The Fresh Market

Tacos aren’t the only thing that are $ 2 on Tuesday!
Fresh Market is definitely my Tuesday hangout spot. particularly at the meat counter. You can’t beat the price of $ 2.99 organic chicken breast, ground chuck and eggs anywhere! Plus, there are always sales on the fresh seafood… that I love!
Although the prices are on the higher end… you pay for good quality items.
And specialty items… don’t get me started. If you’re looking for fresh ground spices, specific grains, wines, coffees & teas, sauces. pasta… etc etc… the list goes on and on. Your definitely in luck, because they’re sure to have items that your local grocer or chain place simply won’t have. And the deli counter always has fresh made soups, pasta salads, and other entrees if you aren’t in the cooking mood.
You can’t beat the location… quite simple to get to. and the off street parking is a win as well.

WHY DO THE EMPLOYEES HERE SEEM SO UNHAPPY?
This may be a corporate problem. Sadly their 40-​ish district manager died a few months ago. Established workers openly claim corporate stress. Where is management’s response? I don’t see it. The culture here has become progressively rude, unruly, and some actually bad-​mouth superiors in front of customers.
BUT THE PRODUCT IS EXCEPTIONAL
Deviled egg potato salad, and tabasco spicy pimiento cheese dip. OMG y’all (nods to Angie) they are pre-​sampling Superbowl snacks like these now. Both are amazing. And if microwaved for 10 seconds, their cream cheese king cake is a «must have» with a chicory coffee breakfast!

Always pricey but you know that when you walk in the doors. I’m a chef by trade and this is my go to place for meats, bread, and herbs/​veggies. It’s expensive but they have so many quality ingredients and I can always find inspiration to cook in the near/​seafood section

The service needs serious help. Not enough people at the check out lines, nor at the meat counter. I notice people mentioned issues at the deli line. I haven’t encountered that, but not surprised. I keep coming here because I live by it, but when I can, I try to head out to Rouse’s in the CBD. It’s just a hundred times better. Also, be careful when you get that little big meal on Thursdays. Half the time, the checkout people don’t know what’s going on. One time I was overcharged. On numerous occasions, the check out people have looked at me funny – «Are you sure you got everything on the meal?» Yes. Yes. Yes and Yes. It’s ridiculous. I have gone here to get things quickly, and have ended up leaving with a dilemma. Going to stop complaining and make the extra hike to Rouses. Prices are similar anyway, plus WAY better selection (and customer service!). However, the stock people, sushi guy, and the gentleman by the front door around the bakery are their best workers as others have mentioned. Just the place is poorly ran.

I live a block away so I come here almost on a daily basis. Nice and fairly small. There’s a nice mix of snooty organic brands and something you’d find in Winn Dixie. Surprisingly, even though their vegetables and fruit area is small, everything is fresh and reasonably priced and they always have what I’m looking for. Seafood selection is good as well. Beer and wine section upstairs is ok. It’s awesome that they have a build-​your-​own 6-​pack deal. It sucks when all you want is one beer. The croissants are the best in the city (as far as supermarkets go). My only major gripe with this place is the deli section. While the sushi is good everything encased looks über unappealing and if you order any kind of chicken salad be prepared for a mix of white and oily dark meats and lots of bones. If I could I’d give this place 3.5 stars.

I have always loved shopping at this store, wherever we have been stationed. This particular Fresh Market has been just OK. Not all of their basic pastries are available all the time and the wait at the deli can be annoying. Also, the fruit I bought was either moldy when I bought it or became moldy the day after when I started to wash and prepare it. I was quite shocked.
I only visit this store early in the morning because traffic around that area in the afternoon is complete madness and of course the constant road work doesn’t help!

Love me some fresh market! It’s on the expensive side, but there are definitely deals to be had. Think whole foods at rouses prices. Their seafood and meats are abundant. The prepared foods are really gorgeous, and the price is right. The $ 7 meal deal with one entrée and two sides can be stretched into two meals if you have a small girly appetite like me.
I especially love their sushi– it’s made fresh there daily and it’s the only place I’ll buy non-​restaurant sushi. They will even make you a roll on the spot if you don’t see what you want in the case!
It’s not the only place I shop but easily has 90% of the essentials I need.

Love that is small and the food is good but service is not all there. On numerous occasions i have been ignored by the deli workers or they make my sandwich while they bi*ch about another worker. This past week I went here after the eye doctor and of course they dilated my eyes which makes sun brutal! Long story short i waited by the counters by the door to check out with NO ONE there for 5 minutes. One woman with long hair decided to say she will be here and she wasn’t and then told to go to the counter by the door with the big bright window. I did not want to go stand by the window I can’t see and it hurts. Dilated eyes or not this has happened numerous times. When I walked thought the aisle where i was waiting still NO ONE was there and the woman who told me to go to the front was talking inside that little locked room. She could have checked me out but instead hid in the closet office and watched me as walked out.
On another occasion one woman told a woman in line to go another worker then joked about making her work in front of us.
Not everyone is has bad customer service. The guys in the meat department are spot on and the guy by the ice cream and desserts also one older lady in the deli department. Y’all are awesome! Also, all those people that put the stuff on shelves are very nice as well.

The selection is fantastic, prices high and service was invisible. Four cashiers outside smoking and many customers to check out seen the same thing I did.

Corporate thru the regional manager just phoned. Big apology. Agreed that the mgr was out of line, and even better, that store manager has been terminated. Hooray for this little guy.

Rudest and most selfish customers I have ever seen in grocery story. They give selfish millionaires a bad rep with their boorish behavior. Every once and a while I go here rather than Whole Foods, because Fresh does have awesome produce and meat. But I’m done with inherited wealth ramming me with their shopping cart and not even saying sorry.

Deez people are cranky. I don’t really understand why everyone that worked there seemed irritated, especially the check out girl. Whatevs. Also, their wine is scattered all over the store, so it made it difficult to find what I wanted. Everytime I thought I had stumbled upon the wine I realized it was just a small display of a couple bottles. Group that shit together. I found some nice cheese, that was cool. Also, the building itself is really neat.

Went here today to grab a salad with my boss. Yes, they had my favorite the Greek salad. Everyone in here was nice and it is so clean. Can’t wait for the one to open by my house!

Who’d have thought the old Bultman Funeral Home would have such good food! Well, buying food and eating in the Bultman Funeral Home isn’t too weird since Border’s Books inhabited the space for awhile (but Border’s did die…). Great grocery, deli, butcher, fish monger, cheese counter, gelato bar, wine outlet all in one. Pick up groceries to make the perfect meal or buy the perfect meal already made. Grab a sandwich or fresh sushi to enjoy there either outside under the fans or in the upstairs dining room.

Our second stop on our visit to Nola. We wanted to pick up some staples for our room i.e. coffee, bread, milk etc.
This was a nice, small, local market. A bit pricey, but good for special things or something quick. If I lived here I couldn’t do my everyday shopping here.

This is where I go on Friday nights to unwind after a long week in the office. I can wander around this place for a good hour once a week and I am constantly discovering something new.
My Friday night dinners usually consist of something from the prepared foods section (the Bistro meal is $ 7 one main dish and two sides). Main dishes range from meatloaf to blackened salmon, there really is something for everyone.
The cheese selection is small but very diverse. The bakery could use a little work, but the gelato is on point.
The second floor is devoted to libations. There are several tables that are good for eating and reading as well. I imagine you can open up your wine up there as well.
I love this place and I will continue to go back every week.

I’ve been a supporter of The Fresh Market since they opened, the seafood selection is small but more trustworthy than Rouse’s and the people are generally helpful plus you find some nice niche items. I always worry a bit about the freshness because they never seem to have a ton of traffic and if you don’t choose right sometimes you end up with bad product which I’ve experienced a couple times (such as during Mardi Gras or later in the week getting marginally fresh chicken if they don’t sell a lot on their Tuesday special). Unfortunately, the other issue is that every time I go in they’re out of at least a few items I’m looking for — which seems strange because after 2 years they should have plenty of data to make sure that they don’t have 10+% of their shelf spaces empty at any given time. In a store with limited shelf space it just seems bad business to have empty areas taking up your shelf space for products that are consistently out of stock.
King Arthur Unbleached A.P. Flour has been out of stock for weeks which isn’t good when my wife needs it for bread (and many of the flours are always out of stock). Kitchen trash bags, the specific tea that my wife likes, and many other items are always missing really get annoying. On a recent visit they supposedly had a power outage AND a delivery truck that didn’t show up so virtually the entire fish & meat cases were empty. Which means that everyone went over to the prepared food section and the guy in front of me got the last decent looking rotisserie chicken. Even after that, I considered getting sushi but honestly the sushi at TFM just isn’t very good — as far as supermarket sushi goes Rouse’s is way better so I ended up putting the few items in my cart back on the shelves and going to Rouse’s where I spent $ 100+ which could have gone to The Fresh Market.
If they’re constantly out of multiple things on my list, I might as well go elsewhere — most of the other stores in town have their issues too but whoever is managing The Fresh Market appears to be consistently missing the boat and this place is definitely moving out of my rotation for a while. Great location, some very good/​unique items, but at this point it’s not a one-​stop store so I’d rather go to one place and be done or at least go to stores that are closer together and/​or local. I’m hopeful that the new Jack & Jake’s opening soon on O.C. Haley might be my go-​to place in the future or at least have some high quality local options to go along with some of the staples from Rouse’s. The Fresh Market is OK, but hasn’t lived up to expectations and in some ways seems to be going downhill. Such a shame.

Love the building this Fresh Market is housed in. It’s just lovely. Love the selection of fresh and colorful flowers that make me sigh and smile from ear to ear as soon as I enter the lovely building. Love the selection of fresh, crisp and delicious produce, the fact that I can make three varieties of peanut butter here (doesn’t get fresher than that), the to die for gorgeous desserts behind the dessert case, the prepared sandwiches, salads and wraps that are oh so good.
Did I mention most of the second floor is filled with beer and wine? Love that, too.
There is one thing I don’t love here. The prices. But oh, I if I were wealthy. I don’t think I’d shop anywhere else.

Great place located on St. Charles Ave and only a couple of minutes from our hotel at the Hampton Inn. We wouldn’t have went in but the signs advertising their coffee got us. I was really surprised at how big it is inside and shocked to see they sold pretty much everything. It’s like a small Central Market with both fresh produce and meats and also pre made sandwiches, etc. 2^nd floor is all liquor, beer and wine.

Updating to include information on their King Cake offerings. I really appreciate a bakery that offers a small version and Fresh Market does… it’s packaged in a pie plastic clamshell (if that gives you a size idea) and they do have a larger size too. The King Cake I sampled was moist and overly cinnamony (it was cinnamon filled… or plain to the natives) but with a good amount (not overwhelming amount of icing) and a lovely dusting of colored sugars.
The baby is a bright green so that’s a bit different and the container included purple, green & gold beads and «doubloons» which I thought was overkill.
I like their selection of produce and teas. It’s a well stocked store. I just wish their prepared food cases interested me more.