The Bad Wife

Most people would typically think, ehhh, these bodegas/​groceries are all the same, but not this one. I swear this store has the nicest people. Every time I come in with my son in a stroller, they always rush to open the door for me. There is this warmth and coziness about that type of family business, where you generally expected to run into a middle aged woman and man who own the place. They are also quite funny– I think that may have been why they named it their store «the bad wife” — it must be their playful side. Prices here are generally the same as in Food Train, C Town, Mr. Lime, but where I think this place wins is in people. Not to sound like that it is all about that, but sometimes that makes a difference. I am just not up for being talked about when I walk into Food Train store; girls there think that if they speak Chinese, they faces and eye contact would not give away that they are talking trash about you. The kind of stuff make me avoid Food Train for over two years now. I am still going strong! LOL

I love the Bad Wife Especially the name. Everyone is very friendly there and always willing to help and get new items. They play great music and it just feels good to shop there. The best part are the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Lee.

This place has a decent selection, with a great beer cooler and decent fresh produce and dairy. The prices are average for a neighborhood store of this size, you do pay a little extra for convenience.
What keeps me coming back is the music. I don’t know who programs their store playlist but it is like nonstop indie rock deep cuts and experimental stuff. You go in and it’s all these older Korean folks all listening to Pavement b-​sides. Really giving the Park Slope Key Foods on 5^th Ave a run for their money, which used to be my go to grocery music jam on account of their oldies and garage rock. Only in Park Slope.

This place is wonderful. Everyone who works there is super friendly. They have great produce. I bought all of my flowers for my patio this summer and they are THRIVING. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. It actually puts you in a good mood to shop here.

Seriously amazing selection of organic, local, delicious food. I came for snacks for an upcoming flight and was not disappointed! Everything from Lara bars to snappea crisps to succulents. Highly recommended for an above average bodega experience!

I never buy food from The Bad Wife because I can’t afford it. However, I buy flowers and plants from here often.
The staff here is awesome. From the guys organizing the shelves to the cashier and managers, everyone is pleasant and helpful. The whole store is wonderfully maintained, clean, organized and customers are greeted warmly.
It’s a neat store, and I definitely appreciate it in the neighborhood.

Excellent selection, very nice and helpful staff. They also play really enjoyable music in the store.

3.5 stars, really — I can’t really be a ‘fan’ of a grocery store, but in the context of small neighborhood bodegas, this is a good one. I really like this place, it’s friendly, has, for the size, a great selection of merchandise, good, high quality organic and asian specialty items in the dry goods, the best prices on good chocolates, etc. Really a very wide array of delicious foods.
Nice selection of plants, flowers, pumpkins, etc on the outside racks (depending on the season).
I like supporting a small business, and when I can I try to shop here over the other, less friendly stores in the area (why, there’s one just a block down the street), or the ones where they let things go moldy (why, there’s one of those in the other direction).
Not perfect. Wish they didn’t have the 10 dollar credit card minimum, but there you go…
Would be nice if they had more organic fresh veggies more reasonably priced.
But everything seems to be selected and cared for well, never have gotten a bad item, and some of the prices are the cheapest in the area.
All in all a very friendly, nice grocery store with good quality merchandise.

Just for fun, i went to 3 markets in the area looking for a few regular items. There was some time to kill and the curiosity was killing me. So I went to Peppermill, The Bad Wife, and Food Train (the one a few doors north of the bad wife).
The bad wife was cheaper by sometimes up to 33%. But then again, Food Train seems to be notorious on Unilocal for overcharging so this may not be the best index.
The service was amazing. The girl at the front door gave a sincere greeting which can be shocking. I was looking at dish soaps, feeling entertained by all of the options when the guy who working towards the back of the store eagerly ran downstairs. 30 seconds later he popped back up with a box of a completely new flavor! (Ok, new scent).
I think that’s all that needs to be said.

Plants, fresh fruits&veggies, vitamins, cut flowers, juice bar, vegan food, snacks, organic stuff, asian stuff, gluten free stuff, fancy looking meat stuff… They have everything. Owners are beyond sweet. Would much rather give my business to them than Union Market.

I love this store. It doesn’t have the same variety as Union Market but it’s quite a bit less expensive across the board, so I try to go here first. And as everyone else has said, the owners are so friendly.

Best produce in the neighborhood, no contest. Not a huge selection — you’ll have to go elsewhere to find something like collard greens — but what they have is always prime, always good. And the Lees are friendly and seem to enjoy making their customers happy. I was slightly disappointed when they expanded/​remodeled and the aisles stayed as narrow as always, but use care and you’ll maneuver around just fine.

These people are incredibly nice and have a great selection of health foods, and great vegetables. They also have very nice flowers and a great juice bar. And the owner is hilarious. I always go here instead of union market if I can,

I live just a few blocks from this store, past the Union Market. But I do almost all of my food shopping here. Why? Well, the simple reason is that Mr. and Mrs. Lee have done a super fantastic job running this store. The produce has great variety and is always very fresh. More importantly, they pay great attention to the quality of produce. They only sell what is good. They would spend time to re-​package strawberries, for example, taking out the rotten ones. So what you are buying are not just some pre-​packaged mass-​distributed product, but well-​curated products. I have seen them do this to green beans, blueberries, tomatoes, etc. And the best part is that the price is in general cheaper than other stores. They are also one of the best places in the neighborhood to buy plants. In the summer their store front becomes a beautiful nursery, full of colorful flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Lee also take the time to know their customers. I can see that many other people who shop there, like me, chit-​chat with the owners at the register. They really do care about their customers and their motto is truly «customer is number 1». Another example is that they always check the eggs at the register to make sure none was broken! Mrs. Lee also started selling her own homemade organic kimchee in recent months. She sells the regular kind, a vegetarian kind, a non-​spicy white cabbage kind (only lightly fermented), and a spicy daikon kind. I’ve tried all of them except the vegetarian kind, and they were all very good. This store also has a great selection of ingredients for Asian food cooking.
As you can see, I really like this place. I feel that I can buy great products here at a decent price. And I really treasure the great relationship established between me and the owners. This place is definitely a gem in our neighborhood!

I always come here for fruit. they have prepared mango and pomegranates that are always stocked and reasonably priced. The owners are very warm and friendly. this store is definitely a gem in park slope.

I often make a special trip here for fresh fruit and salad ingredients, especially when we have guests and I cannot look inside such items as pineapples, avocados, or cantaloupes to determine whether the produce is ripe and ready to be served that day. I have never been disappointed after consulting the owner. I then get praise from the wife and guests for my fine selections. Heh Heh.

I don’t know how I never noticed this place before. I’ve walked past it many times but it somehow has always escaped my periphery vision. I used to frequent Union Market, but now I think this is going to be my goto place. It doesn’t have meats (well, it has packaged deli stuff), but it has a great selection of everything else, and FAR cheaper than Union. The produce all looks fresh and the folks running the store are friendly. As a neighborhood place, I’m a fan. Plus… how can you NOT love shopping at a place called «The Bad Wife»…

The Bad Wife=bad name=great market. I stopped in here to pick up some produce and was highly impressed by the offerings – organic apples, verdant bundles of asparagus, plump tomatoes on the vine, real miso, and more. I was also impressed with the frozen foods section, which boasts a variety of Asian foods, vegan and organic food, non-​dairy ice creams, and fancy gelato. The dried fruit and chocolate selection was also impressive. The cashier (possibly the owner) was very friendly. I highly recommend The Bad Wife as an alternative to any of the green grocers and bodegas (and of course Key Foods and Met) in this stretch of South Slope.