Rising Sun Farms & Produce

I tried this place for the first time after putting it on my «to try» list ages ago. Its a nice little produce stand in the Roosevelt neighborhood. They had a great variety of produce and fresh herbs. When I visited, they especially had a ton of apple and pear varieties for far less than what you’d pay at QFC or Fred Meyer. I’m sure their varieties shift with the seasons, though.
Some of their prices are a steal (like the pears) but most are just below or right at what you’d pay at a major grocery store. However I feel like the produce, in general, was much fresher-​looking than what I find at my normal grocery stores.
I appreciate that they have a good number of parking spots available. I definitely recommend this place for your produce needs over the big stores. Its definitely worth the additional stop on your grocery run.

Probably the best value for produce in the area (it’s about 10cents/​lb cheaper than most other places). The selection is about the same as everywhere else. The apples and bananas are good here at 99cents and 39 cents/​lb respectively.

Not impressive. It’s cheap and that’s their stock in trade. I was just very disappointed that there’s not much in the way of organic fruits and vegetables. Apples, for example, use more pesticides than any other crop, so I would never buy apples unless they are certified organic.
I asked the guy behind the counter which of his products are organic, and he pointed to some bagged carrots and red chard. That was it.
I’d like to be able to buy more from here more often, and there are some things that don’t need to be organic like onions and avocados, but it’s too bad that we can’t have a better produce stand in our neighborhood.
Maybe if you worked more with local organic farmers, they could give you price breaks in exchange for getting their product out to a neighborhood that would support them. I like having a place like this nearby, but when I actually shop there I am so disappointed.

Some things are a great deal here, whereas other things are more expensive than normal grocery stores. Apples and grapes seemed to have been pretty cheap when I visited. Lemons and limes were 49 cents each (which I found a little expensive since I normally get my limes around 3 – 4 limes for a dollar). I liked how the store was a garage that opened up. I visited on a sunny day so it was refreshing being able to stay outside

Fresh Produce, half the price of your fav. grocery store!

All the produce you’ll need at a great price. I can’t find a place with better prices. When Honey Crip apples are in season, they usually go for under a dollar /​pound. Now they’re just over a dollar. If you’re picky about your bananas, you may have a hard time finding green bananas. But that’s the digging for criticism. Staff are nice and let you browse uninterupted.

Great stand just north of Seattle! It’s easy to get to once you get off exit 170 on I-​5. Service is great, the owner Bud is there almost every day until 2P.
The layout of the stand is appealing to the eye since everything is open & right in front of you. If you’re out in the area doing some grocery shopping, stop here & pick up your produce! Support local!

Love supporting this place and glad it exists. Only minus one star because sometimes you have to sift through a decent amount of bad produce before you find something good. Price is good but not anything astronomically cheaper than whole foods right down the road.

This local little produce stand is a great place to find cheaply priced local food. They even have cheap Molly’s wraps & sandwiches (around $ 2.50) because they are close to expiration date. They also carry some dairy items like eggs, milk and cheese. Additionally, they have dried fruits, nuts, bread and various other items.

This place is my little secret.
When I first moved to Seattle, a lot of people back home would comment to me that I would be paying a lot more for produce. I’m from California, the land of the 99 cent avocado and for a long time I lived in an area where huge crates of strawberries were sold on the side of the road for under 5 dollars.
I’ll admit that I was a little shocked when I went into a Safeway and saw my favorite apples, Honeycrisp on «sale» for $ 3 a pound. I couldn’t bring myself to pay that much for apples, no matter how sweet and how delicate the crunch. I was Honeycrisp-​less for a long time before I discovered this place.
Rising Sun, oh how you changed all that. Their prices are seasonal (obviously) and they offer an abundance of whatever’s seasonal, but my heart leapt when I saw Honeycrisp apples for 99 cents a pound. That beats the Trader Joe’s price (last I checked it was $ 1.29 a piece). I’ll list more prices, but, like I said, they’re not consistent because it all depends on how much they get and what’s in season, but bell peppers are 70 cents, sweet pie pumpkins were 99 cents a piece, and I just bought a bunch of avocados for 75 cents a piece. Take that, California.

I didn’t have high hopes coming here at all. I figured I’d come by and get some oranges and apples for a quick lunch thing. I saw they had baked goods and it caught my eye that they even had gluten free and vegan! I was stoked! But no… Wait… They have gluten free OR «vegan». I’m not vegan by choice I’ve got allergies so to see the crap they put into them amazes me. Must just be for the trendy, hipster vegans.
While I realize someone else bakes them and they just sell them its off putting to see a produce place (ie healthy) carry what SHOULD be a somewhat healthy treat and its not.
Also both the teens who worked there (females) were rude. I didn’t even mention my cookie conundrum. Never again.

Produce is usually cheaper than Safeway & QFC, and cheaper than the other stand on the corner of 15^th ave NW. The apples are a real deal. Variety is fairly wide: don’t expect to see sweet potatoes, yuca or taro root here. Do check produce for (over)ripeness. $ 10 can fill up your grocery bag, and $ 20 can fulfill your fruits & vegetables nutritional requirements for a week.
I like that they sell refillable gift cards now.
I usually park on the northwest corner of 15^th & 65^th, as the lot adjacent to the market is very small and just one large vehicle driven by someone with poor eyesight or poor parking skills can make the lot treacherous to navigate at a busy time.

I’ve had to tighten my budget a little recently and I figured that most of my money was going towards the grocery store. I went here a year ago once and it seemed like a good deal but it was out of the way for someone who was stuck taking the bus. Now I have a car here, thank god, and I went here specifically for produce and did the rest of my shopping at QFC. I found it to be kind of a waste of time because while I was in QFC I compared the prices and everything I got was almost exactly the same price in each place. The produce at Rising Sun looks a little more gnarly, but I’m not extremely picky about that.
Here is what I bought:
1 lb box of strawberries
2 minneola tangelos
1 lb Italian prune plums
1 bunch of romaine lettuce
3 hass avocados
1 zucchini squash
A little bag of mushrooms
1 head of garlic
2 roma tomatoes
Total: $ 12.49
I think that I will continue to come here when I need produce because the people were nice, it’s not a chain, and I do think they have pretty good deals from time to time. However, I do think that it’s a bit overhyped on Unilocal in terms of how cheap it is in comparison to regular grocery stores.
I also thought it was sweet how they added a little poem at the end of my receipt. «A plum may be dumb and a peach kind of pretty but if they’re not sweet oh, what a pity!»

This stand is a good place to grab weekly necessities. As with most produce stands, you have a range of deals — some are screaming, some are quiet, and some are hiding.
In general, I overpay for produce at regular grocery stores but sometimes I do that out of convenience. Today, I got great deals on fuji apples, white nectarines, and bell peppers. The things I passed on were super expensive honey, tiny corn, and bland rainier cherries. Okay deals included sweet onions, broccoli crowns, and cauliflower.
I like that they accept cards (with a $ 3 minimum purchase). The store is very clean and airy. The parking lot has a good amount of spots but they’re small. As others have suggested, it may be a good idea to park in the lot across the street.
My haul today was $ 15. My price at a regular grocery store would have been $ 25 for the same overstuffed two bags of produce.

What a lovely great big produce stand!
While heading to a friend’s the other day to BBQ, I got a last minute text asking for some lemons. Having already left my house about 15 mins before, I was only a mile or so from my final destination. As I was thinking about where to go for lemons I looked on Unilocal and happened upon some great reviews for Rising Sun. As it was on my way, I just pulled into a spot and ran inside to see if they had lemons. And boy did they! In addition to every kind of fresh frui and veg you could imagine, there were short lines and smiling faces at each register. I paid $ 49 cents for 3 massive lemons and was on my merry way just 90 seconds later.
Because my friends and I visit this area nearly every weekend to get together for BBQs and board games, I’ll make it a point to buy fruit and healthy snack items more often. The prices are great and you can’t beat the parking spots. They’ve got a few spaces right in front and some additional spots across the street.

When I first discovered Rising Sun after moving to Seattle, I felt like my life here was fully set (well, minus the sun). After moving here from California, I always felt like I was being overcharged for produce at the grocery store. Rising Sun provides awesome deals. Their are some things they always have at great prices (onions for around 39 – 69 cents a pound for various types, regular potatoes around 39 cents a pound), some things that usually but not always beat the grocery store prices (garlic, shallots, tomatoes, herbs to name a few), and that some things that appear for a brief time with incredible prices (huge artichokes for 50 cents a piece, grapefruits for 50 cents a piece, strawberries for $ 1.29 a pound). The non produce stuff is generally on the expensive side except for the pita which is pretty decent and $ 1.75 for a 6 pack of regular pits and $ 2.25 for a 6 pack of giant pitas (great for pita chips!). I always leave Rising Sun with a huge amount of produce to last me a week or two for generally around $ 20.
Generally, the food I get here is good, but things can be hit or miss, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. I’m not the type to freak out if my apple has a bruise on it, but sometimes things here are just a bit too much for me. I’ve stopped buying avocados here because they pretty much all seemed to be brown by the time I got home. I don’t buy lettuce because it’s always so dirty and I can never get all the dirt out. But other than that, I’ve generally been happy with what I buy, although I definitely do notice if I wait more than a few days to use some things… I regret it. I have never had a problem buying hardier things here (squash, potatoes, pumpkins, etc.). But, for the amazing prices, I don’t mind that much if I have to throw things out every once in a while.
Parking lot pretty much always has room, but it can be busy around rush hour. The parking lot is a bit of a pain to maneuver so I highly recommend off peak times if you can make it work!

My routine for grocery shopping is to shop every Monday and buy enough to last me the week. When I went to Rising Sun, I bought enough produce to last a week for six people. Where you would normally spend $ 40-​$ 60 for a week’s worth of groceries at a chain supermarket, $ 40 could get you double that amount. It is seriously a good deal. It took a lot of will power to stop shopping like a crazy person thinking the apocalypse is imminent.
They have your general selection of vegetables and fruits, as well as others that are stand-​outs and or seasonal. Carrots, celery, peppers, oranges, potatoes, asparagus, leek, broccoli, onions, etc. Last time I visited, they had beets, leek, rhubarb, and heirloom tomatoes. All that good stuff.
I wouldn’t recommend their shelf selection with boxed goods and breads. Those items are marked up. Go for the fresh produce instead. It’s better for you, anyway. In any case, this is a particularly good place when you can’t make it to the Farmer’s Markets on Sundays/​Thursdays.
It is a little over 1.5 miles from where I live, which is quite far on foot. The inconvenience factor is the only reason why I don’t go here every day for my produce. If they switched places with the Safeway in U-​District, my life would then be complete. A lot of produce goes to waste when it gets delivered to the large supermarkets. If there are any imperfections, it gets tossed in compost or the garbage. I welcome imperfections in my produce – it shouldn’t all have to be perfectly round and non-​bruised. This is where you will find such produce.. .at a great deal, too.

I’d always assumed that this was an expensive farmers’-market-type place, where you buy hyperorganic grass-​fed leeks for $ 40/​oz. It’s not. This is an old-​school produce shop. It’s mostly the same quality as your local supermarket, but cheaper, with more choices.
In addition to fresh produce, they have a shelf with various breads and pitas and such, as well as a selection of dried fruits. They are now across the street from where they used to be; the new location has walls and credit-​card machines, both of which make the shopping experience slightly more convenient.
Stop by, and bring a large bag. Two, actually. You’ll walk away with more than you expected.

I’ve been going out of my way to buy from here for years, and you should too. Cash only, really really cheap, solid selection of fruits and veggies (and a handful of other randomly related food items, like croutons, nuts, etc.).
Today I bought a bag of mini plums, a bell pepper, a head of garlic, a bag of baby carrots, and some string beans… $ 6. Love it.

Great produce at a fraction of the cost and it’s a local businesses so what’s not to love? We occasionally head in their direction to go grocery shopping at the QFC in U-​Village so it’s worth a stop here first. I imagine their selection changes with the seasons but I’m sure they will have the basics year round so we plan on getting our household staples (lots of onions, garlics & tomatoes) here and then get whatever they don’t have at our usual grocery store.