Food Train

Stopped here to pick up some fresh fruit and left promptly.
This place is nasty. I am not sure if it was a one time fluke but the fruit they had inside on the selves were rotten and covered with fruit flies. Its not like the fruit juuuuust went bad, no, these clearly had been sitting there for a while with some oranges covered in a beautifully consistent mold. Gross. Come on, how do you not fix this. If they cant keep the fruit fresh it makes me worry about the quality of the other food. I would never buy anything perishable here.
They actually have a good selection of baby food and packaged foods so thats saves this place from a 1 star review.

Great beer selection, but when I was buying my produce I noticed the weight was off. I’ve been suspecting they push on the scale to ring up the price. Can’t say for sure because they never gave me an itemized receipt, which likely added to my suspicion.

What’s up with all the haters? This is a fancy Korean bodega — $ 1 ripe-​ass avocados, $ 1.50 boxes of blueberries/​raspberries, cheap veggies all around. And $ 1.50 Fage is cheaper than Union Market next door. $ 10 CC minimum, but whatever.

I’ve been here a million times and its always been great. Good produce, dairy, etc. Good flower selection, they last for a while too. Never overcharged. Confused by the bad reviews.

I LOVE this place! Yes, certain items are expensive, but they have the cheapest price for Organic milk anywhere and everyone who works there is super friendly and nice. They’re always quick to look for items if I can’t find them or get things off shelves. I’ve had special requests for items which they’ve then gotten and they are always very sweet to my kids. I also love that they carry kosher cheese! Very few places in Park Slope carry kosher food, so this is a huge find. They also have a huge selection of beautiful flowers.

The flowers look beautiful here but I’ve bought them numerous times and they’ve all died on me within a day. Don’t do it. And after reading all these other reviews about overcharging! Food train is so close to my apartment so I always go here out of convenience but I’ve probably been overcharged every time! Bummer

They carry Zapps chips. Dill, Salt & Vinegar, Spicy, Voodoo, Honey Mustard. Only place I’ve ever found in NYC that carries em. $ 2.99 a bag. That’s worth 5 stars alone.
And they have a bunch of other great chips too, like Good Health brand Avocado Oil potato chips, which are delicious. Definitely try those. I don’t see those at many other places.
That said, some of their prices on other stuff is high, as other reviewers have pointed out. But who cares? Zapps chips! If I could give 10 stars for that, I would. If you’re a Zapps chips newbie by the way, get the Dill ones, they’re the best.

The entire milk, egg, dairy section was room temperature, maybe warmer. I asked the men working at the checkout about it and they said they’d check and then stood there.

Not sure why this place has such low reviews. I think it’s a great grocery store right in the heart of the Slope. The best part about it is their flower selection for sure. They have an array of some beautiful flowers at reasonable prices. Just this morning I picked up two bunches of gorgeous sunflowers (2 for $ 10)! Definitely a good flower and grocery spot if you ask me.

first place I’ve been that actually sells cilantro, brown sugar cubes and all the other things I can never find in Brooklyn (or New York for that matter) grocery stores. good produce and they have most of the dry goods you’d need. Not the cheapest but certainly cheaper than most bodegas in the Slope.

Seriously, one head of broccoli in this place costs $ 4.99. Do yourself a favor and go down to the Bad Wife – it’s a smaller selection but they are friendlier and significantly less over-​priced than the damn Food Train.

Everything here is about 25% more expensive than it is any other store in the neighborhood. I used to go here just because it is slightly larger than the Bad Wife but I won’t make that mistake again. The women at the counter usually have horrible attitudes as well.

Good price on organic milk, but the other day the freezer case was broken and all the milk cartons were warm. Who knows how long they were sitting at room temperature?
From now on I’ll be shopping somewhere else.

I’ve been there for a long time
They are changed everything.
More convenient store.
I love it.

Something feels a bit off.
To wit, the Saga of the Moldy Bread:
There’s a brand of sprouted bread which I like, Ezekiel’s I think — I buy it all over the city and was very happy to see that Food Train started carrying it.
However several times I purchased it at FT and it’s been GREEN WITH MOLD. Several times I’ve been ABOUT to purchase it and noticed it was GREEN WITH MOLD.
They keep it (or perhaps _​kept_​it, as I never buy bread there anymore and so don’t check) in a fridge unit near the front — but the bread should be frozen or at room temp. Preferably frozen. I kept telling them this, and the cashiers said ‘thanks for pointing it out’ and took the moldy item.
The thing that got me is that the first time I bought moldy bread there they gave me a huge hassle about returning it. I was very unhappy.
They have a large selection of organics, and other interesting items, but if they consistently let bread go moldy in the case, even after it’s pointed out to them, it makes me feel really not inclined to buy other things from them. Occasionally ice cream or beer, but really, I’d just as soon go to the Bad Wife or even UM.
I get a bad vibe from the place, and — and it may just be me – it always smells a bit off to me in there. I used to go more, but now try to avoid it.

Very overpriced and terrible service.
I live around the corner and have been going to Food Train for the past year because it’s the closest market — but I’m never going there again. All of the products are way overpriced and the service just sucks. The last straw was when they double-​charged me on a $ 50 purchase but wouldn’t refund me the next day.
Save yourself some bucks and the awful cramped aisles and go to any of the other markets on 7^th Ave.

Cheaper than U.M.
Their produce is great although
The layout is weird

We were once avid shoppers of this store but noticed recently that they double charged for items and sometimes even added items we didn’t even buy. This happened several times and each time they acted surprised when confronted. The last time we shopped there we asked for an itemized receipt and when we got home found that they had charged us for FIVE items we didn’t get. We thought maybe we were the only ones who had noticed this… until we read the first reviewer.
Even though they carry a lot of products (especially organic) that you can’t find at other bodegas we have stopped shopping here on principle. If you still want to shop there after reading this review, make sure you ask for a receipt after you pay, and count your items when you get home!

Also known as Village Market (actually it WAS known as village market for a while and the name changed suddenly with the awning (from green to bright blue) last year sometime in the fall/​winter.
I come here for my fruits and veggies and to discover what new organic treats NYC has to offer because they tend to sell them. They also sell some pre-​packaged goods such as soup and cooked chickens and meatballs but I usually skim over these. They have a decent alcohol (beer) selection, some wine.
They’re also owned by Koreans I think so there are some choices that lean towards asian market (Yay!).

This is definitely one of the better bodegas in town. A huge store with a shocking array of items, including lots and lots of organic options and fresh produce. I have to admit I’ve yet to not find something I was looking for here and the prices are actually pretty great. The location on 7^th avenue is really welcome… it’s a couple blocks North of Union Market, making it an easier trek from Center Slope. They even have a new gelato stand out front that has proven very popular: there’s always someone making a purchase when I pass by. Really glad to have Food Train (such an unfortunate name!) in the neighborhood — it will continue to be a place we go often for staples, fresh produce, dairy and more.