Pete’s Fresh Market

I like a customer service. They all actually try you always say hello and to get you in and out as fast as possible. This particular Supermarket is very tight.
Meaning they don’t have a lot of space and they kind of have to cram everything in order to carry everything.
They do have a splendid variety on almost everything. Most of the food they cater is Hispanic but they also carry other brands. The fruit and vegetables are very good. Their meats are okay but I would rather go to Costco for meats.
They’re dry cups are reasonable and the dairy is abundant. They have everything from yogurt to sour cream and all kinds of cheeses. They also bakery area and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of ice cream that they carried in their freezers. They even carry some Starbucks products and tons of candy.
Bottom line I would definitely recommend Pete’s market to do your groceries but you probably want to go on a day that is not too crowded. Otherwise is very uncomfortable.

This place is fine, live a block away so I come here often. It’s fine for most things, it’s a smaller store, though. I go to the other Pete’s on 47^th/​Kedzie, which is WAY better. And I’ve never had a problem at that location. Really, if you have a choice, go to the other one.
The only times I’ve had a problem at this location was for food I’ve gotten in the first refrigerated section by the entrance. I’ve gotten a pack of wonton wrappers that had a slit in the packaging so it was open and didn’t notice in the store. Grabbed some firm tofu that smelled, firm tofu isn’t supposed to smell like anything unless it’s spoiled. And recently, just bought a pint of blueberries, that had SEVERAL moldy berries, albeit, tiny little pieces of mold but it was on the majority of them. These issues happened several months apart, and I I do big shopping trips at the other Pete’s. But this is right by my house so in a pinch I’ll come here. I know now to completely avoid the first refrigerated section in the store. All of their other produce is perfectly fine and never had any other issues with anything else.
Lastly, lines suck here, when it’s crowded, it’s a mess.

Well, simply the best.
I have been coming to this store for over 10 years, and even tough I tried other stores I always come back here.
The produce is just very fresh, with a lot of items from all Latin America that you won’t find in many places in Chicago.
The prices are just about right.
The staff are fast and helpful, and the place is super clean.

$ 2.98 for 24 ounces of fresh blueberries on the last day of January?!
I sometimes get lucky and am invited to ride out here from Hyde Park with a friend who is a serious cook and hates spending money unnecessarily. As he points out, they treat their produce with respect: it’s always fresh, and is displayed and handled intelligently. And man is there a lot of variety.
Something else he pointed out is that they often have amazing sales on fresh fruit in the middle of winter. As in the above blueberry deal. I blocked the aisle, without being an especially broad person, as I stared incredulously at the price and quality before gathering half a dozen cartons to scarf, freeze or give to friends. Well, maybe my big cart and I didn’t actually block the aisle, because the aisles are wide (and clean), and even when it’s busy it’s never crowded like the best places on Devon Avenue can become. I don’t buy meat, but my friend says it’s half the price of the stuff at Treasure Island, and just as good quality if not better.
One measure of how fresh the produce is: the cilantro is still fresh five days after purchase – no need to arrange your life around making a salsa within 24 hours of getting it home.
The staff are very polite and helpful. Parking was not a problem. The mall-​y atmosphere of Kedzie Avenue around there is kind of depressing, but so what if it isn’t a movie set. Bring a car or a pack animal, because it is impossible not to leave with about eight bags of good stuff (for under $ 50).
Speaking of places between Pete’s Market and Hyde Park that SHOULD be movie sets: does anyone know anything about the second-​hand store next to the gas station on the northwest corner of Garfield and Justine that has «One Man’s Treasure» and, even more intriguingly, «The Ambrosia Room» painted in old-​school style in green on the side of the brick building? Near a cheerful, tropical green-​painted old bay window at the second-​floor level? We stopped to buy gas and I would have checked it out but it was closed.