Vucciria

I’ve been coming to Vucciria recently to pick up fruits and vegetables to make lunch, salad, or whatever else at home and I’ve noticed recently the prices have gone up at this place. Suddenly I’ve found Cherry Hill (across the street) to be a lot cheaper than Vucciria. I’ve also noticed the quality of their produce aren’t as good anymore.
During a recent visit here, I noticed some of the staff here are quite unprofessional and stare at female customers in appropriate ways.
I really do think it’s better to just go to Cherry Hill — quality is a lot better.

This place is so smelly outside because they put the garbage right next to the fruits. They even put garbage where people park the cars so no matter which direction u go from this market, all you smell is garbage from their fruits or whatever it is that is inside those bags. The workers that handle the garbage or fruits are very unprofessional and very rude. They don’t speak English and they are not helpful. I would never shop in this place with this kind of customer service.

While some might like it better than Cherry Hill, I still swear by the other. Definitely good for some options you might not find across the street. I swear, I passed this place daily thinking it was just another 86^th street fruit store. Glad my buddy told me how wrong I was. Count me back often!

Vucciria opens ²⁴⁄₇ — like wow!!! They sell fresh fruits and vegetables here for a good price. If you’re all about that organic life, walk inside the supermarket and you’ll see organic raised veggies and fruits for a higher price, of course. Walk in deeper (you’ll have to, to pay for your stuff.) By the way, it’s a struggle to walk all the way in the supermarket and turn left and continue walking straight and then turn left again to pay for your stuff… Anyway, walk deeper and you’ll find that they sell pasta, fresh meat (they have a butcher), etc. I’m also impressed that they have a mini food buffet as well with pastas, chicken, and other yummy goods that smell delicious!

I love this place for so many different reasons. The quantity, variety and general freshness of the produce is pretty much unmatched by other nearby venues — particularly at their price point. Sure, you can probably save a buck or two by really keeping an eye out along the avenue, but for me it’s simply not worth the time and legwork when Vucciria pretty much has it all in one well-​maintained establishment. I adore their fresh breads, baked on the premises. They have a sizable variety of cheeses and cold cuts spanning Europe from east to west. I love being able to buy hard-​to-​find items like speck and Hunter bacon and French or Greek or Bulgarian feta at an exponentially lower price than venues like Fairway or D’Agostinos in Manhattan. The hot food items are also quite nice (I’m a big fan of the catfish and the chicken kebab). They also tend to hire very pleasant and professional staff. The lines move fairly quickly, even though it seems like everyone and their mother is paying with a benefits card.
Clearly Unilocal isn’t the proper venue for railing against the bloated welfare state, but seriously, the next time you’re on line at Vucciria, look around and tell me there aren’t far too many able-​bodied young men yanking that card out from between a wad of twenties or women producing it from the recesses of a designer handbag. It seems the status quo in Bensonhurst now is for all the immigrant associations to get newcomers set up on the dole whether they need it or not. Not a modicum of shame is involved. For them, it’s just free money and you’d be a sucker if you *didn’t* take it. Remember when welfare was considered taboo and only permissible if dictated by dire circumstances? Well neither does the clientele at Vucciria.
But that’s just the clientele, and other than making me want to force them to thank me for paying for their groceries with my tax dollars, they aren’t much of an impediment. I believe the co-​owners of Vucciria are Sicilians and Russians and together they make for one well-​run business that definitely earns all five stars.

I find Viccuria a really good alternative to Cherry Hill with more affordable prices. They have the real cottage cheese that I couldn’t find anywhere else and I like the wide choice of species. Have never noticed impoliteness of the stuff or anything bad, as other reviewers say.

Very unprofessional service, horrible management. Will never go back again. How difficult is it to scan a coupon?

Lots and lots of fresh produce outside the store. There are always specials so go check it out! It also has a deli, hot buffet, and bakery inside the store. Props to the deli section for carrying quality cold cuts like boards head and the great customer service.

I’m an 86^th street regular, since I live in this neck of the woods. I usually come in for my fruits and veggies. They are pretty competitive with their prices on the produce outside. It seems like they might get a shipment a couple of times a week. it seems like every few days the inventory has changed. When you go inside the prices get a little higher, and of course that all varies on what you’re looking for.

Beware! The store itself I’m sure is fine. But you need to know that an employee at the store has been observed using a mirror on his shoe to look up women’s skirts. Pathetic! I told the manager, Johnny, and pointed the employee out. The manager said he’d check the videos and fire him if there was evidence that the claim is true. Buyers beware!

While 86^th Street may be inundated with grocery stores, I always come here to do my weekly veggie shopping. The store is pretty clean, the fruits and vegetables are fresher than other places along the way, and the prices (though not the cheapest) is pretty competitive. I first came here as an alternative to Cherry Hill Market but now I find myself shopping here for almost all of my vegetable needs. The staff is friendly and the place is certainly less crowded than most places along this strip. The desserts aren’t very good. The prepared foods look really delicious but since they’re left out in the open in the middle of the aisle and I’m a slight germaphobe, I have yet to try any of them.
A fan!

This place is like a grocery store. It has fruits, veggies, hot and cold food bar, meats and many more items. Things can be cheap at times, but pay attention to the expiration date and check to see if there is mold on fruits. It’s convenient and open pretty late at night. Does the job, is a great convenience for those living by and need something quick.