Hudson Produce

This a mini grocery/​restaurant type of store. Always come here to buy a to go lunch. They have different variety of food. They have cooked meat like chicken, beef, vegestables & salad.
Every lunch time this store is packed since its very close to all offices around battery park & world trade. Good thing workers are fast!
I like their spicy chicken, roasted beef & rice. They have a spicy pasta with shrimp thats really my favorite too. It taste a little sweet & a little spicy.
Its a grocery store too. I don’t really buy any groceries here & I heard its a bit pricey. So my review is focus on the food they have.

Thought we needed a bathroom after our drive down from Westchester to Battery Park. Glad we stopped by here. While some of us waited in turn for their bathroom (which was pretty clean) we purchased and enjoyed their fresh fruit, the coffee, and their large assortment of snacks!
Prices are great too!

If I could give this complete shithole of a place –10 stars I would. They steal $ from you every register transaction.
I’ve lived here for 3 years and have had absolutely enough of the Indian guy at the counter working night shift.
If you don’t pay attention (to the very penny) he overcharges on every item. I’ve caught him on 7+ occasions red-​handed. He then yells and kicks you out.
Its unbelievable that he’s still an employee. He’s the rudest, most unethical cheat I have ever known.
Never again will I go here.

Over charge on almost everything. And worst of all EVERYTHING I got was moldy. My cherries, my grapes and my strawberries. The strawberries were double the price of Gristedes next door! The mold was hidden inside. Only discovered them when I opened the bag when I got home. Worst place ever. I wouldn’t go back if I had better options. I attached a photo of their moldy garlic as reference. Someone should really shut them down.

Today morning I got a pack of grapes from Hudson produce. When I reached home and open the plastic pack, I found that grapes had fungus on them. I got them to make juice for my 8 month old daughter so was of course shocked to see so fungus ridden grapes. If this was not enough, when I went back to the shop, I was really flabbergasted by the response of the woman on the counter. While she immediately agreed to return my money, she refused to offer any apology. Instead she first blamed her staff and then told me that I should have checked the grapes before I bought them!!! So it’s somehow my mistake that I did not thoroughly check the grapes? Has the shop got no responsibility to constantly check the quality of their fresh produce. I am done with place and never going back. Just want to make sure everyone else here is aware of the pathetic quality of food and customer service at Hudson Produce.

This is our go-​to place. Love that they have fresh foods and is open 24 hours. This is the only place in the area that is open 24 hours. Gotta love that!

Wow, it’s the first time I’ve experienced such horrible service here.
The customers are rude, they jump ahead of you in line and the staff does nothing about it. In fact, the staff doesn’t even cooperate with each other to help out.
And when I called to complain to the manager, I learn that the manager isn’t even in on a Saturday afternoon.
Like, really? No one is in charge & wants to be responsible?
Wow!!!
To be honest, the only reason I come & will continue to this place is for the cheap iced coffee. Everything else is just way too overpriced.

I have lived in BPC for five years. JJ’s was closing as I moved in, and I was excited to see a new 24 hour place being built soon after. Unfortunately my hope for a nice place open late, with good customer service was cut very short. I have tried not to review this place, as I am basically required to order from here at times, since BPC is so disconnected from anywhere decent. But, my most recent quarrel has caused me to give up, and as such I will no longer be shopping here.
The man at the front counter, is constantly smacking around his dentures, and considering they are fake, I am not sure how exactly he seems to be missing so many. This man, as many others have previously stated, is a complete jerk. It doesn’t matter when I am there, or when I call, he can’t EVER seem to be in a good mood. I recently called to place a delivery order, and while placing my order, he not only was very short with me, but he rushed through the order like he had somewhere very important to be, and when I asked to put it on a CC he proceeded to say «oh come on, I have a customer waiting.» I had ordered a good amount of stuff, and considering they over charge for EVERYTHING, it would have been a good amount of money. Since he was so rude, I said «forget it, cancel the whole order,» and hung up.
I have never experienced such terrible customer service, and the owner should seriously consider getting rid of this awful man. I am in the restaurant industry, and find it mind boggling that someone could possibly treat a customer this way. Anyway, I clearly will be staying far away from here for now on, as I am pretty sure many other people that live here already do.

milk is sour again

I’ve lived in BPC for most of my 29 years. And I’ve held off writing this review for a while, because frankly, this deli is meant to provide a much-​needed service to our forsaken landfill-​topped neighborhood. HOWEVER.
This deli and its apparent proprietor (the embittered, salty old crotch that’s usually working the register) are the absolute nadir of the pitiful BPC food scene. Just because we happen to be isolated from the rest of Manhattan by a torn-​up highway and a permanent construction zone, this business thinks it can get away with:
1) charging 50% more, on average, than their competitors and predecessors (JJ Fresh, RIP)
2) being complete and total dicks in the process
3) acting as if, despite 1) and 2), they’re doing you a favor merely by existing
I just… I don’t even know. The second to last time I went there (ever, I swore), I needed a single penny to pay for my overpriced, $ 11.01 purchase. So naturally, I reached for the penny jar — a Starbucks cup filled with pennies, sitting right next to the register. Next thing I know, this dour little brat of a man is literally snatching the cup from my hand, with a look of complete outrage as if I’ve just reached into the register and grabbed a handful of $ 20s. «NO!» he yells. I ask if he’s okay, because clearly, this man has lost his god damned mind. Glaring, he slams my change on the counter. My mouth is practically a haven for flies as I back slowly away, silently thanking my therapist for preparing me for the seething rage I feel in this moment.
I realize now, in retrospect, that the cup full of pennies was not a penny jar — it was the tip jar. Because they probably have to collect dropped pennies off the floor for tips, because only a dedicated masochist would pay extra for such crap-​ass service.
Seriously, f*** this place. $ 6.95 for a pint of Ben & Jerry’s?! F*** it sideways.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing a deli back to Battery Park City. As for the deli itself. Its a deli. Whadda ya wan’t from this review? It gets the job done and delivers.

Although it is against the law in NYC for food stores to allow dogs inside this store permits dogs inside. I went in to buy some detergent and there was a woman holding a dog as she picked through the fruit and vegetables. I mentioned to the cashier that if they allow people to bring dogs into the store I wouldn’t be shopping there anymore and he just shrugged. I told him that it is against the health code and the store could be fined and he just shrugged. I won’t be shopping there anymore.

After more than a year since JJ’s Deli shut its doors, a new ²⁴⁄₇ deli has finally taken its place. Hudson Produce really spruced the place up with their renovations, although the back of the store seems pretty much the same. The front, however, looks and feels vastly different with its bright lighting and new layout. When you walk in, you’ll see the right side section abundant with fruits and vegetables that look fresh and aren’t insanely priced. The refrigerated dairy section is also here, so you can quickly grab your eggs and milk. The eggs are pretty well priced for the neighborhood, too — $ 2.49 for a dozen. They also have a wide selection of snacks — everything from sesame sticks to dried fruit and wasabi peas — at about the same price as Whole Foods.
It looks like it’s still a work-​in-​progress. They don’t seem to have a hot, made-​to-​order section yet, and there’s no salad bar (this isn’t actually a bad thing, in my opinion, as I’m usually wary of deli salad bars). And I wonder what they’ll do with the space that was formerly occupied by Flurt. According to a local BPC blog site, they’ve got a 20-​year lease, so they’ve got plenty of time to figure out how best to utilize the space. The blog also mentioned that they plan on stocking their shelves with most grocery and household items, everything except fresh meat and seafood, which will be a nice bit of competition for Gristedes.
I haven’t bought too many items here, and since I’ve moved out of the neighborhood, I won’t be frequenting it too often. But my mom still lives here and she enjoys the convenience of having a corner deli again, made even more convenient by its round-​the-​clock open hours. If you live in this neighborhood, then you know how important it is to have at least one late-​night option for food. They also deliver, which is good for those especially frigid winter nights (it always feels about 10 degrees colder in BPC due to the proximity of the water). A solid three stars for now, with the hopes that Hudson Produces surpasses the quality (and longevity) of its predecessor.