I’m delighted with the new organization & fresh products that our local store now provides. Fresh cilantro, perfectly ripened avocados, along with a wonderful new range of cookies: including Tates! Keep up the good work! Happy you’re in the neighborhood!
Nick L.
Tu valoración: 3 Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Expensive… unless you’re getting something with a manufacturer’s price tag on it, in which case the convenience of the place is a big plus. Has a kind of strange atmosphere. Good place to pick up a pint of ice cream without having to worry about it melting on the way home, or a cup of mediocre coffee without having to worry about it getting cold on the way home. Would be more useful and get more stars if the prices for everyday items were more reasonable.
Suzanne E.
Tu valoración: 4 Chicago, IL
Can be pricy, but it’s clean and organized, and they are very gracious about giving me free shopping bags when I stagger in to buy a can of something or other bearing 20 pounds of books from the Powell’s free bin across Harper Avenue. This place has tended to be relatively expensive forever, regardless of who owns it, because of its location. I appreciate the suggestion from Tamara G. about exotic spices and Eastern European staples, since I never penetrated that far into the groceries.
Peter H.
Tu valoración: 3 Chicago, IL
The outside says something to the extent of «the biggest little supermarket», and the sentiment couldn’t be more correct. For a store that looks kind of small there’s a large selection here, and the prices aren’t that bad. Plus they actually carry one of my favorite Arizona Tea flavors that almost no one else has. I’ve found it’s a nice place to grab something essential before heading back home instead of going to Walgreens or Treasure Island.
Natalie W.
Tu valoración: 3 Chicago, IL
This place is expensive. But when I lived at 58th and Blackstone and needed something(anything) and didn’t have the time/energy to walk more than a block, they had it. They also sell Lucky Strikes, or did when I used to smoke, which Walgreens doesn’t. The guys behind the counter always recognized me and were really nice, and the muffins they had at the counter were surprisingly good. They also have coffee, and would always let me have it for free when it was late in the day and they knew they were just gonna throw it out anyway.
Kailee K.
Tu valoración: 1 Chicago, IL
Most times I’ve been here have been fine. Definitely on the expensive side, and they have a $ 5.00 minimum for debit cards, which is annoying. A few days ago, though, I spent an exorbitant $ 5 for a pint of Ben and Jerry’s(okay, I know Ben and Jerry’s is expensive everywhere). I took it home and found that instead of creamy, it was icy, as in crunchy with ice crystals throughout. It was as if it had melted and refrozen. The texture was completely wrong. The next day I took it back and asked to exchange it. The clerk let me open the new one in the store. It appeared to have the same ice-crystal texture on top as the first pint. The clerk shrugged at me and said«that’s how we get them.» When I took the pint home and tried it out with a spoon, I found the same disgusting ruined ice cream as the first time. I won’t be going back.
Tamara G.
Tu valoración: 4 Chicago, IL
Once, when I lived in Hyde Park, I drove all the way up to Devon for a certain Middle Eastern spice, only to find later that they had it at Harper. Check here for your obscure ethnic ingredients before you make a road trip of it. Also, lots of the staples here like jam and tea come from off brands with Eastern European names. Buy these. They’re the cheapest and best.
Louise L.
Tu valoración: 3 Chicago, IL
Harper Foods is like the former University Market on 57th – a bewildering array of items INCLUDING the one you were looking for… for about $ 2 more than you wanted to pay for it. It’s not cheap, but they have what you need. Seriously, I couldn’t find mint extract(random, I know) anywhere, including Treasure Island. Looked in Harper on a whim… and they had it. Three different brands of coconut milk. They even have fresh(ish) fruits and vegetables. So go, but know going it’s a convenience store and that comes at a price.
Kira B.
Tu valoración: 5 Bloomington, IN
This is a surprisingly great little market. Good bread, good cheese, and good coffee, at decent prices.
Elizabeth K.
Tu valoración: 5 Chicago, IL
For months, I’d stopped in at the Medici Bakery for coffee(and an incidental chocolate croissant) on my way from the 6 to class. My pants were a little tighter, my wallet a little lighter, and I complained about it one morning before class. My friend Alex said, «Dude. Go to Harper Foods. They have Intelligentsia coffee for, like, a dollar.» It’s true, they did … a small of Intelligentsia for 99 cents, 1.10 with tax. They’ve since bumped the price up by about 10 cents, but it’s still fresh, good coffee for a very good price, without the temptation of the chocolate croissant. I’ve also bought foodies in here on the days that I’ve forgotten to eat breakfast. A lot less intimidating and much cheaper than trying to get something at University Market down the street. The owners are very friendly, and it has a lot of stuff that you wouldn’t imagine a corner store would have, plus the staples like Air Heads, cigarettes and gum.