Pete’s Fruits & Vegetables

Just had to write another review about Pete and his crew helping us with a fundraiser and providing us with fruit trays. Really great people who are dedicated to supporting the community. Everyone enjoyed the food immensely! This market needs to be on your go to list — great meat and deli too! A world charm treasure for sure!

I love love Pete’s…and Pete! Yesterday I went there for some mums and Pete himself, looking very dapper btw, was working the garden area. Pete is so stinkin cute I wanted to bring him and the mums home but that, I guess, would be weird. He gave me a great deal on some giant mum plants about ½ the cost of those at city floral. I would post pictures however I can’t seem to ever since I downloaded the newest iPhone update… that’s a whole other issue and review though. The inside of the market carries some super yummy meats, produce and baked goods at good prices. Their baklava is also very yummy and fresh, a staple when having people over for dinner! Anyway, this is a very charming neighborhood market. To give everyone a mental image, this is the type of market that really should have some tables out front with chessboards because I can totally imagine people hanging out front playing chess!

I love Petes. I stumbled upon it one day on my way home from work. I have been in love with it since. The produce is perfect. The people (family) are so friendly, and the butcher next door is wonderful. They have so many homemade and local products. When I go in, they always have fresh bread and I can’t help but get some and eat on the way home, no butter needed it is soo good. The radishes are the size of golf balls and they have no wasted greens attached. I just love the place. It is a family business, and if you are lucky you will see the 2 boys and their father working really hard. They are good people.

This place rocks for fresh fruits, veggies and exceptional meat for grilling. So easy to pop in to pick up last minute items. Love that they carry Challa rolls too.

Let’s start off with the fact that I am so happy to finally have found a small grocery store that has quality fruits and veggies at a lower price. I try and eat healthy and on a budget and this place fits the bill. The meat selection is a huge plus as well. Really friendly service and the owners were very helpful.

We LOVE PETE? S!!! The family is committed to our community and providing quality market items at reasonable prices. The fruits and veggies are higher quality than super markets and you can find great deals seasonally.
Do not miss the butcher shop. Pete’s sons will talk you through all cuts of meat and make suggestions for their preparation. The ready-​to-​go BBQ ribs are AMAZING and will make any family happy.
This is not your place if you are looking for grocery staples like cereal and shelf items. I am proud to support a wonderful local business.

Cute local grocery! The staff is very friendly. This is where you have to go for REAL Greek feta and fillo dough. Yum yum!

Let me say this… I have been shopping at Pete’s since the 90’s and absolutely love the old school charm — since then, Pete’s sons, Ted and John have put their ideas and hard work with their Dad’s and now have the entire corner. The deli is one of the best for miles around. Homemade dishes by the boy’s Mom — even ice cream! You can stop in there any day and get a whole roasted chicken or a slab of the best ribs around… I mean it! Then, take a stroll into Pete’s fruits and vegetables side and find a great selection of everything! Olives, feta cheese, fresh corn, your name it… Pete has it. As you check out… you are greeted by Dee — who rings you up with a smile.
Want the best flowers in town this spring… Be sure to put Pete’s on your list to shop for hanging baskets, annuals, perennials and herbs. No one has the prices or more beautiful plants. You will see Pete in the green house fertilizing his plants. This family also bought Spinellis Market in Park Hill… so be sure to check out both places.
Once you become a customer of Pete’s, he will treat you like family.

In the search of a shop that sell good bread and cheese we were told to go to Petes. So glad we did. Their endless selection of afford able cheese is so refreshing. The butcher shop sells deli items as well as hot cooked meats/​ribs but he picked the best of every culture. Spanish chorizo, bulgarian cheeses, Tilamok cheese, gyros Meat and warm warm bread turkish desserts/​vegetables including veggies that are unusual like celery root etc. Affordable. Heaven on Holly.

Remember Mr. Hooper’s store on Sesame Street? Well, switch it to Pete’s store on Holly Street and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what this place is like: a friendly little neighborhood grocery and butcher shop that even sells flowers to beautify your yard.
The produce selection changes based on what’s available and in season. The prices are fantastic! Sometimes the fruits and veggies are really ripe so you have to be careful not to choose something that is past its prime. But you will always find excellent deals on all sorts of goodies up and down the isles.
The meat selection is outstanding. We’ve tried several tender and delicious cuts of local, grass fed organic beef and we pretty much have stopped shopping elsewhere for meat. The chicken comes from Red Bird Farms and fresh lamb is sourced from a local farm. Pete’s also makes sausages in-​house with some unique flavors like chicken jalapeño and Greek with olives and feta cheese. I think salmon is the only fish offering and we’ve always found it to be fresh and wonderful. The deli also carries some prepared salads and Greek treats like spanakopita and baklava. And there’s even a gelato counter!
Scattered throughout the store are tons of local brands like Sweet Action Ice Cream, Savory Spice spices, Boulder Canyon Chips, Noosa Yogurt, Haystack Mountain Goat Cheese, Jerry’s Nut House candies, Clarks Honey, and locally raised eggs. You can also find lots of imported Greek products that I don’t know the names of because I can’t read Greek. You can put together a fabulous picnic or charcuterie board with all of the cured meats, cheeses, breads, pickles and crackers at Pete’s. Fresh cut flower bouquets are located by the cash register and when the season permits, a portion of the parking lot houses a mini-​nursery featuring all kinds of annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets. There’s definitely a lot packed into this little store!
The owners are super nice and friendly. They will help you find whatever you need, ring you up, and bag your groceries. Since there is only one register, sometimes you have to wait in line but that just gives you a chance to chat with the neighbors.

Pete’s is, without a doubt, the best neighborhood grocery in Denver. And it’s not even my neighborhood. Love it. Excellent produce– always deliciously ripe and less expensive than Sprout’s on sale days. They have the best strawberries (and I say this well aware that I may never be able to buy strawberries there again because of newfound popularity…) and great Portobello mushrooms. Melons are also a win! They have everything I need (ok, no honey I like) and then some (gelato, the gelato is so good). Need nine varieties of olives? Gotcha. Fresh feta? In sufficient stock. In their deli they offer deliciously original, handmade sausage the like of which you won’t find elsewhere. Lemon bars, baklava, roasted beets, varying mixed salads, gelato (did I mention gelato?), and and and… This is one of my favorite places to go anytime.
The staff (read: family) are wonderful. They tend to keep to themselves (read: don’t bother the hell out of the customers), but are very friendly and helpful when engaged. Keep an open mind and adventurous taste buds when you go! Attitude is everything.

Paid $ 23 for like 10lbs of various fruit and veggies. Having been to places like this before, I can say that it does sometimes depend on the day you go, because the fruit is not «fresh fresh» so to speak, it isn’t expired or bad yet it just has a shorter shelf life.
That said, I went today, and the quality was pretty good– and in lieu of the prices I paid, the quality was EXCELLENT. Got some very good looking strawberries at about ¹⁄₃ the price I would normally pay, tons of apples, carrots, kale, etc.
Service was friendly, nice old Greek woman, not sure what other recent reviewers experienced who said they had a negative opinion.

What??? I am absolutely blown away by all of these 5 star reviews.
My husband are new to the area so we decided to stop in last weekend. We were the only patrons of the market so we browsed around to check things out. The fruits and veggies were all shriveled and wilted. They looked old and some were even starting to mold.
We felt uncomfortable being the only ones in the shop so we picked up some peppers and strawberries.
We went to check out and the cashier was an older Woman who we figured was one of the owners. She was soooooo RUDE!!! She acted put out and annoyed that we were even in the store. It was as if we weren’t welcome. She also overcharged us. We felt so bad for the shop we decided to let it go. We figured if they overcharged us on such a small order they probably needed it.
We got home and by the next day the strawberries were mush and completely rotten. We knew they were old but they must have been even older than we realized. We threw them away without eating even one.
I wish this place followed suit with all the rave reviews. We wanted a local shop to frequent. We will NEVER NEVER NEVER return to this shop. We heard they are buying Spinelli’s in Park Hill. I only hope they can keep the integrity of that shop and not being their poor service and rotten fruits and veggies over to that neighborhood.
:(such a disappointment.

Pete’s Fruit & Vegetables has been on my radar to stop by for quite some time and I am glad that I recently had some time to make a trip to this part of Crestmoor! As others have mentioned, Pete’s offers a plethora of super fresh fruits, vegetables, meats (including house-​made sausages which are quite delish!) to pre-​made foods and other dry packaged foods you might find in a corner store in a larger metropolitan downtown. Oh! And they carry a decent selection of Russian goodies from cookies to chocolate bars, if you are into that kind-​of things!
The very first time I made the trek over to Pete’s, I was super surprised to see that they carried some fresh, good looking fingerling potatoes (which I usually do not see at my usual grocery suppliers) — and the best part… They come in a ziplock baggie for $ 1! (WHAAAAA!?!) I KNOW!!! Not only has these tasty spuds become a new staple in the Tyler diet, but I find myself making excuses to go the back way out of CC North just so I can stop by and stock up on the «essentials». Their cuts of beef I have also found to be fresh and crazy deliciously marbled, but also pretty reasonable compared to what you would expect to pay at some of the other local markets.
In addition, I was super pleasantly surprised to learn that this is a local mom and pop shop, which I am totally all about! All of the employees are always super nice and more than welcoming the minute you walk into their store. I was also surprised to learn that they are open every single day of the year (including Christmas)! Not only are these people super nice, but they are extremely hard working!
If you are looking for some amazingly fresh quality produce, meats, and/​or fingerling potatoes, I would definitely not hesitate and beeline straight to Pete’s Fruit & Vegetables!!!

First time visit today on the strength of previous reviews. We were in search of Denver Bacon Company bacon. We found it and so much more. Excellent produce choices, friendly staff, gelato, amazing ciabatta, a well stocked butcher counter and much more. A great local small business that deserves it’s excellent reviews. It is now our new favorite place for produce and groceries. Highly recommended.

The quality is top-​notch and the prices are extraordinarily low. The place is a little «cozy», but the vast majority of my produce needs are met by this place, with a much more sustainable business model, a lower price (blackberries are literally a quarter of the price here compared to Soopers/​Safeway), and much better customer service than the big grocery chains. And then there’s the butcher shop on the other side of the wall, which has some superior sausage.
Go there. Go there all the time and give them your business. Just not when I’m there, because like I said, the place isn’t that big.

What a cool little store! We’ve just discovered it as we moved into the neighborhood a month ago. Fresh local fruit and vegetables, butcher shop, and the flower shop all in the same plaza. Pete came out and helped me to pick the beautiful plant, he also made sure it is delivered and put into my car. Then I bought all kinds of beautiful fruit and veggies, including yummy short cucumbers, and the delicious bread– hot right from the oven! that I couldn’t resist but trying a piece when I was driving.:-)
You will see friendly, caring service and attention to a customer at Pete’s.
I will be coming back whenever I can to Pete’s instead of giving my money to a chain!

Love, love love this place! Sure, this was my FIRST time here. And sure, it’s really small. But there lies the beauty.
Pete’s fruit and vegetables is definitely a store I will frequent. Fresh produce at a very good price. There were plenty of feta cheeses for one to choose from as well as different olive oils and canned goods. Based on other reviews, they sell meat however I did not see this (but I also didnt ask.) I will ask on my next visit.
Everyone is extremely friendly and helpful. Btw, get the really long loaf of bread. It is sooooo good. Fresh from the bakery. Anyways, after gathering my groceries, Pete’s son helped take the groceries to my car. Very nice service. It’s small places like these that give you such great service and are very competitive that keep me coming back. To me, a 25 minute trip is worth it. :)

Wonderfully fresh, reasonably priced fruits and veggies. Pete’s also has delicious feta cheese, and so many varities to choose from. I bought meyer lemons, feta cheese, pitas, an assortment of other fruits and veggies, and one other thing for less than $ 10! I have yet to try their meats but will provide an update when I do.
Please go support this local business!

I just moved from California and found this place on Unilocal; Originally, I was looking for a new one-​stop grocery rather than buying from King Soopers or Sprouts.
The veggies were cheap, the fruits are decently priced, and the store owner (who I’m assuming is Pete?) was so very kind and accommodating.
When I was about to check out, I asked him if there were anymore blackberries (because there wasn’t any to be seen) and he went to the back, called me over, and showed me a tray of beautiful blackberries. For the price of awesome price of $ 1, I got one.
I asked how much a dozen of eggs were, he told me the price (2.99), and I kindly declined.
I purchased 2 green bell peppers, 1 red bell pepper, bananas, 1 zucchini, blackberries, and a loaf of pepperidge farm’s cinnamon & apple swirl bread (2 for $ 1 special, I bought 1 and that was 50 cents)– Before you judge me about buying bread for so dirt cheap, I double checked to make sure the bread wasn’t moldy or foul… I wish I bought another because it’s freaking delicious and I could have freezed the other loaf.
All that totaled to $ 4.54. He also offered to drop the price of a dozen eggs, but I declined again because I didn’t need eggs at the moment… But still, what a sweetie!
All in all, I had a REALLY pleasant experience. I’m going to tell my best friend about this place and tell him to check it out.

On my way to eating healthier Pete’s has become a stomping ground for veggies and fruits to keep me satisfied.
The deals are better than ever. The berries are some of the best prices around. I won’t buy them a supermarket again. I buy banana’s like two to three times a week. I got an email about how healthy banana’s are and I can’t get enough. Supposedly they give you energy. I’m also falling in love with their fresh bread, I buy 3 rolls at a time, I’m eating for one most of the time so I want to keep the bread fresh. Fresh cut flowers, homemade Baklava at the register.
Love this place, I will be the duchess in no time at all, maybe this week.