Gus’s Community Market

Review is only for the café area. Delicious Lox bagel for only $ 5! Deal! Their smoothies are yum as well. Can get super busy so slow service but staff apologized. Table/​lunch seating if needed. Other than that, the grocery store itself seems pretty pricey.

this is my favorite parking lot. i drive from south bay and always get a spot here for free! the beauty of it is local shoppers pay more for their groceries just so i can have a free place to park. i’d say put the groceries in an even smaller space, but there has to be a balance. i know it takes a lot of local poor people paying a parking tax on their groceries so i don’t have to pay. so i guess we should leave the store as big as it is now and keep those parking tax dollars rolling.

Delicious fruits, dry aged beef, nice people, great place to shop with kids. Reasonable prices and terrific advice from the wine, beer and cheese departments. Thank you Gus for making shopping easy, fun, and delicious!

While I love the selection at this store, the one star is really for the lack of training given to the people behind the deli counter. They must have a high turn over or they have a huge staff because every time I’ve ordered a sandwich, I always see somebody new. While the people behind the counter are much nicer than the people at the register, they obviously are not trained in safe food handling or sanitation procedures.
Gus needs to provide better training for its employees.

This store has some hard to find items… However, its usually moldy, or looks unappetizing, or dusty. They should really be rotating product more. Check the dates. practice proper food handling, because people are watching. Wash your hands after the restroom!!! I’ve seen cooks come from the restroom and go straight back to work. Sushi is from the same cheap company as Mollie Stones. (another shitty market I have yet to review.) It has a bunch of additives, artificial coloring, etc, even for an avocado roll which is the simplest of them all. This store can be pricey, and I get it, its a given being a local market and all, you have smaller margins, BUT! if you’re going to charge more, why dont you provide more samples, or offer better customer service. Very important if you want to stay afloat.
None of the employees look happy here. They look over worked and underpaid. I believe employee happiness is important for business and customer service as well. Get it together & treat these people better! Everyone always looks stressed out. Treat them better!!! Maybe the turn over wont be as bad.
& stop putting ice in the smoothies.

A short list of pro’s to one of Haight’s hidden gems…
1. Early opening times. I can comfortably stop by en route to work to stock up on fresh produce and to-​go lunches. I know… it’s a first world privilege…
2. Items are priced higher than average, but also surprisingly reasonable. This is especially the case for seasonal produce, which is usually situated at the front of the store. On the other hand, as per any local SF grocer, specialty items otherwise only supplied at Whole Foods can be found here, too!
3. Fresh to-​go lunches, i.e. sushi rolls. The multiple vegetarian rolls I’ve had have been the best convenience store «sushi» I’ve ever tasted. The veggies they use are incredibly crisp and fresh! They even have the sweetest «sushi chefs» behind the counter who eagerly interact and help perusing guests.
4. Public storefront parklet. This neatly encloses the store, and allows hungry patrons to break into their purchases early!
If you are a regular local to this neighborhood, I would highly recommend stopping by!

Gus’s has been such a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. All the produce I have purchased has been excellent. The cheese selection is awesome, the fish department is super fresh. Really a wonderful grocery store.

Cute little market — very clean and well organized, with a coffee and snack bar inside. We came specifically to try their coconut cowboy cold brew with coconut water and coconut whipped cream. The coconut taste was prevalent and the drink itself was more refreshing than an iced latte, which was welcome on a hot day like last Sunday. It was fine, but I probably wouldn’t order it again. I’d recommend trying it if you like coconut. Also, the café has pretty cool food choices like acai bowls and burritos and pastries.

Great market! Would shop here frequently if we lived closer. Pick any department & be impressed. Want dry-​aged beef? The butcher has plenty of choices to show you because they are aging it on premises. Great produce selection with some real bargains – today it was a large container of strawberries for $ 1. Bulk items, three kinds of tahini, enough ice cream to keep a brain freeze going for hours.
Helpful, truly friendly staff, plenty of parking and a nice little café too.

If you know my husband, you know that he loves his fruit. Vacation activities always include exploring local fruit and perusing grocery stores… ON OUR VACATION. So, naturally we have been to many grocery stores around the Bay Area and we have our usual suspects that we hit up for different items. Gus’s is our go-​to/​first choice for fruit and so we end up coming to Gus’s at least 2x a week to satisfy the husband’s cravings.
Even if we didn’t have a fruit supply to maintain, Gus’s is a great market. It has an impressive selection and variety for such a small space. The produce always looks so fresh and prices are better than Safeway. There’s a good selection of wine and cheeses. The prepared food bar is a little bit limited, but there’s also the deli area with a lot more to choose from.
One thing I must highlight, they definitely have the best ice cream selection in the area! Lots of local options and such a temptation everytime I stand in line at the checkout! And on that note, I’ve never had to wait more than maybe 5 minutes to checkout. (I’ve come during peak/​rush hour times, right after work and after yoga class gets out: p).
There’s also plenty of street parking near by and a small garage.

Gus, you’re my go-​to market in La Mission.
It’s walking distance from my place, but if I ever need to drive there they have their own 30 min parking lot with plenty of spaces.
I would best describe this place as a mini Whole Foods. Produce section (lots of samples), deli, salad bar, food buffet, and their own café. They make some of their own items such as wraps, hummus, & sushi. They also sell a lot of locally made products such as Three Twins Ice Cream.
What keeps me coming back is their great customer service. I look forward to frequent this place in the years to come.

Love this Gus’s!
Great staff — very friendly and they are chatty and they remember you which is cool!
Love the meat counter/​butchers and a shout out to the friendly servers at the deli — fab sammiches!

I’m so glad Gus’s moved into the neighborhood! I work a few blocks away, and Gus’s is perfect. Smoothies, coffee, sandwiches, salads — lots of fresh grab ‘n’ go options. I also really appreciate being able to grab a missing ingredient I’ll need to prep dinner.
It’s pretty small, but they have managed to cram in a lot of great stuff. I’ve gotten kombucha, coconut butter packets, epic bars, strawberries, nutritional yeast, and even Bitty cookies (they are made with cricket flour!) For such a small store, they have everything I’ve ever looked for, at reasonable prices.

Wow, what an amazing market! It’s a cross of somewhere between Whole Foods x Bi-​Rite in terms of quality/​selection but with the prices of Trader Joe’s. Kinda dope, yo.
We literally strolled in here (with our baby in her stroller) and browsed, never thinking we’d exit with enough stuff to weigh down the stroller! Their fresh sushi selection is awesome and it lived up to our expectations that night. Their sandwiches are also very good, maybe not as good as the rest of their stuff but definitely some good choices and quality ingredients. Snacks selection is pretty choice, with some interesting options like marcona almonds in truffle oil (yum).
Unlike Trader Joe’s and Bi-​Rite, there’s a decent amount of room to maneuver around. The staff is pretty helpful, too.

I wish I lived next door to this wonderful grocery store. This is fairly new and it’s super clean, well-​maintained (the produce section looked impeccable). If I had stayed here for a long time, I could have spent $ 100 in a short amount of time. They have a salad bar and a hot foods bar, although they are not quite as extensive or varied as Whole Foods. Prices are similar at $ 8.99 or $ 9.99 per pound. They have pre-​made salads and other prepared foods and I picked up a pint of kale/​quinoa/​beet salad for ~$ 5, which was delicious and healthy. If you’re looking for a grab-​and-​go meal, they had some chicken over rice in bowls for $ 6.99.
Their meat selection is also great, with all different kinds of meat, but I think their freshly caught seafood is where they stand out. I bought ½ lb of sashimi grade tuna for $ 12, which was so delicious for dinner — the quality of the fish was on par, if not better, than most tuna I get at sushi restaurants.
They have a nice selection of liquor, wine, cheese. It felt like a cross between Whole Foods and Rainbow Grocery, but less expensive. It’s more expensive than Safeway, but I prefer to support a local business and buy things that are probably higher quality.
I’ll definitely be back here to grocery shop and pick up more of that delicious tuna!

What a great place!
Shop their store on Haight and am delighted they’ve opened up here! The place is great, spacious and chock full of wonderful products.
Just walking in the door sets the tone, with all the beautiful produce inviting you in. Take your time, look around, check out what they carry. Chances are you’ll find something you never knew existed.
Enjoy!

Great reasonable priced super market! They support local farms and surprisingly, this place isn’t overpriced as Whole Foods is. I love their deli! and the packaged sushi at the sushi bar looked really fresh — so much better than Safeway!
From the Deli I’ve tried:
— Dolores Special — (Chicken breast, sautéed onions and peppers, lettuce, and lemon aioli on soft French roll). Loved the lemon aioli but the chicken was dry and the bread was hard even though it’s supposed to be soft.
— Ruben sandwich — really good! The pastrami was super soft and the dressing made it so delicious.
*They offer stamp cards for their sandwiches!
Buy 8 get one FREE! + you get DOUBLE the stamps on Tuesdays!!!

#2/​2016
This location is everything I’ve come to love about Gus’s (aka Haight Street Market) except this location is bigger and has a small indoor parking lot.
Beautiful produce greets you as soon as you walk in and it’s artfully stacked but not fussily so with good to great prices on many organic products. You can also find produce you won’t easily find elsewhere, like bunches of fresh watercress when you find yourself suddenly wanting to whip up watercress soup (I get whimsical notions when menu planning, what can I say and you betcha my neighbors loved it!)
A bigger cheese department than Haight Street with a knowledgeable cheese hound will help you or just suggest some yummy samples. There’s no rush.
(Is there an equivalent like sommelier is to wine that a cheese hound is to cheese? No? Well, I just made that up).
Like Haight Street, Gus’s is maximizing every square inch with narrow aisles though this location features a much roomier space for the meat counter and prepared foods sections.
The staff is terrific, all singing praises of what a great place it is to work, how many years they’ve worked for Gus; it makes you feel good to shop there.
Gus’s doesn’t have the enormous bulk foods section that Rainbow has and I find their bulk beans lacking.
Overlooking that deficit, Gus’s has the absolute best bulk granola featuring unusual flavor combinations like their fennel and orange granola that’s truly the bomb.
So now in this one ¼ mile patch we have food shopping heaven: Gus’s, Rainbow, Foods Co and Costco.
You can do a shopping circuit and get it all done.
I have a soft spot for Gus’s Community Market and the kind, spritely owner who inspires loyalty among his staff and customers.

Gus’s is a lovely grocery store and my (and my entire office’s) new lunch spot! They have a hot bar, olive bar and soup bar, and an endless variety of desserts and drinks. To my delight, I’ve discovered a few new kombucha and drink brands here that I haven’t seen at other markets like Whole Foods.
Pro tip — get the $ 7.95 sandwiches in the back counter for a really good deal on tasty sandwiches!
They also have a café on the side serving breakfast items, coffee and tea. I’ll have to stop by for breakfast and coffee here one day!

Ok, I know the Kardashians are probably the most hated family in America but Khloe is my fav Kardashian. Besides having the most fabulous hair, she [rightfully] kicks Kim off her pedestal and keeps it real. I mean who puts a cucumber near her vag when teaching her mom how to put a condom on (
)?! If I even tried that sh*t, my mom would snatch that cucumber so quick and hit me over the head so hard, I would land in a monastery.
Shopping with Khloe would be a blast. Can you imagine that girl in the produce section with all the phallic fruits and veggies?
Writing reviews for markets are not my forte but food is so Guss’s Community Market (sister to Haight Street Market & Noriega Produce) is very deserving of a review. I heard they softly opened today so I passed by after work (grand opening ¹¹⁄₂₀). Even though I don’t live in the neighborhood, it’s nice to see a family-​owned, full-​service market open in the mission with competitive prices. Unlike Local Mission Market where onions are supposedly a rare and expensive commodity.
Beware there’s no parking lot (to my knowledge) and street parking was not easy to find at Gus’s. I had to circle around several times and stalk a lady just to get her parking space. There’s no parking meters in the area so people don’t move their cars much.
Upon entering, the market looked pretty spacious especially in the produce section. It’s bright and sparkling clean. There’s a small café that serves coffee, tea, juices, and beer. There’s a beautiful meat, seafood, deli (made to order sandwiches are $ 7.49) and sushi counter. The latter is what drew me there. For $ 12.49, I got a chef’s sushi sampler which came with a huge rainbow roll, three piece nigiri, and a piece of tuna maki. I was pleasantly surprised at how fresh and decent it was for grocery made sushi (rice was lightly vinegary and sticky). It surpasses the sushi from Kukje (Korean market) and close to the ones from Nijiya (Japanese market).
Other essentials like Fage yogurt was competitively priced at $ 1.79 each and they had a bunch of specials going on like a bag of Cuties for $ 3.99 and a 6-​pack Pellegrino sparkling beverage for $ 4.99 (aranciata for the win!)
The staff was really friendly and helpful (4 cash registers); I was outside on the sidewalk and one of the workers took the time to greet me. Nice touch.
Only two gripes which is not really the market’s fault but more of a space issue:
1) Limited selection for bulk items and health & beauty items. I was looking for essential oils but couldn’t find what I needed so I will have to go to Rainbow for that.
2) Some of the aisles were hella tight (pet, tea, health & beauty aisle). If there are two shopping carts on opposing ends, one would probably have to back completely out of the aisle first, before another can enter. OR, you can roll through with the shopping carts for tiny hoomans.
Now, I just have to train Tater Tot to push a shopping cart!

Hello Gus. I love you.
What an adorable supermarket that reminds me of a tinier Whole Foods with a bit of a Bi-​Rite local hipster vibe.
What I buy here:
1. The sushi — For supermarket sushi rolls, these are pretty tasty and fresh! Good if you’re craving a $ 8-​$ 12 roll to take home and eat in front of your TV.
2. The brussels sprouts and the butternut squash salad from the deli is ON POINT.
2. The black cod from the seafood section is as fresh as it can get. Look up Nobu’s Miso Black cod recipe, and you’re all set for a fabulous dinner at home! :)