C-Town Supermarket

Poorly organized with horrible, rotten produce. They used to have a reasonably priced, good selection of beer but have hiked up their prices $ 1 for their six packs in recent weeks. Who pays $ 10.99 for a six pack of Sam Adams or Blue Moon?
Also, the cashiers are incredibly unfriendly.

I have only come to this supermarket for their beer selection. The craft beer is packed into a corner at the front of the store, and is quite comprehensive, rivaling some of the bottle shops I’ve been to both in the city and outside of it.
I love that they carry Third Rail cans, and a wide array of sour ales.

I like C-​Town way more than Berry Fresh for all my grocery needs and I often walk the extra distance to go here versus there. It’s way more organized, its selection is wider, and its prices are lower. You go, C-​Town. You go.

This supermarket it is pretty well organized and no long lines to pay for your food since there are plenty of cashiers. Their prices are lower then the other supermarkets around. They are not open until late, but that’s okay, you got to manage the time and shop there before the closing time.

I just go in this supermarket because is the closest one from my house for 2 time I bought spoiled meat and the cashiers are very rude and always they mix our food in the bags like they put cheese with soup in the same bag they are very lazy!!!

Lol’s and bandwagon to Joshua V… I get it. Look C-​Town aint fancy but it does the trick for basic necessities that you need from a grocery store. The prices are what they actually should be for Queens, and I can get down with that. And I’m sorry but I find Key Foods crap to be more expensive and worse in quality (I have lost too many 3 dollar avocados to Key Foods). For whatever reason c-​town just has a worse «name». But no seriously, save a few bucks and come here, it isnt bad. Just pick through to make sure what you are getting. The only times I have gotten some bad things from here, was when I was in a rush and not looking properly at the produce (you should check out produce at any store). The produce I will admit is better at United Brothers/​Green Grocers but for me it’s a little farther away so I can only supplement there sometimes. The cashiers are all younger ladies, honestly I find them to be fine. If you are polite to them, they typically are back and again I have met some RUDE people at other grocery stores.

Stay away! Rude cashiers and terrible deli service. I only go here if I need an emergency last minute item. The fruit/​veggies aren’t very fresh– the blackberries had mold, the oranges were rotten, and flies all over the tomatoes.

Basically everything you need, and prices aren’t bad. Some aisles and parts are poorly laid out (if you ever try to get past the deli with someone standing there, you know what I mean) but a lot is packed into this smaller grocery store.
Some issues with the produce though. Huge swarms of fruit flies are common, and I’ve seen lots of rotting lemons here before. Just make sure to double check all your produce and you should be fine.

I’ve shopped here more times than I can count – it’s the closest grocery store to where I live – but after another bad shopping experience, I feel compelled to review this place. Do not spend your money here. C-​Town has some of the saddest, most nearly-​rotten produce I’ve ever seen for sale outside of a corner store, and that’s even on the days when they get their produce shipment. The owner doesn’t understand that you need to keep certain foods at certain temperatures, so even buying a packaged, local salad mix isn’t a sure bet (and I just opened a box of one, with a ⁶⁄₂₀ best by date, only to find it wilted and straight up rotting in some parts). Similarly, yogurt and fresh juices are never kept at an appropriate temperature: we made the mistake of buying cider once from the organic section, only to discover it hadn’t been properly refrigerated and had gone off. We had to toss it. I’ve also purchased canned goods from C-​Town only to realize later that those products have expired.
In other words, there is zero quality control here, and no customer service to speak of, so in these instances I have begrudgingly tossed the product and vowed to be more careful in my purchases in the future. But the wilting produce which they charge full price for is the last straw. Do yourself a favor and go to either of the nearby Key Foods, though the one near 31^st is better — they suffer from some of the same problems, but by and large they have a better selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, a better pantry selection, and a cleaner store.

I love that the avocados are always ripe!!! Fruit is pretty good but this supermarket is a bit expensive. I stop here pretty often & $ 50 later I have no clue where it went.

When I mention that C-​town is my local grocer (and has been since I moved from Philly to Harlem to Astoria), I usually get raised eyebrows. Sorry, but until I start making mad money, I don’t need to spend the extra $ 10 on almond butter that was handmade in the Mediterranean (though if I was, I would totes hit that up).
Does this particular chain advertise itself as being on par with those fancy «newfangled» grocery stores that I didn’t have growing up??? No! Btw, I grew up in Amish Country, and they grew all that fancy healthy sh!# in my backyard, literally… but there’s no need to act like a superior a$$hole just because you shop at a nicer place: P
All personal grievances aside, this location is easily accessible and convenient. The added bonus of having bike delivery for those who make relatively long treks to do they’re groceries is a definite godsend (it’s impressive how many groceries the delivery guys can hold on their handlebars).
No fancy bells and whistles here, but the kind of groceries that you can expect from such a place are… and they ain’t bad.

I have a bit of a love/​hate relationship with this C-​Town.
It’ll have all your basic needs, but not many specialty items like white truffle oil, which i was looking for. Looking for Latin items or ingredients? That’s not a problem, at least.
They have a decent craft beer selection as soon as you enter the store, which I’m pretty sure is meant to entice the younger, cooler crowd to come inside. The produce section has a decent variety, but my problem is that the store doesn’t have very many outstanding sales. I very rarely see good cereal at a decent price, mostly Cocoa Puffs or something equally sugary for no less than 2.99/box. Come on, Rite Aid has given better deals than that.
The store itself is a bit dingy, and employees leave all these historically old price stickers on some of the shelves and refrigerators. I picked up a pack of bacon (no price tag) that had a label on the shelf with that SKU # for $ 4.99, but apparently the price was $ 8.99. For a long time. The cashier got snippy with me, and asked if I read the label correctly, if that was for the appropriate item, to which I replied, «Uh, yes.» She then left the register to go check and then came back and reprimanded her manager for not remove the old, outdated stickers. Hah! Customer was actually right for once! He split the price down the middle for me and charged $ 6.99, which I guess was courteous of him.
Also, be wary of some of the top-​most stacked dairy products. They over stuff the display case and have dairy and refrigerated products such as milk and eggs incorrectly displayed so that they’re not kept at the correct temperature. I know it’s a mom-​move to go for the milk that farthest in the back, but at this C-​Town, it’s actually a legitimate concern.
I do appreciate that Silk soy milk is typically on sale for $ 2.99 here, and that some of their frozen stuff can be super cheap. They had Morning Star on some kind of clearance once for 50%+ off.
The place is just fine, but if you’re willing to walk another avenue, I highly suggest the Key Food on 30^th Avenue instead.

This is better than the C-​Town on Broadway, the place here is cramped compared to that one but they seem to stock a wider variety of items than its sister down the street. In addition, the beer selection here is pretty big for the space it occupies and the service here is an improvement over the other location, which isn’t saying too much, but when I feel too lazy to walk further down or need to pick something up quick I’ll come here. I don’t really buy meat here though, for some reason it seems suspect.

I really like this C– town location.
It’s clean, they have a large selection of everything I need. I’m European and they have good selection of items from my country.
Every week they have different items on sale, I think it changes on Friday’s. Today I was looking for my favorite ice cream and they didn’t have it. One of the workers was putting some other ice cream in the freezer and he offered to check for me in the back.
He came out 5 minutes later, holding my favorite ice cream in his hands.
I was impressed.

I actually am always pleasantly surprised when I shop at C-​town. Besides all my basic grocery store necessities, they have a nice «health» foods section, where I find some good items I can’t find in most regular grocers, and for decent prices. They also have a nice selection of oils, and olives, and their chobani is the cheapest I’ve found! I also always discover little treats by the check-​out, a lot of time no name brands of organic bars, chocolate etc. at reasonable prices. I also discovered they have the cheapest Emmy’s coconut macaroons, they’re only 2.49 a pack! Love!

Normally I do all my food shopping here, however I will not after the experience I just had with the cashier. She always works during the daytime, hispanic, kind-​of-​big boned. She just called me a «faggot» to her coworker after I stopped her from slamming all my food into my bag.

Always clean. Low prices. Good selection considering the size of the store, and they’ll get a product for you if you request it. Super friendly staff. Amazing beer selection. Fresh, inexpensive produce. Sale prices can’t be beat!

I like this C Town and I get most of my stuff here. I’ll just break it down a little bit.
Pros:
Buy great & cheap olive oil for, like $ 15 in a 3L jug. Colavita 3L for $ 30.
Small but nice (and cheap) olive section.
Produce is pretty decent.
Lots of random international products on display at the front of the aisles makes for many fun shopping experiences and random prizes.
Cons:
Lines/​crowded/​slow
Dairy is really expensive
No local eggs
Terrible meats & cheese sections
That’s it. I shop here and like it, but it ain’t gonna save your life, it’ll just fill your belly, and on the cheap.

Very organized. Staff is always friendly and helpful. I live down the street so I always run over to grab ingredients for dinner. You can’t beat the fruit and vegetable prices. I also love C-​Town for the international selections they offer. I always like to try a new type of hot sauce. The deli prices are also great. I like to order feta cheese that way because it saves so much money in the long run. Wide selection of beers. GREAT PRICES!

Ok so this is one of the best supermarkets around for a one stop shop. It’s a C-​Town international so you are going to find lots of ethnic foods. Good Latin American section, Balkan section (selling pinjur, avjar, eggplants sauces, peanut puffs), Middle Eastern (with Ful medammas) section etc. The home made turkey at the deli section is probably one of the best I’ve ever had, good selection of olives and cheese and their hummus is always on sale! They also sell my beloved European fiber crackers which are hard to find in a regular grocery store.
It’s tough to find parking around here since people are always loading up from a few towns away but if you live nearby, this supermarket is great!