The Kiva

Cute and quaint little market with a Eugene feel. Friendly people work there. The deli is my favorite spot in the grocery store. They have the best selection of cheese and olives. Their soup and beet salad is to die for!

A 4 star place cause of thier prices but I understand WHY they can have those high prices: they have GREAT things there! i love their sandwiches they make to order, their drink selection is great too and their little made that day cookies and little treats area is my fav! I LOVE their Kale rolls (Kale and garlic and some salt i think thats rolled like a cinnamon twist) and their pizza roll.

Love their environment and selection. Herbs, vitamins, foods, drinks! All of it :) had my first sandwich made today and it was amazing. Fresh ingredients never tasted better! Yum!!!

Stopped by this place to pick up some deli items for our trip to Crater Lake. We purchased two types of cheese, two chicken thighs, bread, one sandwich, and flaxseed crackers. Total bill about $ 30. Everything was okay but Whole Foods this place is not. I asked how fresh the deli items were because it was a sunday and the clerk told me they sell items for seven days before tossing.

Good food not too overpriced, except $ 4 for a small carton of strawberries is ridiculous.
Seem to have decent options but if you are looking for basic stuff, this aint the store. Specialty that caters to whole paychecks kinds of folks.
They often don’t have basic produce — like tomatoes.

I love The Kiva so much I don’t even know where to start. The thing I love the most is the deli. I’ve been working downtown for years in the deli is my main staple for go to lunch food. They have great priced sandwiches that are all organic. About $ 6. And every day they have fresh offerings in the deli. All sorts of delicious treats. As well the rest of the store offers a reasonably good selection on well thought out organic foods. The wine selection is fantastic and the produce is pretty good as well. Thank you for holding it down and downtown Eugene Kiva. You could do with a little less homeless beggar street traffic outside your front door.

The Kiva has fresh produce, a great selection of cheeses, meats, and their bulk section is stellar. All of that is well-​known.
What may be overlooked about The Kiva is their deli.
Everything is made fresh, with fresh ingredients from the store. If you ask, the deli person will tell you every single ingredient in each dish. The prices are more than reasonable especially for the quality of the food.
Today I had the 3/​$ 1 rice dolmas (vegetarian) and the small sized carrot-​cauliflower salad for a grand total of $ 3.70. The dolmas were rich, creamy, and so flavorful! The salad was bright with a hint if sweet spice, with raisins and cilantro. It was all so delicious! It wasn’t a ton of food, but it was quite filling. Because I was conveniently inside a grocery store, I grabbed a banana in case I was hungry after, but I wasn’t.
The other deli items that looked amazing were the curried chicken, the kale salad, the grilled zucchini and tomato salad, several potato salads, and the BBQ chicken thighs.
So, if you’re wandering around downtown and trying to find a healthy, reasonably priced lunch, consider the deli at the Kiva. It’s pretty awesome.

Only had one visit to Kiva, so perhaps my experience should be taken with a grain of salt, but that one visit was just OK. Selection was pretty limited, as their shelf space doesn’t allow for a huge variety. Produce looked hit or miss. Mostly, though, the customer service was pretty absent. Staff around the store were pretty lackluster, seemingly not very eager to be there or interact with customers. The check-​out clerk was aloof bordering on cold. Not a great first impression, and would definitely try other local groceries given a second visit to Eugene.

The quintessential organic food market, The Kiva located in downtown Eugene is about as good as it gets. It offers an amazing variety of fresh and colorful vegetables & fruits, free range and locally raised meats, quality grains, and an absolutely stellar deli with delicious handmade sandwiches and soups. It also offers an array of rare books, flower bouquets, spices, cheeses, and a large selection of vintage wines.
Opened in 1970, this locally owned business is constantly bustling with customers. And unlike some other establishments there is plenty of friendly and knowledge staff on hand to answer questions or assist with checkouts. Although a bit pricey in general, you’re paying for the best in natural & specialty foods, organic produce, and unique novelties. Without hesitation I give this marketplace five out of five stars.

If you’re looking for something unusual, this is the place to go! Large wine selection. Great deli. Large bulk section. Great produce which includes rare items that you don’t find at most grocery stores. And I love the book nook up front. I could spend hours here!

You know it’s a hippie grocery store when… you ask the cashier to break a $ 20 and she’s so stoned she gives you a $ 10, a $ 5 and four $ 5s. And for a hippie grocery store, I would really expect the produce to be better. On the other hand, it’s the only grocery store downtown, so that makes it convenient. Overpriced, of course.

One of downtown Eugene’s staples, the Kiva is like a co-​op, deli and bookstore all rolled into one. Cheaper than other reviewers give it credit, larger than most co-​ops, and smaller than any chain grocery store, there’s simply no place I’d rather shop at when visiting Eugene.

The cutest little grocery store. They offer such a awesome variety of food. I love it here. The staff is very friendly and the food is delicious.

Passing through Eugene on the way to Crater Lake, we swung by the Kiva to pick up some camping snacks/​supplies. We wanted something a little different for our overnight backpacking excursion and stumbled upon the Kiva. Some really great things and some just okay things. We were able to grab everything we needed, short of a lighter. Lots of fresh fruits and we got some sandwiches made to go at the deli which we had for dinner that night. The deli took a lot longer than expected to make two sandwiches, but at least they were amazing.
It ended up being super expensive for everything we got, which I guess you can expect from a small, local store. Really liked the amazing selection of wine and cheeses though. Probably not enough selection to get an entire grocery trip done if I was a local, but definitely worth a weekly stop for those all natural goodies.

I love the Kiva. I can choose among regular chain groceries, fancy natural foods, Trader Joe’s or the Kiva in all about the same distance from home. The Kiva has been a mainstay of downtown Eugene for decades. It has The Best cheese counter in town with really good prices. Also a fabulous bulk foods and herbs and tea and coffee section – during random months bulk Wednesdays get you 15% off most bulk items. The produce is always organically grown, so that means they may not have Every Single fruit or veggie Every Day, but you’ll find something healthy to eat. It is far from the fanciest produce section in town, but their mark-​up on produce is at least a third less than the fancy stores. Lots of local options. It’s across from the bus station and next to the library so it’s handy as well. A fairly recent remodel spruced it up significantly without destroying its rootsy character. Oh, and it has an awesome BOOK section which is pretty unique for a little store.
I give it five stars because I love it, and I think they do a good job for decent prices with what they have. They can’t carry everything because of their size, of course, but to me small is a plus. Also there are people who have worked there for 20 years – I recognize them from when I moved to town! – so they are obviously pretty fair employers. I would be at a huge loss without The Kiva.

I adore the Kiva! This place is always a pleasure to visit. They have local premium foods that match the criteria of what most health conscious Eugene types might need to grab on the way home.
Lots of fun stuff for a typical high end grocers cost. if they were cheaper I’d probably be here wayy more. but I still like em
The staff is pretty cool too :)

We stopped in right before closing as they were highly recommended to us by fellow local climbers/​college students as the spot for good salads. Unfortunately because it was right before closing the staff was ready to leave and there were no salads and they weren’t the friendliest.
We hurriedly perused their amazing selection of products and left with some really inexpensive high quality bacon (the total opposite of a salad) and some unique Oregon soda/​health drinks. Love all the cool artisanal sodas that Oregon makes. We picked up a honey kombucha and tumeric ale. I need more of that tumeric ale in my life.

The Kiva screams Eugene in my opinion. Complete with organic, locally grown produce and an emphasis on featuring products from local small businesses.
Located in downtown Eugene it’s quite a pleasant walk if you’re coming from the direction of UO’s campus, like myself.
The store is smaller in size but packs some special offerings such as a well-​appreciated cheese counter along with an assortment of pre-​prepared food and an excellent wall of bulk food items.
Be mindful that items can be on the pricer side so perhaps it’s not ideal to make The Kiva your weekly go-​to grocery store.
The staff here are wonderful, always so friendly and never forgetting to greet you with a smile. Produce handlers can often be found walking around the store with small platters of freshly cut fruits and vegetables for patrons to sample!
With it’s down to earth and environmentally friendly vibe, yummy products, and charming staff, The Kiva is sure to be a pleasant grocery shopping experience!

Wandering around DT Eugene on a wine mission, I was super happy and surprised to wander into The Kiva, which had everything I was looking for! My favorite Vinho Verde! A WHOLE SECTION OF HALVAH*. Excellent cheese counter. Bulk snacks. Wacky cashiers. Imported candies. Produce. Desserts.
Some items seemed a little expensive to me for Eugene, but totally worth it for an independent store than a big box. Plenty of variety for special diet needs, including gluten-​free and vegan. The local wine selection is teeny for being a locally-​grown shop… but oddly they had a bunch of Greek wine you never see anywhere else. I dig it.
I got some flak for not having my own bag, but I found the real-​life Portlandia skit reenactment more endearing than irritating. I promised him I would re-​use those bags, and re-​used them, I did.
*never see this in Portland. Halvah is my kryptonite.

Popping into The Kiva on my lunch break is an easy way to perk up my day. For me, there are few injustices that can’t be soothed with a cheesy garlic-​kale roll, a stick of spicy merguez, and a Crunchie bar. Wallet damage? Minimal. Spirits? High.
The Kiva’s cheese & candy sections in particular, are totally worth a detour from your usual grocery shopping routine. At the cheese counter, they carry high-​quality raw & pasteurized cheese, domestic and imported, for dollars off the price you’d find at larger supermarkets. And the candy section is fantastic! Stop by & get your Choward’s violet and guava mints, halvah and torrone, English toffees, organic peanut butter cups, Haribo gummies, dark chocolate bars, honeycomb and maple syrup candies.