The Fresh Market

Nice little market, reminiscent of Sprouts. Service is amazing, always very helpful. Nice wine selection.

No hot food or salad bar 50 minutes before closing. Why bother?
I went for a slice of pizza but everything was long since clean and packed away. It’s a shame as their pizza is very good. I decided to look around a little.
It’s like a miniature Whole Foods with a small, focused selection of products. Lots of prepared items. Not a great white wine selection, despite the amount of the store given over to it (and the same with beer.)
Not really sure what niche they’re going for here. If you want Whole Foods, go to Whole Foods. If you want produce, go to Sprouts. And either the Minyards Sunfresh or the Kroger is fine for regular groceries. Who do they want to shop here?
I can’t see myself going back on the off chance that a pizza is ready. I’ll just go elsewhere.

This hidden little gem is nestled on the east side of Oaklawn Avenue between Blackburn and Avondale in The Turtle Creek Village.
This store has a very similar feel to Whole Foods, but without the big crowds.
The store carries a variety of items that you can simply find at any grocery store and it also carries specialty organic elements that you would find only at Whole Foods. My favorite and what seems to make them send out is that they carry certain exotic food items that you can’t find anywhere else other then genuinely ethnic stores.
They have:
— a bakery with specialty desserts
— deli department (serving sandwiches, soups, etc)
— salad bar
— fruit/​veggie department (delicious and prime selections)
— Standard and specialty wine selections
And much much more.

Pleasantly surprised with the outstanding customer service provided. I had a hankering for something sweet so decided to check out the bakery. In doing so I was immediately offered a sample of a delicious peach pie. To say it was delicious would be an understatement. Wow! Although the selection is small it is filled with quality products. I decided to go with a carrot cake truffle and a red velvet truffle. I have yet to eat them but they are gorgeous to look at. I can’t wait. As I was headed to the cash register, a wonderful employee named Jennifer offered me a sample as I was passing the deli counter in the center of the store. There they had a huge selection of hot ready to eat foods as well as heat and serve items. It all looked so good, I decided to place a dinner order for later that night. A whole buttery garlic rotisserie chicken, bacon mac and cheese, broccoli and Bleu cheese salad, sweet corn bread, and a apple crisp pie. All that for a very low price! Everything was perfect, fresh and flavorful! I can’t wait to try the catering menu. They make everything so easy.

Great store with delicious prepared food and nice meat counter, but there are some issues… First, prices are high. Next, the preparation instructions for the meat and chicken items are not correct. Bought a chicken cordon bleu type item with instructions to bake for 15 minutes. When it came out, the chicken was still raw. RAW. At the prepared food counter, it is near impossible to get service in under 10 minutes. It is disorganized — with people who walk up after you getting waited on before you. A suggestion would be to add a pull a number system. Don’t get me wrong, the service IS friendly, once you are finally able to get someone’s attention. Please Fresh Market, step it up, you have a lot of potential.

I want to say Thank You to Ruby.
I bring my own bags and prefer doing my own bagging. Ruby noticed what i was doing and when she had a number of items scanned, she turned on the conveyor belt long enough to get everything down to the end and turned it off. She scanned more items and repeated the process until she was done. This allowed me to easily reach everything without it all rushing at me at once. It seems like the normal response is to push items half-​way to the end so i have to stretch to get it or turn on the belt and scan everything AS FAST AS POSSIBLE so that everything is crammed around the bags.
Thank you Ruby for helping me to help you!

I’m so done with this place. Tons of mechanical issues with their chicken fryer, side dishes are crap compared to Eatzie’s — just an overall bad customer experience! Central Market will shut this place down when they move into the neighborhood on Lemmon Ave.

Man is this area getting a lot of attention. Whole Foods already exists about a mile away. You can almost see Eatzi’s from the parking lot. And a Trader Joe’s is under construction near Cole and Armstrong. Are they all different enough to survive? Or will the new apartments and condos going up increase the demand so they can all survive?
This is like a mini Central Market to me. It’s big, but laid out so that most of the store is open, with aisles limited to just one area. The produce is inviting and expensive. But maybe it’s just a matter of picking and choosing.
I’ve had a custom made sandwich at the deli counter. It had some interesting options– I don’t love what I chose, but I think it was my combination. I’ll definitely try again. They cut the meat fresh for you. Prices for sandwiches are comparable to Eatzi’s but without the 20 minute line.
The bakery has a lot of appealing stuff, and seems to run some good specials. I bought some BOGO shortbread cookies that the office enjoyed.
Lots of gourmet and bulk candies to shop from and a coffee/​juice bar at the front.

Good prepared food but waiting to get serviced at the sandwich place is hit or miss (mostly miss). No acknowledgement of you waiting. Seems like they want you to go away or choose a pre-​made boxed wrap. I’ve asked friends and it’s the same response.
Looks like a hot sandwich is not in the cards again.

I visited for the first time yesterday, and while I was there, I felt compelled to text my friends in the neighborhood to say, «I don’t get this place.» Because I don’t. With Whole Foods and Eatzi’s so near by, I don’t see myself ever returning to this store. The product mix is strange, there’s little selection, and the prepared foods are nothing to write home about.
Because I was there, I bought some fruit. And boy, was it disappointing. The cherries were inedible. I love cherries, but these — these were just gross. They were tough, chewy and bland. Yuck. The peaches were mealy, and the blueberries were also pretty tasteless. Big bummer.
The whole produce section was badly signed as well. I couldn’t find the prices on lots of items. I wanted to buy some corn, but I couldn’t determine the price. The handwritten chalk sign said 5 for 2, but there was no $ sign. So is it $ 5 for 2 or 5 for $ 2?
The selection in the rest of the store was just weird. The cereal aisle was mostly healthy choices like you’d see at Whole Foods, with a couple of random sugary cereals thrown in. There’s a big shelf of ‘healthy’ soft drinks, like Izze, and then some Coke and Diet Coke thrown in for good measure I guess.
I got some hummus, so I wanted pita chips. I had two options on Stacy’s Naked Pita Chips — one was the regular package I’m used to seeing at Kroger or Whole Foods, and the other was a fancier ziplock top package of the same item, but it cost more per ounce. And they sat right across from each other on the same aisle. Weird.
I perused the prepared food because I was looking for a quick lunch, but nothing looked appetizing. The chicken salad had way too much mayo and everything else just looked kind of blah.
Meanwhile, when I checked out with the few random things I found that were interesting, I was stunned at the price. Way more than I spend at Whole Foods! That’s not at all what I expected. And since I’ve thrown out most of the produce, I got a really bad deal on some hummus and pita chips.
The one bright spot in this place is the seating area. It’s nicely secluded from the rest of the store and looks quiet and empty. I’m assuming they’ve got WiFi, so I’ll probably be back to use this as a quiet place to work when I need a change of scenery. Maybe I’ll buy a water.

It’s about time that the Uptown area finally got a good grocery store! The surround stores just didn’t cut it for the type of fresh produce and food options that I like to shop for. The closest store that I could drive to, even for a quick run in and out, was way off of Lemmon Ave and the Tollway (Whole Foods). I’m so glad that Fresh Market has now joined the neighborhood.
This is a «get to the point» type store. As soon as you walk in, you can pretty much glance at the entire store from front to back. It kind of reminds me of Sprouts as far as the size goes. But, what’s great about this store are the options. They have many wild seafood choices at competitive prices, which is nice. They also have a wide variety of breads to choose from. Their spices are amazing to sort through, as well as all of their sauces, teas, and salad dressings just to name a few.
The service was quite helpful the day I came. I’m going to definitely make this my quick shop stop for groceries!

This is THE best grocery store EVER. It is gorgeous and SO organized. They have a great produce selection and I love all their premade meals etc! And they have the best chocolate section EVER. I LOVE FRESH MARKET MORE THAN LIFE

So glad to have this option in Dallas! My favorite experience when coming to this store is the customer service! Everyone is so friendly and I especially like the store manager! She is always upbeat and ready to help in any way possible (no pretentious attitude here). I once observed a customer asking for a glass of iced tea, currently TFM doesn’t sell iced tea, but the manager went in the back and brewed some tea, poured it over ice, and provided it for the customer… That’s customer service!
I have also received excellent service from the juice/​smoothie bar, cashiers, and grocery personal — really appreciate it after a long day.

Not a Whole Foods knockoff. Impressively open clean space with about 95% of full stock as of Saturday 6÷13÷15. Courteous staff. Center deli will give EatZi’s a run for the money. Not very crowded YET. People must not know its here quietly tucked next to World Market.

Brand new store opened Wednesday, 5÷6÷15. I ran in today for my favorite gluten free chips and the store is extremely clean and the customer service was excellent. They are still stocking their aisles. They had what I needed and then some. This store is in a brand new smaller retail center off of Oak Lawn at Blackburn. It Is also next door to a brand new World Market. So soon, this small parking lot will be very full. Great location, just wish the parking lot was bigger. The produce and items at FM are on the pricier side. You can find a lot of the same goods at Kroger and Sprouts, but this was a nice venue change. They carry a huge selection of homemade deli/​sushi to-​go, produce, beautiful bakery items, large selection of cheeses, and what will be a nice wine selection once they finish stocking. A smaller Whole Foods or Central Market, in my opinion. Happy shopping, Dallas!

What a great addition to the Fresh Market stores! The whole shopping experience is enhanced as you arrive with a grassy courtyard accompanied with outdoor seating between the entrance and the grass.
Once you enter the store, it is very light and bright, as the natural sunlight comes in from above. I liked the way the departments were defined, as we indulged in a Berry Smoothie and a muffin, only to find they have another dining area in the inside! Our shop continued, as we found healthy snack choices in the chip section and bulk area, the customer service was very good, as we were assisted in selecting coffee from their wide selection.

This store is very convenient being less than a mile from my home. As such, we have gone to this market about 3 days a week since it opened.
The store has a great cheese selection and many great delicious prepared sides and meals.
The produce selection is decent for a small store, but they did not have any spaghetti squashes when I was shopping and were out of fresh dill… They also seem to lack a lot of organics…
Prices are high, on some things they are more expensive than whole foods so if you are cost conscious, you should avoid this place.
I would have given four stars but the meat department is down right deplorable. I cannot tell you the number of times I am waiting on someone, anyone, so I can buy the fresh meat I want. They seem to camp out in the back and I am waiting for a solid 5 minutes till someone walks out to assist me.
This morning, again, nobody in the meat department helping me. A manager happened by and asked if I had been helped. I told him I have not. He went to the back and got someone, who seemed genuinely pissed he had to come out to help me.
Until the meat department gets its act together, I will be going back to whole foods.

My parents live in North Carolina and frequent the Fresh Market, so I was interested when this spot opened up on Oak Lawn. Plus it’s a lot closer to my home than Central Market and the Kroger on Cedar Springs always seems like it’s close to descending into anarchy. I was fairly impressed at their selection of high end groceries; however their prices seemed high even compared to Central Market. And I didn’t see the same dedication to local foods that CM has (which probably makes sense given the Fresh Market is probably utilizing their existing supply chain). Will probably stop by eventually but doubt this will take over as my primary grocery stop.

The Fresh Market is a new addition to the healthy, grocery store scene springing up all across Dallas. It’s less expensive than Whole Paycheck while still maintaining a high standard of quality. Think of it as a Trader Joes or Sprouts, with tons of healthy organic choices, a fresh deli, salad bar, huge wine selection space (coming soon), and fresh meat market. Though some of the selection is limited due to size, the freshness of their produce and their awesome employees added to a wonderful experience during my initial visit. The folks at the deli were super friendly, offering me samples of pretty much everything– I was full when I left! They even helped me find a delicious chutney to try that literally blew my mind– sweet apple cinnamon with chicken.
I live right around the corner from here and this area needed a grocery store. So happy it’s this literally fresh market that decided to pop up. Add in custom deli sandwiches and salad bars and it’s also a great stop for lunch, with an indoor café space for a quick bite.

Great new fresh food grocery store in turtle creek village. Outrageous grand opening specials dictate a trip sooner rather than later (ie buy-​1-​get-​1 free chochooate-​chip banana nut bread for 3.99!).