Quechol Products Organic Mini Market

NEVER AGAIN.
This is one of he most expensive restaurants in the neighborhood. It surpasses even KHIM’S, which I thought was near impossible. Not only that, but the service was horrible. I want to support mom-​and-​pop shops, but it seems like they didn’t want me there. When asked about the price of something, I get grumbled responses, whether I ask in English or Spanish. And the cashier was on the phone the entire time I was checking out! She wouldn’t even offer to help me bag anything. The selection is also a bit lacking to be honest, particularly in the fruit and vegetable department. I guess if you want all the crackers you can imagine, this is your place. Don’t go there looking for fresh produce.
Go elsewhere if you want people to notice you’re there and pay a reasonable price for your tofu and what not.

This is my go to for organic produce after I’ve eaten everything I picked up at the farmer’s market on Saturdays. Yes it’s expensive, but less expensive than Khim’s with a larger organic selection. I haven’t purchased anything else there, so can’t speak to it, but for produce it’s usually very fresh and everyone who works here is super nice. Highly recommend.

It’s amazing that on a street with both a C-​Town and a Khim’s Millennium market, this little place offers a better selection of the things I want and need than both. Sure, it’s a little expensive, but that much is expected for a higher quality of food.
On top of that, the folks who run the place couldn’t be nicer. Like a huge dumbass that I am, I leave my laundry bag there all the time. They think it’s funny, but it’s always there. They laugh at me, like they’re in on the joke. I half expect them to play a prank on me.
But, I digress.
This place is the best grocery store on Graham Avenue. Hands down. They’ve got a great beer selection, a great cheese selection and great fresh vegetables. Plus, they don’t have shit brands. All of it’s pretty good quality.
Frankly, I don’t know what’s not to love.

One of my favorite «health food stores» in Williamsburg. The staff is wonderful and hilarious. The beer room is amazing. They have a very comprehensive, healthy and fresh selection of everything you could need on an average day and then some. Beers on tap by the front door. Organic, bulk goods and a shockingly good cheese and produce selection. And of course the beer walk-​in. So cool. Its kind if amazing how much great stuff they pack in such a small place. Thanks guys!

Yes, the prices are high. But Khims and Sunacs are as well — its just that type of product. I’d way rather give my business to the kind folks at Quechol any day. If they don’t have what you’re looking for, 9 times out of 10 he’ll order it for you. Love this spot.

Wow, that CHARLES X, that was an utterly Swiftian essay. I mean, the owner must have bought about 50 yachts by now with the money he has diabolically extorted in gradual increments from that bearded fuck and his Daria girlfriend. That a bag of utterly miscellaneous groceries should fluctuate in price over the years! How telling! Such incisive analysis!
Screw those fuckers and all of the people they employ.

I want to be fair to the good people at Quechol. They are kind and decent people, always interested in helping you out and talking about food, and that has been plain since the day they opened. But, as many more recent reviews here have noted, the prices have steadily risen from affordable to unjustifiable in the couple years I’ve been coming here, and it has made it nearly impossible for me to support them. Much as I’d like to.
I like my food natural, healthy, fresh, and seasonal, and the selection here is remarkable at catering to all of that within its tiny walls. When they first opened, I used to walk out with two big grocery bags, enough for me and my girlfriend for the whole week, to the tune of about $ 60. Today, if I were to attempt the same thing, I’d say it would be closer to $ 100. It took me a minute to realize what was happening, that the prices were slowly and quietly rising, but I think the moment I finally figured it out was when Brooklyn Kitchen — by all accounts a boutique grocery for a privileged market — became the cheaper option by a considerable mark. It was then that I questioned the decency I saw in them in the first place, and to be honest, I’ve never been able to reconcile the dissonance between the friendly faces and the brutal economic drive.
It does not help that the food at Quechol is generally less than fresh. For premium prices, I want premium quality, and that is just not the deal here. Kale is yellowed and wilting, mushrooms are rubbery and dry, root vegetables are softening, celery is like a wet noodle, and yet that sticker price remains the same. I’ve never run a grocery store before, but I was a farmer for many years of my life, and I’ll tell you that the lapse in quality has everything to do with overstocking. There is perpetually too much of everything, and if you want proof, go ahead out back and look at the store’s dumpster, absolutely exploding with rotting produce. This wastefulness is a disgrace to the concept of organics and natural food, and it is also the reason the prices need to remain so high, to pay off the waste.
There are a couple of other drawbacks: less than stellar counter girls, who seem pretty confused about how to ring up groceries, and an eternal struggle for space regularly doubled by the store’s clumsy re-​stocking in the middle of rush-​hour where produce boxes in the aisles make it nearly impossible to shop for food. But, as I said before, I want to be fair to Quechol, so, here are some good things about it:
First they have an astonishing beer selection, a huge walk-​in refrigerator stacked high and mighty with every little microbrewery a grocery store can get. The prices there are pretty fair. They even have a small growler set-​up, featuring 2 – 3 beers, which are usually very good. They also have a modest bulk section, which I very much appreciate. Oats, popcorn, dried fruits and nuts, and some dried beans as well. Finally, should you be a vegan or a vegetarian, they are well-​equipped with pretty much everything you’d want in the world of soy products. My partner and I are both vegetarians and we have always felt very catered-​to here.
It’s a shame that prices have gotten so out-​of-​hand over at Quechol, and I’m not sure why it is, but I’ll say I don’t have the luxury to be persuaded to support them just for a good explanation. I like them, so I hope they do well, and I think they could stand to solve many of these problems simply by thinning-​out the volume of food while keeping the variety the same.
Later, guys.

Love this organic market. It has everything for a healthy lifestyle and the prices are just right if not cheaper then those at other organic shops. Fresh fruit, eggs, milk, tofu, a few Amy’s products, and plenty of gluten-​free baking do-​it-​yourself options available.
The staff is friendly and they accept credit and debit cards! Definitely my favorite places to get groceries and will be back whenever I’m in town.

This is the spot for fresh produce & healthy foods in the neighborhood. Great fruits & veggies, jars of dried cranberries, cookies and apples and cheeses and cereal and everything that I like to eat I buy here. Couldn’t be nicer folks that work here, and they keep good prices.

Nice to have this place in our neighborhood and the staff is super nice and helpful. However, the owner said, upon opening, that he would keep his prices comparable to Trader Joe’s…Since opening the prices keep on rising, especially on dry goods and veg meats. Ok prices on organic produce, however.

Love this place. Good beer selection including growlers and the staff is super friendly.

I love Quechol! The prices are pretty reasonable considering everything is organic and it’s a mom + pop joint which is even better. And the vegetarian feed eggs are way cheaper than anywhere else. It’s crazy too, because the store is the size of a shoebox, yet they have such a large variety of items, you’re bound to find whatever you’re looking for. In short, it’s a good place to go for the stuff you can’t get at Trader Joe’s or if you’re too lazy to wait in that godforsaken line at Union Square.

I barely ever write reviews unless I’m really really impressed. I live right around the corner from this market and I’m not even sure where to start in describing why/​how much I love it.
I do basically all my shopping here, and I cook at home A LOT. Whoever does the buying is a genius. They are so limited in space, and yet they have the best products and some very unique products that are hard to find anywhere except for a whole foods (and at this point I refuse to stand in line at a whole foods). The prices are SO reasonable (and come on, this is practically a bodega, so keep that in mind). I love that when I go in, I can find exactly what I’m looking for, there are only 1 – 2 choices, and they are the best choices!
Also, the staff is insanely helpful and friendly. It’s always the same people when I go in, they recognize me, they will go to the basement for 10 minutes to look for something for me, etc. Uh, open late? Check!
Ugh, and don’t even get me started on the insanely good deal for bulk nuts and quinoa. DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED!
Quechol, I love you. I’d walk many blocks out of my way to shop with you, but I’m so lucky that you are right around the corner.

Quechol is the only thing going in this hood, and they know it. I agree that three of the employees are amazingly helpful and offer a very high level of service. However, I’m staring to sour to this place pretty fast for a few reasons:
1) Their prices are rising to insane highs. I shop at Whole Foods, the Farmers Market, and other higher end organic shops and Quechol is more expensive than all of them. I’d rather take the time to shop in city with more selection and produce that isn’t rotten if I’m paying these prices. 6 months ago there were sales, and deals and steals. Not anymore.
2) They have a $ 10 minimum on credit cards, which is illegal, and they won’t wave it, even for customers who spend hundreds there/​month.
3) There is one woman who works there who is unresponsive to questions and concerns. She actually ignores me. It’s crazy.
I’m sorry Quechol, but it looks like I’ll have to move on. I really wanted to support you, being a small neighborhood shop and all, but you’re not making it easy. You’re too expensive for what you offer now.

This place has the best prices for New York food & organic food! Its’ such a wonderful little neighborhood spot. They have so many things for a small store & the walk in beer cooler is awesome! Definitely the best place in the neighborhood for groceries.

I love this place! They have everything, including obscure food items for people with special dietary needs.
It is almost like «Cheers», because the owner and people who work there always say hello. They demonstrate valuing the neighborhood and each persons business.
A Graham avenue treat!

I really got to give this place credit, they try really hard. If you don’t have what you’re looking for, chances are if you ask them they will start carrying it.
Looking at the outside of this place I never would have thought to start shopping here (I’m such a loser snob), but inside is really lovely and quirky. They have kind of a weird setup in there, but it’s all good.
I did get some bogus carrots there once, so the produce isn’t 100% reliable, but it’s pretty right on. Maybe 85%
I will tell you this for sure, «thank god for this place, cause Khim’s is such a fucking rip off!»

This place has delicious and fresh organic fruits and vegetables and a wide array of organic and natural food products, and all the natural beauty staples.
I bought an avocado this morning that the owner thought might be bad, so it let me have it free. Turns out it was perfect!
They’ve also got an impressive variety of cold beer at good prices.
Everyone that works there is very knowledgeable and can help with any food allergies or curiosities.
If they don’t have something, they’ll order it for you.
I’ll keep going here versus the Millennium Deli.

Great store in the neighborhood. They almost always have the obscure ingredients I’m looking for that C-​Town doesn’t carry or if I don’t want to go all the way to Union Square to shop at the madness that is Whole Paycheck.
They just added a bunch of shelves towards the back of the store. The owner guy and the people who work there are all super nice.

I kinda don’t want to write about this place cause I kinda don’t want you to go there. I’d really ike to keep this bountiful oasis in the forsaken desert of C-​town to myself. That being said, I also want it to live forever and keep the price point where it is, so if you like health and you like food and you’re a Graham Avenue dweller, this is your joint. Word is bond.