Food Bazaar Supermarket

I only went in the produce section. Plenty of good deals here.
I got a jalapeño, head of garlic, box of organic spinach, and an organic green juice… all for just over $ 6. At some places, it’s not uncommon to see green juice, alone, cost that much.
Not a bad selection of mock-​meats /​vegan specialty stuff… They sell a big square of tempeh (10′ x 11′ x 1′ –ish) for $ 7.99. Very good selection of Tofurky products; the slices, sausages, these new wheat-​gluten based marinated chicken strip things.
Some of the produce looks like it’s on its way out… I’d suggest looking at fruits and vegetables closely before buying them here.

This store is great if you’re looking for low prices and a huge selection. I bought cheese, noodles, two giant smoothie cartons, two bottles of tea, and two packages of applesauce here for $ 18 the other day, and you just can’t find those prices anywhere else. I’m sad it’s such a far walk from my apartment, because this place is great.

With so many good little markets in Ridgewood, I wonder why this place has a following. The prices and selection aren’t that impressive.
There’s parking, but most people are walking out with carts. If you’re driving, the Western Beef on Metropolitan kills this place!

The store was packed, but the quality of the produce certainly wasn’t the reason. To he fair, the selection was pretty good… Customer service wasn’t exactly stellar, but the parking lot was a plus.

I like this place. Decent prices. I dont mind that it lacks polished hardwood floors like at Associated. I like that its not overpriced. It gets crowded often but thats the cost of doing business in Bushwick.

WARNING!!! I’ve bought meat from this place and gotten really sick.
The whole meat section needs be cleared out and cleaned. It has an awful smell and I can’t tell the good meat from the bad meat. So essentially it’s all bad.
I thought buying the freshest packaging would be a safe bet. But diarrhea for a week is not worth it.
This was one occasion. On another occasion my husband came and bought over $ 100 worth of meat and veggies. We had a BBQ. Everybody was sick.
I was sick for two weeks from eating the food purchased from food bazaar. So my warning is to BEWARE what you buy here because you might end up on the toilet regretting it for weeks. Like I did.

I love this supermarket for the prices but there are no vegan products. It’s great for fruits and veggies though.

I like this place a lot. We get out produce there all the time. They always have good deals and I really like the hispanic food section. The funny thing about this place are the beautiful can arrangements, real old school. It kind of looks like someone has an obsession arranging cans, coffee and oils. The staff is nice and it is pretty clean. The only annoying thing is that you have to check your bags in the front.

This is a huge supermarket. Their vegetables are always fresh and they have a GREAT variety. I never have a problem finding fresh veggies here. They also have a huge variety of seafood and meats as well. I can’t imagining not finding something at this place. Only con is that the lines are always long.

There’s not a lot of variety to this store, they just have the basics scattered throughout the store. For the size of the super market, you would think that they would do more than just repeat items in other aisles.
Produce is okay, sometimes on the way to spoiling. The fish section had always been ideally fresh, although sometimes priced way above value. The meat section is well stocked, and competitively priced.
I would give this place a three star rating, but my bank card information was taken at this location and used at the atm in the deli across the street. Now I don’t plan on going here unless I have cash on hand.

As others stated, the quality of produce is questionable. Good luck finding a fresh onion/​orange/​without mold — especially on workday nights! On top of that headache, they are missing basic ingredients (there is no canned green chilies, sweet potatoes nor fresh basil) entirely. Sometimes I stop in the city to buy items I DOUBT I’ll find here. Kinda beats the purpose of proximity of this grocery store, right?
Worst of all — their chicken is always spoiled! I’ve tried 3 different brands (thinking THAT was the issue at hand), but all have stunk. I wouldn’t buy salmon here again either. I believe Food Bazaar lacks quality in handling procedures of their raw poultry/​seafood. Food poisoning is no joking matter, but I guess the cheap prices makes it an affordable gamble. Be warned!

I was thoroughly in impressed. Especially with all the good reviews. It was a run of the mill super market with horrible produce.

Interesting selection, but watch the prices change mid-​week, then get jacked up on weekends.

There’s nothing more that turns me on than a clean supermarket! I will admit, the bag check and heightened security throughout the store left me a little weary, but everything is safe inside. I wouldn’t say they were cheap… I’ve been living in the area for 4 months now and I have yet to find a box of cereal that is reasonably priced. You will find everything you need here. The store is super organized and the food quality is A+. I live alone so I don’t really purchase meat from there because it simply comes in too much of an abundance for me. I love shopping here for all my necessities. The veggie and fruit department are really fresh! This place can get ridiculously crowded after work or on the weekend, I’d recommend going a little earlier on the weekends or during work hours on the weekday to save you some frustration.

This is my favorite supermarket.
They have a wide variety of products so it’s unlikely to not find what I’m looking for in some brand or another. The entire community comes here so the place is always full of people from different cultures and backgrounds which I really like. I like that everyone comes together and shops here. The specials are pretty good from time to time and the prices while not awesome, aren’t as terrible as other local supermarkets.
There is always parking in my experience and if anything the B26 pulls up every 20 or so minutes outside the supermarket.
There isn’t a huge organic, natural, whole foods section going on here, but there are options and products for someone who is looking for that.
I like that they do have two or three isles dedicated to Caribbean and south American products.
There is often a manager /​upper staff member standing and monitoring at the front by where all the registers end. I like that if I should have a complaint or issue (which I haven’t had yet) that I could have access to approach a manager. Also there are a ton of employees working the floors and stocking so if I have a question I usually have little trouble finding someone to help me.
For a supermarket of it’s size, this Food Bazaar location is maintained pretty clean, well staffed, well stocked, organized and supervised (from what I can tell). It’s easy to access from a lot of neighborhoods because it’s on the B26 line, and by the L and M train lines.
I like shopping here and have even taken a cart from Park Slope to this Food Bazaar and returned in train with a full cart via the L and G. I’m not crazy and probably wouldn’t do that again, however you get the point. It’s not a bad place to do some grocery shopping.

im very fortunate to live next to this store, because I know every time I walk out I have at least 10 bags of goodies, especially since my boyfriend eats on the hour around the clock, so I always gotta make sure our fridge is stocked lol
the prices here make you want to blink a few times, compared to other stores where you’d end up spending over 120 dollars, here you can spend half the amount for good quality foods and meats
the meat section is huge, always have awesome sales too, the seafood section is huge too, always fresh live food in stock
they also have really good options in the frozen food section, especially carvel and blue bunny: D
they also have a lot of ingredients and spices from around the world, even polish food, and ingredients that you cant really find anywhere else so easily like batata, juca, varieties of avocadoes and plantains, ingredients and dough to make empanadas, tacos tortillas
they also have a huge isle for cereals, pastas, oils, dressings, and even an entire isle for organic products
the lines are long and its always crowded so beware!!!

Although I’ve lived around the world, at my core, I’m a Cali girl. I like sun, I like gangster rap and I like cheap a$$ fresh produce… but in New York? «Cheap ass» and «fresh produce» seem to be foreign terms to you people. I was giving up hope that I would ever find my MagnaCartaHolyGrail of produce.
Enter motherf&^*$ng «Food Bazaar: (yes I cursed, that;s just how I feel) they are down the street from my gym and someone tipped me off to them and Hallelujah they did; I LOVE this place, like LOVE. The fresh produce is fresh and cheap and I got inspiration for cooking for the first time SINCE I moved to New York.
The rest of the store was cool, the meat section was FULL of great options and they had store brand stuff at a great price. As usual with neighborhood shops, name brand frozen stuff was expensive, but I’m trying to get away from eating too much packaged food anyway.
All in all, a great place, for cheap a$$ fresh produce…

This place, to me, epitomizes the true experience of city grocery shopping. I feel that too often we go out of our way for expensive comforts (like shopping at upscale grocery store chains), when we can do just as well for ourselves at places like Food Bazaar, and for less.
I am fortunate (or perhaps unfortunate) enough to have a car in Brooklyn, so I was able to take advantage of the parking lot (quite handy). I visited on a Tuesday night, so there was plenty of parking available. I imagine weekend shoppers might have more difficulty. If driving is your means of transportation be sure to note that the entrance is off Wyckoff at the far end of the lot while the exit is closer to the store. You might enter the wrong way when someone is exiting!
Inside was a delightful trip through an almost haphazardly arranged grocery store. The shelves were stocked with most name brands that you’d expect to find at more mainstream stores, as well as more affordable options. I was impressed by the breadth of selections for most items; I was particularly happy to find they actually carried not just granola, but the precise granola I was looking for (which I thought was only available in Connecticut!), so this immediately made an impression on me. I will say that their selection of hot sauces was a little lacking (though they did have Sriracha), but having a comprehensive hot sauce selection would have been a bonus anyway. So that’s not a huge deal.
Additionally, there is a huge produce section that is just a giant refrigerator. If you plan on spending any considerable amount of time in this section, I would recommend wearing a jacket. Most of the fruits and veggies were fresh, and there was a wide selection of pre-​packaged stuff. Basically, your produce needs are sufficiently met at Food Bazaar.
I’d say the only things detracting from the quality of Food Bazaar are its cramped shelf arrangements and a general lack of organization (I mean within the shelves themselves). I felt like some items were difficult to find, and with no obvious employees patrolling, I had no one to ask. As I mentioned, I was there on a Tuesday night, and still had a bit of people-​traffic to deal with. So be warned about that.
Overall, I was impressed with Food Bazaar. Its prices are fair and its breadth of selections allow you to do some mixing and matching when it comes to your budget and how you prefer to feed yourself. I believe I’ll be returning.

Ah, Food Bazaar. I live down the street so the majority of my groceries come from this insanely huge supermarket awkwardly less than 5 minutes walking distance from ANOTHER Bushwick Food Bazaar. Why are they so close together? We may never know.
The produce here is not quite fresh but there’s a good selection of groceries. Their avocados and bagged lettuce are fine but everything from here seems to expire a little bit faster than usual. Once they had a great sale on Chobani but it’s because all the yogurt was a day or two from expiration. Bummer.
It is pretty cheap though! Not quite Trader Joe’s prices but cheaper than Food Emporium or Whole Foods (duh). Lots and lots of items to choose from, a pretty standard deli, and a nice selection of vegetarian foods. There is an insane beer aisle here with a really amazing selection. Lots of unusual and imported beers! My favorite part by far.
Checking out is always an ordeal, especially if you’re shopping on the weekend. It always takes me a while to convince myself I actually need to go to Food Bazaar. It’s one of a few grocery stores I shop at in Bushwick but since it’s the closest to my apartment I find myself here unfortunately often.

As opposed to the Food Bazaar on Gates Ave around the corner, I love this location. The store has a huge selection, low prices, and great looking products. The meat is fresh and the store is clean and organized. This location even has a fresh seafood area where you can select your meat directly off the ice as if you were at the seafood market. I love this store.