C-Town Supermarket

This store has some good sales, despite that people say they are overpriced. I agree that the fruit is not the best. I usually pick up a banana, apple, avocado, that’s about it. Salad in packages are okay, but the other stuff is overpriced, and not always fresh. Their meats are not really overpriced, meat is expensive now. I have found that their prices alot less expensive than a store I stop by in Bay Ridge, but the difference in meat is astounding. The meat in C-​Town is very fatty and not always fresh-​be careful. Yes, check dates on everything. One day I bought something that was expired a year ago. I went back after work, and I told the cashier, and she said so what do you want? Your money back? I said of course, and you should tell your boss. I usually go very early in the morning. There are two wonderful cashiers, very nice and friendly. The other one barely says hello. One day she was arguing with me about an item price, and she said something to the affect if you don’t like what I am saying then go see the manager. I was never spoken to like that in any store, ever. She is rude. The manager there is extremely polite and is helpful. and their breakfast is good and inexpensive.

This place doesn’t know how to store gluten free bread. They don’t freeze it. They leave it out like regular bread and they don’t care about how long they’ve had it. They have bread from January 2015 sitting on the shelves that they say they freeze in the back then put back on the shelves. It’s madness. Also the owner is super mean and literally ignores me when I ask for help.

The staff here are helpful, and pretty knowledgeable. I do wish the produce was fresher, often times I’ll find spoiled spots, fruit flies or just fruit that is way past the ripe stage.
Other than that, I come here for my staples; bananas, ginger root, etc since it’s nearby and right above the 25^th Street R train /​local train station.

Full disclosure: I come from suburbia where the grocery stores are gigantic and have every flavor of every brand and essentially have a farm full of fresh produce to offer. Wide aisles, overly friendly staff, and in-​store pharmacies and banks. I’m not used to tiny grocery stores like this. That being said, there are still a lot of things that this store could do better.
I’ve lived around the corner from here for a little over a year and usually stop in several times per week. The first thing you notice when you walk in the door is that the produce section, usually the largest section in a grocery store, is almost non-​existant. I buy apples and bananas here but I would steer clear of all other fresh produce– I have seen moldy produce on the shelves too many times to count. Their produce is way too expensive, too.
As long as you don’t have your heart set on specific brands/​flavors of things you will probably be able to find what you are looking for. I usually don’t have an issue with that. Some random items in this store are inexplicably expensive. Once I really had a craving for vodka sauce and the only jar was $ 8– for jarred, nothing fancy, pasta sauce! It also bugs me that they don’t really sell toiletries– it’d be helpful if they had a small section of shampoo, soap, etc.
I have to say my biggest gripe with this place is that employees are ALWAYS unpacking boxes and stocking during all business hours. The aisles are already small and narrow (not really wide enough to fit 2 carts side by side) so this makes it extremely difficult and frankly annoying to walk through the aisles. I usually come in with my backpack on and feel like a bull in a china shop because I get cramped into such small spaces with these boxes (and I’m a small person). Many times there have been boxes stacked 6 feet high in front of the exact item I need– oh well, I’ll just have to pick it up tomorrow (grr). My friend has worked in a grocery store for 8 years and thought it was ludicrous that they do all of the stocking during the day– especially because of the tight space. This should really be done when the store closes or during more low-​traffic times of day.
That being said, the staff is always SO friendly. The women who work at the checkout are always so friendly, unlike a lot of places in BK. They always say hello (thank you!) and check you out quickly. The manager is usually around and very friendly, he listens to product selections and will help you find things. Maybe I should suggest not putting boxes in the narrow aisles next time I see him? Hmm.

Pros:
–Right at the 25^th street subway exit
–Good sale prices
–Cashiers are friendly, fast, or both
–Clean
Cons are a list of all the things I gave up on buying at this store after repeated problems with each. I kept on giving them another chance, but finally gave up and now I shop for these items elsewhere:
–Skunky beer (go to the bodega at 23^rd and 4^th ave instead)
–Freezer-​burned ice cream (same, get it at the bodega above instead)
–Spoiled meats (go to Eagle Provisions on 5^th ave instead)
–Not-​very-​fresh produce (go to Rossman Farms on 26^th and 3^rd ave instead)
Avoid the above items and you’ll be fine.

Not the widest selection in the world, but its close to my house so can’t complain. I read the reviews and I found it pretty fairly priced. Some things were a little expensive, but it wasn’t anything exorbitant. Shopping for myself for roughly 2 weeks worth of food and i spent about $ 40 which is not bad. I think if you’re not looking for anything out of the ordinary, its a good place to go. The cashier was very polite and quick, I did not catch her name, but it’s nice to see someone smile and greet you in Bk.
Bottom Line: keep your expectations reasonable and you’ll be happy

Lives around the corner from this grocery store for three years now. Shop here quite a bit. Decent store, they carry things that are important to me, like kombucha, grass-​fed meat (even though it’s definitely over-​priced), grass-​fed butter, and coconut oil. The fruit and produce, however, are TERRIBLE. It’s usually expired and still sitting on the shelf. I can often see mold in every package of berries on their shelf.
Owner is a good dude though, as is some of the staff. Lupe is AMAZING, she’s my favorite. There just seems to be some great employees, and some terrible ones.
The terrible ones just don’t seem to give a fuck. I waited for over a minute today in an empty store standing at the register, items already put down on the counter, while Reina, the cashier sat with HER BACK TO ME TALKING ON THE PHONE. Now, I’ve worked in customer service for twenty years at this point, and NO ONE should be on their phone at work, especially when there is someone who needs your help standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. Sorry, but unless it’s an emergency, you don’t need it at all, least of all just to chat with your friend. She’s been on it in the past when I’ve been trying to pay — doesn’t acknowledge me, doesn’t speak to me, nothing.
Management here really needs to step it up, because they’re disrespecting the people that pay their bills — I don’t HAVE to shop there, and if this continues I’ll happily take my business to some place that actually respects the customers coming in the doors.

I was here last week.
This store is right next to the Best Western.
I came in here to buy my Sunkist soda, bottled water, Daily News, New York Post and Tropicana orange juice.
I did not buy anything else.

I only been here once. The items here seem a bit overpriced.
The fruits here don’t seem that fresh. I am not a big fan of this supermarket.

Usually the prices for C-​town are standard despite location. It seems this location has stopped doing that. What I purchased today seemed expensive. The Carnation creamers and the bananas.
And then on Wednesday, the Dole pre-​packaged sad greens also seemed expensive. But the checkout was quick both times.

This place is SERIOUSLY questionable regarding its sanitary standard, items’ still sitting on shelves after shelves past their expiration dates, employees’ blatant harassment for women and inconsistent pricing.
Each row is too narrow, and given the quarter’s sudden notoriety since last summer for the rampant sexual assault cases by central American males against female pedestrians, I tried to keep away: their common tactics are now known for their assaulting women after stalking them from this site, the subway stop, or Dunkin Donuts. Women carrying bags in both hands seem to be their target as well. Well, it is best not to take a chance. Yuck, indeed.
Occasionally, however, I still have to run to this site for an errand, and bad luck happens. Not assault, though. (Do I still have to be grateful just because I was not raped. Maybe, and that explains how awful the quarter has been.) An old lady nonchalantly cut in line. I raised an argument on the spot. Seeing her behavior, her not understanding English and her old face full of warts, though, I got too grossed out. With the Spanish speaking cashier’s assistance, the cutting– in– line-​wart– lady had her way miraculously. I was left dreaded. The store has no standard to correct the anarchy, either.
Before the site was turned into this chain, there was another store running the same kind of primitive monkey business. I at some point stopped coming here when random harassment became more and more specifically targeted and I felt very unpleasant.
Seeing they have not necessarily benefitted the chain store transformation, and with all the inauspicious elements enough already, I would be a fool if I still patronize this store. But the worst of all is that their price range is, after all, not even cheap. So what is it good for anyway?

I have to agree with everyone this place is very small, hard to move around, overly priced and you have to watch the cashiers and make sure you get your sale price.

MOLD VILL!!! On my third attempt, still hoping it would be better-​because it’s the closest grocery store to my residence! I have gone in I decided not to buy anymore!!! I went to look at the fruits-​always something wrong, either expired or has mold, so I would skip the fruit section and go to vegetables, always looks dry or something looks bad in their batch.
I don’t go here anymore, I rather take the train to Trade Joe’s on Court street and Atlantic avenue. I don’t care how far it is. As long as I am guaranteed freshness and up to date food, I’m down to travel for up to date groceries and fresh fruits and veggies.
BLAHHHHH C-​TOWN!
I’m not sure how this place hasn’t had any violations. (or maybe they do!!)
DON’T SHOP HERE!

It’s okay when i have some urgent shopping to do. The staff is okay, mostly there are problems when they don’t type in the sale price and charge regular price. And expect us to go and recheck the price. They always semm to have a cold and straight face and only one of them, I remember greets in a friendly way.
The meat n fish freezer always stinks.
Only go there because there arent many stores nearby

there’s a pretty bad shortage of one-​stop grocery stores in south slope/​green wood heights. luckily there’s this c-​town.
sure, i have to walk 8 blocks to get to it, and on the way i pass something like 6 «organic delis,» but c-​town is the best bet in this neighborhood.
produce is good, and they have a fair selection of organic products. frozen and diary sections are on point too. 4 kinds of kombucha. everything is clean, bright, new.
standard c-​town prices. overall, solid store.

Fuck this C-​town. There are so many things wrong with this store, it sickens me.
1. Expired food (almost all of their meat) is put on sale instead of taken off the shelves. Illegal much?
2. At least a third of their stuff isn’t marked with a price, which leads me to believe at they make it up at the register which leads me to…
3. Regardless of any sale price they have on the floor, the cashier types in a generic «food» item into the computer and types in a price she sees fit.
4. Every single time I have been here and brought a sale item to the register, they don’t believe me, forcing me to walk them back to the aisle and find the fucking sign. Every single time. And yea, it pisses off every customer waiting in line too.
5. Their vegetables are never that fresh. I have accidentally come home with some packaged hot peppers to find they are moldy and old.
So fuck this place, fuck the staff, and fuck the management for not giving a shit about their customers. I’m never coming back again.
Oh and in reaction to that womans comment above about it being called «south slope»… It IS in south park slope, which is a CITY APPOINTED NAME. Look it up, you bitch.

I’ve read the reviews and you know what??? I have to go back for a second visit to see if these reviews are really true. For the all of the 5 minutes I spent here, I thought the store was decent and I made a mental note to peruse yet another grocery store circular.
When I first walked in, I was like, «yes, no weird small aisle supermarket smell»! The produce section was as small as the aisles, so I made a mental note not to get produce here. I glanced to my right and I saw a hot food bar… mmmm maybe I might try to eat lunch here one day, but if the food looks like it hasn’t been moving for the day, then I’ll pass.

This C-​Town is located a block away from my apartment so its very convenient for me, and its literally 2 steps away from the R/​M line so its convenient for commuters on that line too. I just moved here from New Jersey a few months ago so I was used to huge supermarkets the size of football stadiums. This is probably the second smallest supermarket I’ve been in. But its got all the basic necessities so no complaints there. The one mystery is why they don’t have land-​o-​lakes cheese at the deli counter. I have to walk up to Steve’s C-​Town on 9^th to get my cheese for my sandwiches, so minus one star for that! Also one time they had a DJ outside for their grand opening celebration (4 or 5 months after they opened) and he played a lot of weird music quite loudly.
The pros:
1. Nice and clean for the most part
2. Employees are friendly and helpful
3. Good sale prices
4. Extremely close to my apartment
5. Never really too crowded
6. Aside from the cheese, good deli counter and butcher section
The cons:
1. Really small aisles
2. A lot of the customers take up said small aisles and will look at you and not move out of your way for some reason. Really, what the hell?
3. Produce selection ain’t that hot, my cantaloupe got nasty real fast
4. Not too big of a selection
5. They close way too early

There’s a C-​Town on 5^th Ave. and 9^th St., which is technically closer to my apartment by four blocks than this one, but this might be the place I come to shop on a regular basis in the future.
It’s clean (it’s new, admittedly, and the other C-​Town is going through a pretty complete overhaul as well), stocked with fresh produce and … small. Wherein most grocery stores are wide, this one is definitely not; in fact, I think there are only four aisles in this one.
That said, they have a good selection of foods, though their ice cream display is split up into two areas for what doesn’t seem to be any particular reason (first on your left, where everyone will stand and congregate) and also in a Hagen Dazs display case at the back of that aisle*.
I don’t know if it’s a better or worse question with the other C-​Town, it’s just a question of whether or not I want to walk up the hill to 5^th Ave or walking along 4^th is more my style that day.
* — Where you will find Skinny Cow Ice Cream sandwiches for $ 1.50 less per package than at the 9^th St store.

This C-​Town location just recently opened up about a month ago (around the end of February 2009). It was formally where National Supermarket used to be, and it appears that the old structure was torn town to make room for what is now the new C-​Town (see photos), or it could be that the old structure was revitalized significantly (not entirely sure).
It’s literally right off the R/​M subway line at the 25^th street station (between 25^th and 26^th), which is convenient. It’s a small C-​Town, but considering that it’s new, it’s relatively clean and the produce section looks pretty decent. I will undoubtedly still be doing the bulk of my grocery shopping at Fairway (simply because it impresses me so much), but I’m sure I’ll stop into this C-​Town (as long as it stays clean) from time to time as I venture home from Manhattan after work.
There’s an empty, boarded up lot next to it, so my gut reaction was that they were eventually going to have parking. However, I just discovered that in fact a Best Western hotel is being constructed on that lot.