads. It's a pretty cute and complete shop.

I was very, very pleased to see a Paxton and Whitfield here in Bath. I used to love walking down…read moreJermyn St in London and once a year, I'd walk in the P & W there and bought a special Christmas treat to take home. Paxton and Whitfield was always a London institution. And I love old traditional shops, especially businesses as old as this one. So, I went into this shop hopeful I could find a special treat for a picnic. It was lovely, a really special experience. The young man in the shop was really helpful and knowledgeable and friendly and not in the least bit snooty. There were lots of beautiful artisan cheeses from all over, including some special local cheeses. Suffice it to say that I tasted some beautiful cheeses in there and took some lovely stuff home with me. I can only recommend that you do the same. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.