The Fresh Market

Such a nice market to find while going to visit a friend
I will be going back here whenever I visit her because there was so much things I wanted to try

They have a lot of food, but not that many drinks. If you want to buy a full meal, don’t go here. The pricing is a little more than it has to be and it kind of annoys me the amount of employees they have there. The store is also waayyy bigger than it should be.

I used to love shopping here. Coffee and wine samples, quiet carpeted floors, classical music, fresh wonderful produce and flowers, amazing freshly prepared foods and rotisserie chickens, great wine selection, flavored coffees, fresh seafood and pastries… There is a lot to be happy about here.
They will also make sandwiches for you at they deli counter. They have such a great selection, but the employees are unhappy and very rude. If you ask them to prepare a sandwich for you, you might get a «I need to go shop for the ingredients first. It’ll take a while». Okay. But shouldn’t the store have prepared for the fact that customers would be ordering these sandwiches at some point during the day?
I don’t care how fancy the grocery store is; if the service is bad, why bother? The prices are definitely high, and I originally thought it was worth it. But paying extra for the fancy overhead isn’t worth it at all if the employees are unhappy in customer service.

This is a really great market in a city full of really notable grocery stores. When you’re competing with two separate Sendik’s chains, Whole Foods, the Milwaukee Public Market, you really have to step it up if you want a piece of the high-​end grocery business. Fresh Market offers a great selection of produce, high quality meats and other foodstuffs. We got our Thanksgiving turkey here and it was pretty darn good. The prices on some of the dry-​aged steaks were almost too good to be true – I’ll definitely be back when it’s not a turkey-​oriented holiday! I will say that the kid behind the butcher counter was the opposite of friendly, but the other staff were fine. The lighting is a little dark and moody, but definitely better than a fluorescent-​lit big box store. The layout also forces you to weave through various stands and displays to find what you need, which is obviously a strategic move to force you to see and buy more, but it does get annoying when the place is full of other shoppers. All told, this is a great place to shop with some really great deals if you know what to look for.

Love the store and most employees.
You pay higher prices for premium food.
The one thing that bugs me to no end… put out the milk with older expiration dates (ex expiring tomorrow or the day after). It is really annoying to have to ask and ask and ask for something from the back. Even called customer service but alas the store will do what it wants on their end anyway. Happened again today.
It really is an amazing store. You should get 5 but the milk thing brings it down.

GREAT selection of stuffed chickens for grilling. They’ll make it fresh for you if its not out! I’ve have cordon bleu and spinach/​ricotta and both have been great.
They also have great, fresh sushi. Once again, theyll make it fresh for you if you don’t see it out. That is such a great quality in a place like this.
I know these aren’t the only amazing items in this store, so I’ll have to explore more. I have a feeling the good stuff lies in the freshly prepared goods section of the store.
Would I go shopping here for everything on my grocery list? No. But for a few, quality items, this place is pretty amazing.

I think I got this place confused with a different Establishment so i am trying not to let that cloud my judgement. I was just bummed it wasn’t what i expected. on the plus they do have a decent variety of organic fresh vegetables but your paying an ultra premium price. the grocery selection is real slim pickens. the store itself was very clean and decently organized. i did enjoy the ambiance but to be honest with the few items i bought i felt i paid an ultra premium price and generally felt it was a poor value. So its a great place to go if your going to waste a bunch of money but really go to sendiks across the street better prices way more to choose from and its local.

Not good for your regular weekly grocery shopping but for pre-​made food and speciality items, this is a great place. Some favorites are their ready to bake pizza, olive bar, and chicken salad. Huge selection of candy, nuts, and dried fruit. Nice produce, meat, and bakery sections. Friendly staff.

A gourmet lovers dream– The Fresh Market is a boutique grocery store. They have an amazing selection of produce, baked goods, pre-​made salads and a very large selection of liquor. I didn’t think their prices were out of line compared to other supermarkets in the Milwaukee area. I still rate Trader Joe’s as my number one, but the Fresh Market is a close number two.

Attempted to shop there and was met with an incompetent, inexperienced, and very rude group working behind the new «deli» square. Since there are no numbers it was a, whomever we want to take first we take first unless you speak up. Even if you speak up, they make you wait because they saw someone else first and they were in the middle of taking their order. Then when they finally got to me and I asked for a sandwich they pointed to some pre made ones and walked away. The pre made ones were, clearly, hours old and not what I wanted. So, I asked the mumbler for a specific sandwich on a roll, like I used to get before the renovation. At first she grabs a sandwich from the cooler and was going to change the cheese, but I asked if I could have a new sandwich on a roll. From the look on her face you would have thought I asked for triple meat for half price. All she could mutter was we don’t do that, all our sandwiches are made on this bread or rye bread… take it or leave it. So, I left it… what a lousy and last time shopping experience at the new and poorly improved Sendiks on Port Washington Road and Brown Deer Road. Stay Away or you will regret this horrible shopping, and poorly trained, rude shopping experience.

Really impressed with this place and the meat, fish, deli, produce. Tempting snacks and bakery.
I wish it had bulk grains too.
I recommend it & I’ll be back.

I wandered in here looking for a quick lunch to eat at the park, and was happily surprised by the selection. Tons of local and fresh fruits, veggies, meats, cheeses, and awesome organic beverages. I got a bean salad and a bottle of tea. The staff was friendly and helpful.
It is a little on the small size, but seemed to have a ton of great stuff — can’t wait to go back after payday.

I’m not at all sure why I was willing to recall Fresh Market’s TILED floors as being carpeted … ‘cuz they (since they are TILED FLOORS) are not. Was it some wacky tobaccky they slipped into their free samples? Or could it have been my botched, back-​alley lobotomy bothering me again? Who (no one) knows.
Upon a recent return visit, I not only noticed their TILED FLOORS but also took note of some lower produce prices on berries, pears, freeze dried passion-​dragonfruit-​ãçåï-​essence (no, not really) that I’d not seen before. Did they switch purveyors?
Also, the three employees with whom I interacted seemed infinitely less clinically depressed than those I’d encountered in the past. I have no recollection if these were the same members of staff I observed before, so it could be entirely possible that cyborgs were brought in as replacements.
Baby steps, Fresh Market. Baby robot steps.

At the site of the old Border’. They have been open awhile but yawn another upscale grocery store.
Wrong!!!
This an experience like no other.
I won’t send any spoilers but I hate shopping (ironic because I AM GAY) I probaly could there ebru day and get a fresh lunch and cheaper then a value meal

5 stars for a grocery store? Yes! Every staff member is terrific. They will allow to take anything back. Just great quality.

Good place to go and get fresh room to grill or cook that day. Good deli selection but it is over priced.
I would recommend this as an alternative to grocery stores in the North Shore for the fresh items not the items that will keep for a while.
I would make the trip down to whole foods if you are looking for an experience when you shop though.

I found a new love… Their black and bleu steaks! A juicy, generous seasoned filet stuffed with rich and tangy bleu cheese then wrapped with succulent bacon! Throw them on the grill 3 – 4 minutes each side and your taste buds will do the balboa!

Love it. Love it. Love it.
My only problem is with their prepared foods. I’ve tried panini, salads, pot pies, and other things. Everything is a little off. Pasta salads too oily. Paninis had flavors that didn’t work together. I havent had anything there that is go back for in that section.
But the rest of the market is just great. Glad to be a customer.

Fresh Market in Fox Point, you have me doing a happy dance! Why, you ask?
Well, I have this «thing» for chocolate covered cashews. It’s one of my few vices. They are not easy to find for some reason, though Sendik’s in Whitefish Bay sells them too. The milk chocolate covered peanuts at Sendik’s are currently… maybe $ 4.00/lb., and the milk chocolate covered cashews were once, say…$ 7.00/lb. Fair enough. So one day I go in there to find that literally overnight they jumped to $ 16.99/lb! YIKES! I bought them (begrudgingly) far less often. I recently went in to get them again at Sendik’s, only to find that they are now $ 24.99 PER POUND!!! Oh, My. GOD! What’s up with that??? The milk chocolate peanuts are still somewhere in the vicinity of four or five dollars per pound, but the cashews jumped THAT much? Seriously, what on earth could POSSIBLY make milk chocolate cashews worth 25 bucks per pound??? Are you listening Sendik’s?
Pick and Save only has them only in the DARK chocolate variety (meh) but seems to offer just about every OTHER nut in milk chocolate, which is strange, and they’re easonably priced too. Why not milk chocolate cashews, Pick and Save?
I’ve looked and looked for milk chocolate covered cashews everywhere in the Milwaukee area, to no avail, but found them online from
at $ 8.99/lb. They had this weird, waxy, flaky, plasticky coating on them though, but I tolerated it, and they DID deliver quickly via FedEx.
So one day I decided to check out the recently opened Fresh Market in Fox Point, since it’s VERY close to home. Exotic cheese, succulent produce, mouth-​watering meats. Pricey, but visibly VERY high quality. I then spotted their candy department and started breaking out in a sweat, on the verge of hyperventilation, in anticipation of milk chocolate covered cashews. I looked and looked, but couldn’t find them in milk chocolate. CRAP! As I turned to leave in defeat, I spotted them… in bulk… and saw the price. $ 9.95/lb. It was like a vision from Fatima! A miracle has occurred!
So now, Fresh Market is my niche grocer of choice. I certainly don’t mind the Pick and Save on Green Tree Rd. for my regular shopping items, but from now on, Fresh Market is my first choice for extremely high quality, and/​or imported foods, and resonably priced milk chocolate covered crack. Ooooops, I meant cashews!

So if you read back through my reviews you will find one of me pissing and moaning about the shitty Pick N Save we have in Fox Point. When the Border’s closed up shop in the strip mall on Brown Deer and Port Washington I commented that it would be awesome if the little Sendick’s kitty corner moved into that space to expand so that we would have another option for a quick grocery store run. The gods heard my plea and granted me the concept of my wish in the form of putting a Fresh Market. It has been my contention from the git go that that place was meant to be a food store.
I really liked the Fresh Market in Brookfield. If for nothing else than the fact that they carried and therefore introduced me to the jubilance that is goats milk butter.
So the bad news, this one doesn’t carry goats milk butter… or at least not yet. They’ll have a formal request coming their way shortly.
Regardless, it’s as tricked out as you can get for what I like to call a boutique grocery store. Some of the cool features:
Make your own Craft Beer six pack for $ 9. You pick the beers and they provide a generic 6 pack carrier for them.
Fresh Ground peanut butter. Lest you think this is not special let me qualify that they have fricken machines set up that grind it right there and poop it into a tub for you. Sorry, but I think that’s cool as hell.
At the checkout lane they have this cylinder that spins that lists all the produce and specialty codes for the checker. It reminded me of the Price is Right so I asked if I could spin it and the check out lady allowed me to TWICE whilst clapping and saying «Big Money!»
Outside of that you they sport an excellent cheese selection, awesome bakery, a candy section that puts Willy Wonka to shame AND sells Black Licorice Scotty Dogs, decent size wine selection and yummy specialty coffee flavors which I know are totally UNCOOL but whatever, I dare you, DARE you not to like the Tiramisu coffee.
Prices are expectedly steep. However I would skip on over hear and shell out my last two dollars for a single lemon than go to that other store.
Thank you grocery store gods for answering my prayers. If you could just talk to them about that goats milk butter…