Buffalo Whole Food & Grain Company

This is a wonderful neighborhood place. The kind of place where they know you by name. Produce is excellent and they have most everything you need. I love coming here.

Super sweet corner store with great produce and a good selection of other food and snacks, plus tons of vitamins and supplements. Plus they have super friendly people working here.

This is the best, most well stocked and diverse corner store known to man. The store is small but some how manages to have really fresh produce, bakery items, vitamins, soap, deli items, etc… Every time I forget to buy something from the store or need a last minute obscure ingredient, Buffalo pulls through for me. Did I mention everything there is organic?! They also have lots of vegan items. On top of all that, the guys that work there are super nice and will often offer my kid a treat! Definitely a gem in the neighborhood.

Buffalo is located right down the street from our place, so for a number of years it’s been our go-​to stop for groceries. That ended today, when a male store clerk snidely called me a B*TCH because he didn’t hear me say «excuse me» as I squeezed by him to exit the store — he and a customer were basically blocking the entrance and having a conversation about cookies. I was so shocked that I turned back to call him out on it, but he retreated into the store and booked it out of sight. He went in so fast he left the other customer hanging outside the store. I didn’t feel like chasing him, but the female at the cash register saw it all go down and she had a mildly perplexed look on her face.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not the kinda girl who’s into being insulted by store clerks, especially when there’s a Mollie S just a few blocks away. And isn’t this neighborhood all about treating others with dignity and respect? Get it together, Buffalo — this ish is unacceptable on many levels.

I am so grateful that this place exists! Where else would we be able to pick up a few veggies and a loaf of bread when we’re trudging up the hill from work and our fridge is totally bare?
There is always a good variety of produce to choose from and it’s always been of good quality. They also stock some of our favorite varieties of hummus, yogurt, ramen, fresh bread, etc.
The staff is also extremely friendly… makes me look forward to stopping by!

Small little food market that carries great variety of items considering it’s only about 3 aisles of food. Prices are also reasonable and produce selection is über fresh.
The staff was super friendly and it feels like a place that’s very entrenched in the community. Also, quite a few vegan and gluten options as others have mentioned.

Their «thing» seems to be vitamins & supplements, but the quality of their fruits & vegetables is top-​notch. They also have good house-​labeled hummus in the fridge… FYI there’s no beer or wine that I know of (but Castro Village Wine is across the street)

Was a little taken back by the cashier today. My bill came to $ 5.98. I gave him 6 bux, The cashier did NOT give back my 2cents of change because he did NOT want to open a roll of pennies. WHAT! At some point during your shift your going to have to open the damn roll for Christ sake. This is pure laziness on your part because I’m sure when you are done with your shift you are trying to make it easy to count your drawer at the «expense» of your customers which you just lost one today !!! Yes it’s 2cents but really !!

Cute and convenient-​ish, but the bald guy was REALLY bitchy. Not worth coming back.

Helpful people, nice selection. A great part of the neighborhood.

I come here sometimes early in the morning after my workout. It is one of the few places that is open at 8:30 am. For a small market, I find their selection to be pretty good. They carry raw milk which always seems to be in stock (unlike at other places). They also carry a good selection of kosher Jewish favorites.
I haven’t experienced any rudeness that others seem to have. They seem to be pretty quiet when I come in.
To the guy who gave the place a bad review because he thought goy is a epithet. It isn’t. I don’t know why your friend thinks it is. It is used exactly like gentile. Sure, it can be stretched to be one, but the same way the word ‘man’ can be.

Major disappointment in my experience at Buffalo Whole Food. Called in to hold 2 Challah for Shabbat last Friday. Went to pick it up and the note on the bag said, «Hold 2 Challah for this goy». Come to find out from my Jewish friends that «goy» is an offensive term for someone who is non Jewish.
Way to alienate your customers! Good Job!
By the way, the Challah was great!

The folks at Buffalo Whole Food treat their customers like family. But beyond great service, friendly smiles, and warm conversation, they’re fully stocked. Fruits, veggies, grass fed beef, Mary’s air chilled chicken, pre-​made meals and munchies, cereals and chips, bagels, supplements and vitamins, and the list goes on. The quality of their products is as good or better than Whole Foods, but it usually costs less here. Plus, it’s just a more pleasant place to shop. If you live in the Castro you already know all this. If you live elsewhere, it’s time to make the trip! Thanks, BWF!

Every time I go to the Castro, I stop by this market. It’s really cute and it has a great selection of decently priced health foods. The bread selection is awesome and the people that work there are incredibly kind.
Get the hummus!!! It’s the best ever!!!

I come in here about once a week because I work in the neighborhood and like to shop for organic food. I am more and more disappointed by this store– you always have to check the dates since I frequently find items past the expiration date. I have bought things that tasted «off» like it’s been sitting too long on the shelf.
The produce selection is uninspired– they often sell produce from Mexico when you can find the same fruits in season locally at other stores. Some of their produce is also way past when it should be resonably on the shelf– like shriveled nectarines and mushy plums.
I still feel better about shopping here than at Mollie Stones, but honestly I would rather walk to Birite and get quality fresh foods than shop here and that is what I do when I have the time.
The staff is pretty friendly– some very friendly workers and some not as friendly.

I love a place that remembers my name.
It reveals so much about the character of the place.
Buffalo Whole Foods and Grain Company still continues to be a darling and well stocked health food spot– full of a variety of all sorts of wondrous goods. From gluten free muffins and pasta to fresh fruit, and local hummus — it’s well worth checking out, especially considering their later hours.
Trust.

Fresh reasonably priced organic produce. Really warm service. The veggies are exceptionally beautiful here.

I walk by here everyday and their sidewalk selection of fresh fruit always catches my eye. One day I decided I’d pick-​up some strawberries and was definitely not disappointed. They were at that perfect stage of being just ripe and sweet enough. And the price was very reasonable.
Once inside the store, I was pretty impressed by their variety and selection, especially considering it’s a relatively small space. As a vegan, I definitely appreciate the generous selection of fake meats and sweets. The prices for the fake meats were a little on the high-​side, but I imagine that stuff must have a relatively higher wholesale price when not buying in the huge quantities trader joes or whole foods engages in.
I haven’t investigated the vitamin wall yet but it is HUGE. I don’t see how you couldn’t find pretty much anything you need in that department. I also haven’t had any of the local made breads other Unilocalers have mentioned but that will probably be next on my list.
Nice employees, good foods — great to have in the neighborhood.

This shop is as dynamic and high quality as the tiny green grapes I just bought from here are sweet and perfectly juicy.
What I mean to say is that they seem to stock only the highest quality versions of all of their selections. The few complaints about this store appear to be the pricing, but you have to keep in mind the following:
— this is a small corner store in the Castro
— the quality is really tremendously impressive
— veggies and fruits must be regularly combed over because I never go home with near rotten or already spoiled produce
— the manager/​owner? is insanely helpful — going out of his way on a recent visit to let me know I didn’t have to buy the whole bag of grapes just because they happened to be all in 1 bag. (I did buy them all because they’re those yummy tiny green grapes that are so very sweet this time of year.) He also offered to locate a homeopathic remedy I’m looking for and «have it in the store with in a day or so.» That’s some serious corner-​shop helpfulness and I don’t even live anywhere near this corner anymore!
Organics, homeopathics, vegan and other specialty diet foods. .. this is a beautiful version of the modern corner shop. Now if only I can get one of these near my house in Daly City. ..

I don’t know why I haven’t reviewed Buffalo sooner. They’re in my neighborhood, they have a terrific selection of stuff, their prices are surprisingly reasonable, they’re nice, and I can support a small business and local producers alike by shopping there.
This morning, after a comically failed attempt to go to the Allemany farmer’s market, I came home and walked over to Buffalo. They had EXACTLY what I wanted – Two Dog Farm dry-​farmed tomatoes as well as lovely heirloom tomatoes ($ 3.99/lb. each), gorgeous if not-​quiiiiite ripe organic peaches and nectarines (put ‘em in a paper bag and they’ll be ripe in a day or two) for $ 2.99/lb, Applewood Farm bacon, real (as in no gum or other crap) cream cheese, and bagels from my beloved House of Bagels.
Thank you, Buffalo Whole Food & Grain Company. I’ll be back again and again and again.