O’Neill’s Market

Great cold cuts with Boar’s Head brand, a bit steep in price however for by the ½ pound, great homemade soups, as well as the cooked prepared foods, although always the same ones over the years. They never really created any new dishes. My one complaint is from a health standpoint in that the stuffed chicken breast and chicken parm is sometimes rubbery and not cooked through enough. I have had to throw it out as a result. I told the manager about it but it still sometimes occurs. Courteous staff, friendly and warm and you can get in and out fast, unlike the Jenkintown Acme.

I love O’Neill’s because I cannot stand big grocery stores and I hate shopping. You can still get what you need here and support a local business (that deserves to be supported) at the same time. Great caesar salad, good organic dairy options, basic produce section, good amount of everything else. Deli is great and catering is, too.

We recently moved to the area and I always try to support local businesses so I’ve really tried to support O’Neill’s but it just hasn’t worked out. It’s a very small store with limited space and they don’t have a lot of brands that I like. Initially I tried to ignore that and buy brands that they carry but on a recent trip I decided that I probably won’t go back. They carry Dietz & Watson deli products which is okay but I really prefer Boar’s Head. On my last visit I ordered a couple of meats and a half pound of cheese. I asked the girl not to slice the cheese very thin. She said okay but just started slicing away without showing me a slice to see if it was okay. Her back was to me and I couldn’t see what she was doing but when she handed me the package I could tell the cheese was sliced too thin and told her so. I took the cheese anyway but when I tried to use it it was so thin that the slices wouldn’t come apart. It just crumbled and fell apart. I ended up throwing it away.
I wrote to the store and told them about my experience and no one even bothered to get back to me. I didn’t ask for my money back but what would have been nice would have been a reply acknowledging my email, which I never got. In my opinion that’s really poor customer service and when I support a business I expect them to support me too.

Straight up laughed out loud when I read the review from back in ’09 about this being Glenside’s very own Doose’s Market, because that’s exactly what I was going to say. I come here at least 2 – 3 times a week because it’s so easy to walk to from my apartment. If I need anything super specific, I’ll drive a few extra miles to Giant or Trader Joe’s, but for the most part, O’Neill’s has everything that we need! The staff is super nice too. Wish they had a better candy selection, but I guess it’s better for me that they don’t…

What a great place. Great location. Simple. Fast. Everything you need. For a small market, they have what i need. I go here at least 2x a week. Its historic in glenside.

Why make potato salad anymore when you can buy it at O’Neill’s?
I love that they are right in our neighborhood and appreciate their selection and pricing!

O’neills, what can I say? Everyone I know worked there in high school (several moons ago) and some still do. It’s a family at O’neills. It’s clean, they have wonderful employees and you are always made to feel welcome when you enter.
This is my GO TO place for lunch when I am too lazy to pack any (which is all the time). The chicken salad alone is worth going for. The prepared food section is stocked with many many differnt meals and many different soups. They always have lunch specials and will recommend what is freshest to you.
Their catering is also amazing and I’ve NEVER been disappointed. GO O’Neills!!!

I grew up a few blocks away and used to go to O’Neills for everything. I now live in California, and each time I visit home I head there for some potato salad, it’s the best. I would love to know the recipe so I can make it in Cali. Anyone know the recipe? Looking forward to my next visit.

This is a refreshing place to shop. It’s small, but the staff are very friendly, prices are good compared to big shops and have a few items I return for that I cannot get elsewhere. I wish I lived closer or I would shop more frequently here. There are still things I would go to other stores to get, but this is a cool litle place. Their meats always look good, but I have yet to buy them, because I don’t do my normal shopping here.

Let’s cut to the chase. This place has THE best potato salad EVER!!!
Love that there’s a little supermarket in the area. This is the kind of place I picture with a highway on either side, but still around because the people in the neighborhood wouldn’t have it any other way!
BTW — the hoagies are pretty good too.

Ok here goes.
Yeah it’s home town. Yeah nuns in mufti shop here and its real. Yeah they have very good home made foods in the refrig case. Yeah they have chips by small local Lancaster producers. Yeah the folks who work here are nice and helpful. Yeah they have what you need, without 5 different brands making for a quicker shopping trip.
OTOH the deli slices cheese too thin — a GOOD THING for meat is not for cheese — thin makes it break when you try to peel a slice. The butcher is never there when I am and they often are out of meat items.
Parking is ok at night on Easton and I will be honest the back lot is often full — sometimes like when the Keswick is having an event its tough to park…
Blows smack-​me away and has a heart unlike genuardis/​safeway.
I shop here, you should too!

Ever watch Gilmore Girls? Glenside has it’s own Doose’s in O’Neil’s! That is how cool Glenside is. If only I lived closer to this little mom & pop’s grocer, I surely would spend more money here, and less at Genuardi’s and other big names. But alas, if I have to drive somewhere, and Doose’s, er, I mean, ONeil’s is a drive away, I will end up at some big name box just to save a couple duckets and ensure I get everything I need. The only complaint I have is the parking which isn’t that fun, and which is why I’d stick to walking here.
The dream is to move closer to this spot some day, and buy my own little shopping cart so I can walk here and back to my house with all my grocery needs. This place does really have it all covered, from produce to dry goods to meat. And the prices are not outrageous, given its size. Name one other town, and Philly doesn’t count, that has its own Doose’s. I dare you.

Please, please, please don’t ever let this place be replaced by Safeway.
Just how many home run groceries do you see today? This place is not a mini-​mart and not a Giant. It is much, much, better. It is a small grocery that has most things that a person could possibly want/​need. A deli– check. Stocked items– check. Home made food– check. Fresh dairy case– check.
Maybe I love it because my maiden name is O’Neil, but then again, maybe not. This place is just great. Nice, helpful workers in a nice clean store. Old Skool stylee! Rock it Glenside!

There is a secret in Glenside and I am about to let you in on it. But first a little background.
Now I shop mostly at Whole Foods or Trader Joes and try to do the organic and healthy thing wherever I can afford it. But sometimes I just want something like good, old fashioned, bad for you New Yorker cheese or a potato hamburger roll or non recycled paper towels, you know?
And I really find shopping at the huge mega plex Acmes and Giants a nightmare — trying to navigate those sprawling, icy behemoths that have way too many choices, under the glare of florescent lighting, waiting in long lines, masses of people racing about, kids screaming. I literally feel sick when I leave these stores and a couple times on weekends long past I have just left my cart and walked out.
So thankfully I have O’Neils market nearby; a small, cute old fashioned grocery with just 5 or so short aisles that contain everything a big store does, just not so many choices. They have a good deli counter with delicious potato salad they make there in the store. Most of the employees are teens and are quite amazingly polite and friendly and (gasp!) helpful.
You would think this would be bounty enough but wait, it gets better! Here is the secret…
Color me thunderstruck as I turned my head left one day while passing the meat case and saw an entire endcap jammed full of Irish/​British imports! Things like Irish oatmeal, tins of golden syrup, gravies, cookies or rather biscuits as they are known across the pond, marmite, cans of mushy peas, boxes of Irish tea — and yes, you can buy these kinds of items already at most places but these are literally the UK brands.
But what really swiveled my head was the candy, ye gads, could it be true? Right here in lil old Glenside I had hit UK candy nirvana! Colorful piles of Smarties, Maltesers, Cadbury Milk, Lion and Flake bars to name a few caught my wide eyes like a drunk spotting a bottle of scotch at a tea party. (And if you don’t understand why inexpensive UK chocolate is better then inexpensive US chocolate search out the article the NY Times wrote about it last year.) And considering they are imported, an amazing bargain with most at only $ 1 — $ 1.25 each.
They seem to get a shipment every couple of weeks or so and sell out quickly so if I go and the candy is in stock I pile up, usually while humming either «Hail Britania» or «Danny Boy», depending on my mood. The polite teen at the register fortunately makes no comment about the embarrassingly large pile of Lion and Milk bars as I try to distract them with inane comments about the weather.
So now you know the secret in Glenside!

This is like your down-​home, small-​town grocery store where everybody knows your naaame (sung to the Cheers tune). The best thing about it is their hoagies– they are hearty, a little less greasy than normal, and delicious!

I’ve been to Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and the Epcot Center of supermarkets… Wegman’s. These places have everything gastronomique and more. Great prices, friendly people and a million food choices at the prepared food stations. So why is it that my favorite place to shop for food is little O’Neills Market in Keswick Square?
I guess it’s like my feeling when I need to buy an item like duct tape. Would I rather go to the Home Depot and search down mega-​aisles and wait in long lines or would I just go to the local True Value and spend the extra quarter and have the shopkeeper walk me directly to the duct tape?
In short, I like going to the local place and spending my money there. I also like being able to walk through the entire store in about ten minutes and grab everything I need. Since O’Neils is relatively small, you would think it would be lacking in selection. It won’t compete with Wegman’s on that front, but it does have everything I need, and that’s what’s important. Plus, they have some surprising items, like English/​Irish foods and a super-​good prepared section. Really feels like the stuff is homemade. The prepared foods at Wegman’s or Whole Foods just doesn’t taste that way.
Other pluses to O’Neils – friendly staff, you could eat off the floors (I’ve done that with a spilled tub of Kozy Shack Tapioca in aisle four), and a good seasonal selection. This place has a loyal clientele and great community vibe without seeming too precious or preachy (Hello Weaver’s Way). I think it’s the warmest place to shop for food in the area. And they sell Spotted Dick.