CJ’s Evergreen General Store

The owner is so friendly! They make your egg salad and tuna to order like all of the other sandwiches, whatever you want in it they add it in right there. The deli is very clean, they carry local made food items. Ice cream and homemade pies available. Catering too!
The store is conveniently located across from the Evergreen park.

+ Friendly staff: I came in looking for something they didn’t carry BUT the nice lady behind the counter highlighted the local products they carry & was super helpful explaining where I could find what I came in for!
+ Great selection: local items & necessities. I picked up a homemade frozen dinner & some local BBQ sauce (sans HFCS)
+ Perfect location
+ Ice cream: bonus!
+ Made to order sandwiches
+ Local milk & eggs

As a new resident in the neighborhood, I was delighted to discover this corner store. They make in house food to reheat at home, have a small ice cream counter, and a good selection of grocery items. Looking forward to relying on this place when I don’t want to make dinner!

Terrible experience… today the dark haired heavy set woman who works there was absolutely rude to me for the third time. I nicely asked if I could carry my Chihuahua in to make a purchase and she proceeded to be loud and almost yell that he wasn’t a service dog. If she would have been nice and just said it that would have been fine. I only asked I had been allowed to bring him in before. I try to support this local business even though half of the food on the shelves is past expiration and I’m treated terribly everytime I come in and this woman is working. I’ve watched this business slowly go down hill and it’s sad to me. It started out as a little gem and went downhill. I bought a jar of queso dip one day when we were at the park and it was 3 years out of date. It a store of that size, that’s absolutely uncalled for. I really hope the owner sees that this woman is terrible for her business and some changes are made.

I am reviewing an experience from possibly as long as a year ago, so things may have improved since. Based on what I have read here, though, I doubt it! I felt inclined to share my experience. Maybe the owner will get a clue from so many complaints about service.
I grant one star because I have to. Let’s say that star is for the fact that they carry local milk and other farm products.
The store felt dirty, but that may have been the dim lighting between aisles. It did feel crowded and was uncomfortable to navigate. (I suspect they could stand to carry less processed ‘food’ on their shelves, especially if much of it expired years ago as some reviewers have indicated.)
We had to hunt for the milk we were after because the refrigerator where it was kept was unlabeled and unlit. We would have asked, but the employee at the counter seemed unsociable. I think she is the heavyset, dark-​haired woman mentioned in a previous review. She did NOT greet us when we entered the shop, and barely grunted at us when we went up with our purchase. She seemed impatient, and acted like we were intruding. I wondered if I was being sensitive due to anxiety, but my easygoing partner also thought the woman behaved badly.
This was our first time visiting the store. Based on other reviewers’ experiences, I tremble to imagine how that woman might have behaved if we had done anything more to draw attention to ourselves. I almost wish we had a dog so we could politely ask the employees about bringing it inside the store, just to measure the reaction. Being shouted at doesn’t seem very inviting, though!
Anyway, we experienced indirect rudeness at worst, but certainly not the level of customer service one expects from a store that purports to be an old-​timey neighbourhood hub. It was overall a very unpleasant experience, and we have not returned. It is a shame that CJ’s Evergreen General Store represents itself so differently online than it does in person.
Oh, also, I sent them an email inquiring about a product, and they never responded. Classy. This means I would have to call (horror!) or go in person to deal with their sullen employees. I say thee NAY.
We have been going to Abundantly Green for our local goods, and we are extremely pleased with the service and quality there!

Came to the new park across the street to enjoy a day with family and friends. When we decided we wanted to check out the general store for ice cream, we asked the girls behind the counter if it was OK to bring our pup (golden retriever) in the store. A simple «no, [insert logical reason here]» or «sorry, no» or even a «nope» would have sufficed, instead they took it upon themselves to be very rude. «Absolutely not and that is NOT a puppy.»
I will never support or recommend any business, local or not, if this is how they treat customers. Don’t waste your time with this rundown place, they don’t want Bremerton’ s business.

It is more than oblivious that the previous reviews on here are from the owner and employees I have been in this store several times, ALL employees including the owner have bad attitudes my last experience was enough for me to stay away for ever I would rather drink water from the gutter than buy a water from cjs their food will make you sick if their attitudes alone don’t if your in the area do your self a favor and go somewhere else

Note — this review applies only to the vendor booth located at the Bremerton Farmer’s Market. The counter help is always polite, however the burger flippers are some of the most rude and condescending twats I’ve ever encountered at at Farmer’s Market. You guys are embarrassing. Please clean up the act.

I grew up in the neighborhood of this store back in the 60’s! Although it’s a much cooler store now, it’s very nostalgic for me to go there and to Evergreen Park. My family picked up sandwiches there this week to eat at the park. The sandwiches were delicious. They were pretty busy when we arrived and more people kept coming in, but the 2 gals working at 530pm did very well, getting orders rang up and out the door. Next time I want to try their licorice ice cream. Yum, sounds good!

Wonderful customer service — they know me by name. Can’t beat the selection of local goods and their food to go is delicious.

Saturday mornings my wife, dog and I walk to Evergreen Park to enjoy being outside and getting some exercise. One of the places we like to peruse is CJ’s General Store. Its right across the street and has a variety of food stuffs from candy to whole unprocessed milk and they have a watering hole for the dog. Definitely a fun local store to grab something quick to snack on.

An excellent place that I’m embarassed that I don’t go to more. It’s stocked well with lots of things you wouldn’t expect for a business it’s size. The premade meals are amazing and worth your time if your in a rush to make something at home. Good food as well. Had a hummus wrap there a few days ago and really enjoyed it. I also really like that it has a hitch for my dog with a waterbowl that way I can go inside. There’s really nothing to dislike about it. Worth your time if you are ever in Evergreen park.

A step back in time — about 40 years.
Cute little market with intelligent choices for what they carry — just about anything you could need at the amazing Evergreen park across the street but forgot at home.
They also run a ice cream and deli tucked into a small little corner. I haven’t tried the ice cream yet, but the sandwiches were pretty dang good. Imagine if you had time to make yourself an amazing sandwich at home — that’s what you get here.
Also of note, the store seems to carry a lot of locally produced items — the ice cream is made locally, they carried Hummingbird sodas made in Silverdale, and signs show that they sell whole local milk on a weekly basis.
Docked one star for price/​value on the sandwiches, and the speed at which they were made, but it’s really worth checking out.