T-Bones Market

Loved it when it was open. Closed now. Seems they like catering better. You think it’s the crappy location… I do!!!

The baked good ought to be called «baked GREATS!» There’s more baking talent in that one building than in the balance of Manchester.
I’ve been there MANY times to purchase baked goods. The Chocolate Sin Cake is worth a 2-​hour drive! You will not find anything like it outside of NY or Paris… I’m not kidding!!!
Blindly point to any item in the bakery and say «i’ll have that one.» You won’t be anything short of blown-​away!
The ready-​made meals and items in the vast freezer are surely fantastic, but the prices have kept me from ever finding out. Everything is 20% too high from what I know of elsewhere.
Why only 3 stars? This place is the typical «artist-​owned» business. Lots of amazing talent, but no a lot of retail savvy. I get annoyed every time I go there because they don’t know the most basic fundamentals of customer service or sales. When I get annoyed, I don’t want to ever be there or come back… THAT is how amazing their baked goods are.
The problems are: You have to hunt and wait for anyone to help you with all the stuff that is sold over the counter (meat, salads, baked goods). The talented folks are busy doing what they do. The counter help (if there actually IS anyone designated to that task) seems clueless as a stoned teenage 15 yo.
I went in before Thanksgiving 2015 to get a BUNCh of things. When someone finally came out to help, I asked for a 10″ Chocolate Sin Cake. All I got was a blank look, she turned away, and asked the talent, «do we have any Sin Cakes?» There was a discussion. I heard «we sold all… committed them to…» You know, if you don’t have an item, don’t display it! I think they gave me someone else’s. I was about to go into a long list of other items, but the counter help never even asked if I wanted «anything else,» or «what else can I get for you.» She ended the entire transaction with handing me the Chocolate Sin Cake. They probably lost-​out on an additional $ 50−75+ in revenue right there.
I thought to myself «…but, but, but… I want so much MORE! But if I have to wrestle the merchant to do a proper job in selling his/​her own stuff, screw it! We’ll end this sale right now with my 10″ Chocolate Sin Cake.»
Next: The register is NEVER staffed. I’ll no longer wait at that register for someone to stop baking a cake or topping a torte so that they can check-​out my purchases. If you can’t staff the register, I’m not gonna bother any more.
If they can fix the misery of dealing with the unhelpful help, I’ll keep going there for SO SO much more. I love the meats and salads… but I’ve stayed away 90% of my desired times because customer interface sucks so badly.

I have to begin by saying I didn’t go in here to purchase anything from the butcher shop, bakery or deli. I simply was looking for parmesan and mozzarella because I didn’t want to go back to the grocery store for the things I forgot.
Not at all what I expected. I thought it was going to be a food shop, but most of the space inside is taken up by tables where people can eat. I would have thought they’d use the space to stock more product, but whatever. They have a nice beer selection and the build-​your-​own-​6pack option.
Freezer case has North Country Smokehouse bacons and sausages (yum) and some frozen meals, as well as Jake’s Ice Cream.
The grocery shelves have your typical food shop selection — pasta, oils, sauces, marinades, etc from a variety of companies.
Now onto the cheese case. This place is right down the street from me, so I thought it was awesome when the website said they had specialty cheeses. Finally a place that offers good cheese! Wrong. It was goat cheese, many kinds of cheddar, a few goudas and 2 mozzarellas. No parmesan. They don’t carry it. My question is this — What kind of «specialty food market» carries pastas, sauces, wine and mozzarella but NOT parm!!! So weird. So I bought the $ 5.29 mozzarella ball and decided to try A-​Market since it’s close by. I get into A-​Market (which I normally avoid because it’s sooooooo expensive) and see the SAME mozzarella for $ 3.49. Really? I almost went back to T-​Bones Market to return their overpriced mozzarella just to make a point.
The place has potential, but avoid buying grocery items and stick to their deli, bakery and butcher counter.

Very spacious market that had a Meathouse (now all closed in New England) feel to it. Many local and regionally made products are available.
They have the wonderful signature smoked salsa from CJ’s yet not the amazing CJ’s housemade tortilla chips. I opted for the Deep River brand of Peach Habanero tortilla chips to go with the delicious salsa.
I got the T-​Bones BBQ steak tips since the sandwich area was closed today (Sunday). I was bummed as the sandwich menu looked enticing online. There’s plenty of tables in the middle of the market to eat the sandwiches that weren’t an option to be ordered today. The bbq streak tips ended up being incredible, super tender and zesty!
They also have an amazing selection of desserts from their various restaurants and other tasty treats. I was compelled to get the gynormous butter cream cinnamon roll. It was the best cinnon roll I’ve ever had! The butter cream was equally wonderful. My boyfriend got two chocolate cannolis that were made to order that he enjoyed.
If you’re a beer fan, they have a mix and match 6 pack option. There’s lots of wine varieties for wine fans.
I got a coupon for if I return within 2 weeks that will allow me to get a free container of steak tips as a reward. While the market isn’t in the nicest area, it was very nice inside, the staff was very pleasant, and there was plenty of parking available in their parking lot. It’s a nice new addition to the city!

T-​Bones Market opened recently in the former Golomb’s Market building at the corner of Union St and Warsaw Ave. This specialty food market is operated by Great New Hampshire Restaurants (T-​Bones, Cactus Jack’s, Copper Door).
The store was renovated and the layout looks good inside. TB Market offers a variety of specialty foods, specialty beverages, and items, many items served in their restaurants. This store offers fresh produce, organic produce, craft beer, wines, cheeses, NH made products, heat & serve meals, frozen foods, butcher counter, deli counter (made order sandwiches, side dishes, hot coffee), salad bar, soups, bakery counter (with several signature desserts served at the restaurants, Funny Bone Cake, Carrot Cake, Brownies, & more). They also have T-​Bones and Chef Nicole apparel for sale here. Some frozen items here include Lilly’s Pasta and Jake’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream pints. There is also a spacious seating area in the middle of the store. Stop in here for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
I stopped in here recently. I picked up a slice of carrot cake ($ 2.49), a slice of key lime pie ($ 2.99), a slice of funny bone cake ($ 2.99), a pound of potato salad ($ 3.29/lb), and a pound of pasta salad ($ 2.49/lb), which I’ve enjoyed at Cactus Jack’s. However, when checking out, the cashier had difficulty running the register since he was new. The manager had to step in and run my transaction.
They also accept the Paybacks Card for points and to redeem rewards, on prepared foods only.