Little Green Grocer

I have loved having LGG in my building. Fantastic produce and very friendly owners. If you requested a particular item they would order it for you. Sadly LGG closes it’s doors today. The neighborhood will just not be the same. I’m so sad to see this venture close.

I just love the Little Green Grocer!
Since New Seasons discontinued their delivery service, we have been placing our coffee creamer orders with Little Green Grocer and it has been flawless! The owner is just sweet and can be and is always so friendly and professional! We feel really lucky to have found them!

Great little place. Pretty large selection for the size. Nice folks working there.

It’s essentially a smaller version of Whole Foods but a little pricier. There were only a few items I hadn’t seen before at Whole Foods or New Seasons.
The store was completely deserted when I went in. When I shop, I like to walk up and down all aisles but when it’s empty this draws attention which makes me nervous.
With such a small produce selection I could never do a full grocery run here and I wouldn’t drive out of my way to go here. However, if you’re in the neighborhood and need to pick up a last minute item this is a healthy convenience store.

The Little Green Grocer is my go-​to grocer in the Pearl. Forget Safeway and Whole Foods — this place has everything you need including fresh produce, a good selection of beer/​wine, and even sandwiches to-​go. Oh yeah, and the staff is super-​friendly and helpful, too. I’d highly recommend for groceries and eating!

I love this place! The owners are incredibly friendly and helpful. Great coffee, selection of fruits, sweets, drinks and organic goodness! A great little local grocery store in a great part of town!

I discovered this little cute store as I was looking for someplace nearby that had Dave’s Killer Bread. I just love this place. It has a wide assortment of fresh organic, local offerings plus unique food selection items. There is a wide vatiety of ethnic and various assortment of other great food stuffs. THey have a nice wine selection as well as some yummy fresh baked goods. Highly recommend it!

The little grocer that could!
This cute little corner grocery store moved into the Pearl District right before I had to move out of state. Even though I only had the pleasure of shopping there a couple of times, I miss it.
The space is tiny, but the owners do a masterful job curating the food selection. I use the word «curate» for a reason. The selection reflects the thoughtfulness of the owners. Think of your favorite little bookstore or craft shop, and you get my drift.
If you crave a nice change of pace from the crowds at the local Safeway or Whole Foods, check out Little Green Grocer. You will not be disappointed.

LGG: the real discovery is the astounding, owner-​prepared prepared dips, sandwiches, grains and soups.
I drove in from Lake Oswego today – 20 mins during rush hour, suburbanites! – and picked up an array of delicious, nuanced foods that are reasonably priced.
In response to one reviewer who complained of the prices: keep your Safeway ham sandwich away from me. Instead compare what you’re eating at LGG to primo cart food, but you don’t have to wait in line. And LGG is open 12 hours a day. Won’t find that with carts or restaurants.
The quality! Where else will you find a spiced roast vegetable hazelnut paste – 4 bucks for a tub? Who else is putting kale and sweet potato into their coconut curry chicken soup? Just try finding *that* at Safeway.
The grade of olive oil they’re mixing into the humus will have you licking the chip. Follow me from the burbs or from a few blocks across Lovejoy to this delicious, affordable, imaginative market.

I love this little store. So glad they opened up in my neighborhood! They have a great selection of interesting and healthy foods, plus the owners and staff are always very friendly.

Recently moved into the area and was very happy to find a corner market just down the street. I don’t cook at home alot, but I can always pop in and walk away with with some fantastic produce and great snacks. The wine selection is varied and very well chosen. In fact, everything at the Little Green Grocer seems to have alot of thought put into it.
Unlike Safeway, who pays lip service to sourcing locally, the owners really do what they can to source as locally as possible. And I always get a kick out of seeing the pedal carts delivering produce!

Little Green Grocer represents everything that is wonderful about Portland. It is a lovely neighborhood shop and the owners genuinely care about their community and their customers. I was in just today picking up a snack and the owner said to me, «So how are you? What’s going on in your life?»
As all of our lives become more hectic and disconnected, it is great to know that there are still local businesses who are interested in connecting with and getting to know their customers.
And even though they’re small, they carry a ton of food for special diets: vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-​free.
It’s worth going out of your way to patronize Little Green Grocer.

Little Green Grocer is exactly the kind of business I want to support. I love the focus on local purveyors, quality (the cheese and chocolate selection is outstanding), and variety (they seem to stock the stuff I need). Although I don’t live in PDX full time, my time here is never without Pearl Bakery bread and Stumptown coffee – the LGG makes it easy to stock up.

The prices may be a few cents higher at the LGG but it’s my humble opinion that you get you get what you pay for. In fact, I would go so far as to say that you get far more than what you pay for. (Besides, most of the prices aren’t even any higher than most other places in a ten mile radius! The lovely Nancy, co-​owner with her darling husband, has done the research — ask her!) At the LGG you are assured of getting an excellent product (much of it local!!), sold to you by a super friendly and helpful staff, as well as the knowledge that you are supporting a local independent business owned and operated by a wonderful family who live right here in your city. And isn’t that the bigger picture we should all be looking at, especially in these «tough economic times»?

The LGG is a lovely market in the Pearl with a ton of local, organic, and generally yummy products. I got to work a short shift on my last visit to Portland… full disclosure that the owners are friends of mine. :)
While I was working, I learned a little about some of the products they sell.
— Ota Tofu — locally made tofu from Portland at extremely reasonable prices. I may think everything is extremely reasonable b/​c I can’t get good tofu for under $ 4−5/pack.
— Sea Breeze Farms milk — LGG is the only distributor in Portland from this dairy… which is beyond organic.
— China Cola — a «soda» full of chinese herbs.
— Diestel farm turkeys — if you need a turkey for Thanksgiving, definitely ask why their turkeys are better. I got a great education on the main differences between a run-​of-​the-​farm turkey and the Diestel ones.
And tons of fresh produce, breads, and all the other good stuff a market should have.

I have been patiently waiting for the Little Green Grocer to open ever since I saw the signs in the first floor windows of the Sitka. I am happy to say that they have not disappointed me!
When I needed something before they opened I’d usually have to go to Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Pearl Market, Rite Aid… All of these are not incredibly convenient. But I’m happier than a clam now! Plus, the people there are friendly and personable. Scott and Nancy are so sweet that you can’t help but love em.
Check them out. They’re just what this neighborhood needed.

I can’t say enough good things about LGG – they offer the best of Portland in one convenient location: Stumptown Coffee, Patty & Jim’s Coffeecake, pastries from Random Order Coffeehouse, bread from Pearl Bakery, and more!!! They offer a nice selection of prepared foods, but also stock great ingredients to cook a stellar meal at home. Best of all, the family who owns it is cute as a button. Love it.
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The Little Green Grocer is a great little store packed full of wonderful groceries, prepared food, produce and wine/​beer. This market is small, but has a wonderful selection. There are many local items and the owners are super nice people. Think of this place as a mini Zupan’s or a non-​corporate Whole Foods. This market is EXACTLY what the Pearl needed.