T-Bone’s Marketplace

I’m giving this place 2 stars since the prepared foods and catering isn’t bad. But a fly crawled out of my chicken sandwich from the deli bar. It’s December 7 in Pittsburgh, not sure why this happened. It’s been cold out for weeks. Guessing there’s a healthy population of them there.

I used to live within walking distance from T-Bone’s Marketplace. I guess T-​Bone is a rapper or something, and I don’t know why he opened up a marketplace but I’m glad he is because this place is pretty great. It’s got everything you need, but it doesn’t take all day to walk through like a regular grocery store. If you want some nuts or lettuce or a steak or cake then just walk in and buy it! They’ve usually only got one or two registers open, which is great, because it’s not a huge store — T-​Bone likes to keep his business tight, like his crew. There’s not a hundred people in here getting choked through two registers like at a Giant Eagle or something. The prices are good, and they don’t pull a bunch of stupid sales like the other stores so you can’t tell if something is a good price or not — it’s just the freakin’ price that it is!

I am a TBones junkie these days! Since my office moved to Robinson to Wexford conveniently within a 1 minute drive to Tbones, I come here at least 1 – 2 times a week whether it is for their prepared foods or to grab some groceries. I also use them frequently for catering when I have clients and get rave reviews from my group every single time. Their grocery prices are on the higher end like Giant Eagle’s, but I have always found their produce and meat always fresh. Their prepared foods pricing is fair and their catering prices are excellent. I have also ordered when my girlfriends come to town to stay with me and they love the fruit tray and wrap platter.
Prepared food favorites are their potato food, tuna salad, broccoli salad, egg salad and prepackaged salads in the cooler.
Catering favorites at my office are always the fried chicken, pierogis, white cheddar mac & cheese, green bean casserole, BBQ pork and the greek village salad. My contact is Dana and all I do is send her an email with dates, delivery time, what I want — and she takes care of the portion sizes and billing! So easy and reliable.
Highly recommend for a number of needs. Check serving sizes if you order catering, though, as I have found their portions are geared more toward women than men. Might want to bump the count up a bit if heavier eaters will be in your group!

Would do 2.5 stars if I could. Really disappointing experience with their meat department. I’ll start by saying this is a really nice store with a good selection of consumer items and brands. The produce also looks great.
Here’s the issue. We put in and order for a ham. A very specific order for a party. When we went to pick it up it was the exact opposite. Water added… no bone… all in all a basic crap store ham… and it was expensive.
When we went to return it the manager was really difficult and tried to tell us that it was the only type of ham available. After trying to convince us to take the ham she finally refunded our money… though made a fuss the entire time. Next time just admit the mistake and refund the money without trying to make us feel like we were causing her pain.

T-Bone’s is a local institution. A cross between a market and a convenience store. Very busy all the time. Good customer support and interaction. Maybe 70% of what anyone needs to buy is here — and it is convenient to the Wexford crossroad exchange.
f8 and be there

My mom has been shopping there since I was little, now I go there with my kids. So many pre-​made things that are so much better there than anywhere else. The chicken salad, potato salad, crab cakes, and cheddar potatoes in the deli are great examples. And don’t pass up the pepperoni bread or cheese sticks in the bakery, they’re delicious!
They do run a little on the pricy side, but you’ll find that at almost any independent grocer like this. If you want quality, you do have to pay for it nowadays.