Comments on Ken's review of Berkeley Bowl Marketplace
Berkeley Bowl Marketplace
Address:
2020 Oregon Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
510-843-6929
Description: An independent, full-service supermarket that carries a wide variety of produce, both local and organic, along with conventional groceries and everyday items.
No Doubts: Love the Bowl!
This is the biggest and best bowl of yummy goodness in the yay area. Any section here rocks harder than at a chain grocer. It's packed w/ people because it's affordable! And because I generally shop on weekdays or off-peak hours on weekends, I don't waste too much time there. And the time I do waste, I'm usually reading a nerd chic magazine in line. (The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, MoJo are examples.)
Just about everyone who works and shops here "gets it" about sustainability... except for all the car drivers I guess (75%?)... well, that used to be, and sometimes still is, me too. Anyway, I love each section of the store. For example, the dairy section stocks glass-bottled grass-fed, crap-free Strauss milk (which rocks!!), St. Benoit yogurt in ceramic pots (rocks too!), and brown cow yogurt, among others. The meat crew are knowledgable and quick. And not to knock Safeway (it's closer for me most of the time) but there are many selections of grass-fed everything here. Except for fish.
Ken's keywords: berkeley, b-bowl, cool people, cheap, good, yummy, food co-op
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