![]() This is very disappointing, and i have been a huge fan of this store ever since i started coming to CT to see my in laws, long before we moved here… I am sad to say, we will not be going back. AND one of the items we bought that was a frozen thing, when opened later in week, it was obvious by the horrid freezer burn, that the item had been there for a very long time. The last time was last Monday, and we thought the shelves looked like there had had been some huge run on items, as if there had been a big storm… or i thought maybe they get all their deliveries on Tuesday… but alas, it looked the same on Wednesday when hubby brought back the two items that were past due. We will NOT be shopping here any more… they are OBVIOUSLY experiencing some real financial trouble which is such a shame, because this WAS my FAVE market, especially for some specialty items… but the last couple of times we have gone here, we have purchased things only to get them home and discover they were past their sell by dates (yes, we usually check before, but this was a place we THOUGHT we could trust). ![]() :O) Moral of the story: Head here for meat & deli items… and there will probably be a line. What a nice touch! Alas, I’d rather walk out of there with my arms bulging and muscles burning, balancing a gallon of milk on my nose than accept help with my groceries… so that particular perk is of no use to me. The bagger even offers to carry everything out for you. Ohhhhh PAPER BAGS with HANDLES! Finally, I can purchase 12 items and they can all go in one very nicely sized (Whole Foods style) paper bag rather than 10 flimsy Stop & Shop plastic bags. This holds true at checkout, where you will see no belt to load your consumables, the cashier takes it out of your (very interestingly designed) shopping cart ( 8 inches deep, millions of inches long) so you can skip that boring step of revisiting everything you put in your cart over the last 20 minutes. Sometimes it’s nice to see a small grocery store doing things the futuristic old-fashioned way. That said, the rest of the aisles are pretty standard, you can find just about anything there in Stop & Shop for a little less - I wouldn’t go here for your big time Superbowl of grocery shopping, the price differences on things (cereal, milk, yogurt, etc etc) add up after a while. If you haven’t ever had it, please obtain it immediately. Just about everything is locally sourced and made in house. Dance down to the other end of the store and get some real, organic, local cold cuts, and the best potato and egg salad I’ve ever had. Grab a slice (or a pie) of their freshly made pizza, or get some sushi from the guy that is physically making sushi behind a little counter near the front of the store. Drool over every cut of steak imaginable, procure pounds of the pinkest swordfish I’ve ever had, and inhale buckets of fancy-restaurant caliber shrimp. HP has no less than 6 different types of pre-marinated chicken, no less than 7 different kinds of burgers, and a handful of different kinds of sausages - among many, many other meaty things. The meat selection is the mandime of Highland Park - it’s as close as you’ll get to a butcher shop without the chance of catching a glimpse of what lurks behind closed doors. I know where everything is and get in and out fast enough. The soups are usually good, but a little pricy. The seafood department is my favorite, and I also like the produce section. It is thin crust, but too thin with no flavor in the dough. I go to Italian Bakeries and buy them for ½ of what Highland Park charges. I never buy them, and I live less than a mile away. 00 for a slice of their desserts is as much as I would pay at a nice restaurant sitting down and being waited on. I have pointed this out to them several times, and they do not care and continue to mislead their customers by calling it Key Lime Pie. They advertise a Key Lime Pie, when in fact it is just Jello Lime Pie filling, which is NOT Key Lime Pie. You can’t use it on a sandwich as it is too large of chunks. Chicken salad is nothing more than large chunks or chicken with mayo, which is nothing to go out of your way for. They think they are so good, yet if you really want to see what good chef’s prepare, check out Crown Supermarket Deli, Geissler’s Supermarket Deli, or Whole Foods. I shop there mostly because it is convenient.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |