Tom the Green Grocer

RACIST establishment. Wouldn’t serve my
Boyfriend/​acknowledge him. The mozzarella sandwich is not fresh and has no taste. Very over priced.

This place has fresh flowers and a gourmet grocery store inside — but the best part (and maybe least well known?) are the deli sandwiches in the back. I like the number 2, turkey with cranberry spread and goat cheese. They also make a great sloppy joe. This is not your standard deli. If you want something different, try Tom’s.

Love everything there. Always delicious food and beautiful flowers! Staff is very nice and helpful. Worth every penny!

I love this little deli/​grocer. The sandwich list is unique to most delis in the area: sandwiches include apple butter, Brie, havarti, unique spreads; not your simple sandwich shop ingredients. Everything is so fresh and I’m always happy with my lunch. They have quite a few vegetarian sandwiches and paninis options. I highly recommend the veggie panini. Zucchini, eggplant, basil spread, grilled to deliciousness!
I recommend calling ahead if you’re in a hurry, as the line gets pretty long around lunch time. The front end of the shop is all produce and specialty items. The employees are always friendly and fast.
My only gripe is that they don’t deliver. My coworkers and I would order from here multiple times a week if they did. Right now it’s just on the occasion when one of us can sneak out to pick it up.

My wife and I have been regularly shopping at Tom the Green Grocer since moving to the area 5 years ago. Unfortunately, after an incident today, this will end. I just returned from my final visit.
I ordered my wife’s usual sandwich, a veggie panini «the old way» (they changed their menu a couple years back, but still make the old items upon request). When I got home, i discovered that instead of a panini, they had given me a #19 wrap, not even similar to what i ordered.
My wife was disappointed, but decided that it was better to eat the wrong sandwich than wait for me to return to the store to get a replacement. Then she bit into the sandwich, and discovered a foreign object — a roughly 1-​inch long, ¼-​inch thick piece of hard plastic of unknown origin.
Naturally, I returned to Tom the Green Grocer with the sandwich and its unexpected contents. I was pretty steamed, but expected based on 5 years going there that they would make it right. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I spoke with the owner directly (after waiting nearly 10 minutes to even get his attention). His response to the foreign object was «What the hell is this?» rather than an apology. He promptly threw away both the object and the sandwich, and tasked one of his people to make the replacement. This person, in clarifying what exactly my wife wanted to order, made it clear that he felt I had ordered incorrectly, not that they had made the incorrect order.
Throughout the exchange, the very few apologies offered were perfunctory rather than sincere, no apology was even offered for the foreign object, and no compensation of any kind was offered.
I will never do business with Tom the Green Grocer again.

My wife showed me this place earlier today for lunch, and I’ve gotta say — it REALLY surprised me. I also couldn’t believe it hadn’t gotten any love on Unilocal!
A bit hard to spot, the driveway to Tom’s is hidden off S. Ave in Scotch Plains. But once you hit it, you see a pumpkin patch and then the main entrance. You walk into a very rustic, old school-​type deli. Produce is all over like a farmer’s market, but the deli is in the back. Very fresh selections for cuts of meat and sandwiches and wraps.
I’m giving TTGG a ³⁄₅ because of two things: the wait time for a wrap/​sandwich, and the SIZE. My wife and I ordered two sandwiches, we probably waited close to 15 minutes. The store wasn’t packed, maybe 3 people total? A bit too long for that type of traffic, personally. And as if the wait wasn’t enough, the SIZE of the sandwiches are WAY too small. for $ 7, my grilled chicken caesar wrap was MINISCULE. Two-​three bites and I was done with each half. Bummer…
BUT the food was GOOD, flavorful, and fresh, so definitely check it out for a new experience!

Got sandwiches at the deli and waited for over fifteen minutes while my boyfriend, who is black, was never smiled at, asked how he was doing, if they could get him anything, long story short WAS NOT SERVED. I don’t care what the excuse is, it’s not a coincidence this has happened multiple times. That says a lot about your business. I will forever tell people this. I’m appalled and sad for our world. P. s. I make a better mozzarella sandwich. Hope someone sees this and cares…

Phenomenal sandwiches and salads. Great guys behind the sandwich counter. Nice selection of breads and produce.

I’m not sure why there isn’t a review for Tom’s here, so I feel obligated to give a hat tip to Tom’s. I live very close by and I come in about once a week to get my produce and a bit of cheese or a sandwich. It’s a small place, but they carry a lot of different products, regional and imported. The deli is stocked and has a nice sandwich menu, too. A decent cheese case and salad case. The desserts are beautiful, but I wish they had more offerings by the slice. For a nice weekday dessert, there’s no way we’d finish a whole cake so I often pass. I also never get there in time for the bread. The moral is — I need to get there earlier in the day!
The produce is very well selected and arranged and I always find what I am looking for. In case you miss the sign, they do carry herbs, just ask — you end up with a huge bunch of whatever you need. Some things are a little pricey, but I end up throwing less away because it’s better quality. Everyone there is very friendly and pleasant and I’ve made it a pretty staple weekly trip. Recommended!