Sunnyside Produce

I basically wish I could do all my shopping here and skip the grocery store! This is my go to place for picking up a few last minute things I need for dinner, they have the best produce and it’s always super easy to park. Even though the businesses around it have gotten really busy, Sunnyside always makes sure their parking is available for customers. Cold drinks, tons of snacks to munch on, beautiful organic and non-​organic fruits and veggies, bread and most pantry items I might need– perfect place to shop! Did I mention friendly customer service too?

Sunnyside produce is the ideal small business that you want in every town. One of the best family owned business I know — with a great family that truly cares about their customers and community! The freshest produce, wonderful staff, and amazing selection around every little corner. Sunnyside Produce is a staple in the Soquel community!

I like sunnyside
Good produce and nice people
You should go shop there!
:-)
I like the layout too…

Sunnyside has been my first choice for produce for quite some time. The selection is fresh and they carry organic as well as conventional produce. They have a very good olive oil selection too. I
Some room for improvement? Yeah, but only of late. Neighboring Beer Thirty seems to have quite a few of the parking places taken up after 5:00. Sunnyside staff shrugs their shoulders and not so pleasantly tells us to park across the street at the veterinarian’s office and cross the street. And by «cross the street,» they mean dodge the cars coming around that bend where there is no marked crossing. Maybe something could be worked out with Beer Thirty and parking after Sunnyside closes? Also, the staff is getting a bit lax. Tall, lanky guy with baseball cap decides to sit his denim clad butt on the counter (yeah, the same counter where we put our food), his back towards the customer and reach around to put their produce on the scale and then lean in to enter it on the register. Finally, one of his female coworkers told him he should get off the counter.
My issues with Sunnyside are brought up here because I like them and want them to continue being the good market that they have been.

Prices are pretty high compared to other local produce spots… that and there was a wormy like maggot thing in an artichoke I had bought. We called to let them know about the bug and the girl on the phone seemed all annoyed about it. That was the last time we go there.

Recently went back which I do weekly to pick up some pixies (small Mandarins) and was treated to a bag of them and handed a bouquet of tulips, all for free. The people here are phenomenal. The produce is fantastic. Still pricey but worth every cent especially when afforded an occasional ‘good customer’ award with free pixies and free tulips. You can’t beat that kind of service.

Great place. Fresh fruits and vegetables, and other good food. They also have a lot of bulk food bins.

Absolutely in love with Sunnyside :) I haven’t been able get my produce any where else but there since my first visit! All produce is super yummy and fresh and the prices are always great compared to anywhere else. The staff is friendly and awesome every single time too which makes it an even better experience :)

Thank god for this market… Santa Cruz depressingly is lacking in any large produce markets, but getting past that flaw, this is definitely the best produce selection around without having to truck out to Watsonville, over the hill, or a farmer’s market. Prices are also much more reasonable than other grocers in the area. Very nice herb selection. Wish they had a better mushroom selection.

Second best only to the farmers market. So if I miss the market, I’m coming here for produce, rather than getting icky old produce from somewhere like Safeway

Great produce and service. The staff are helpful and pleasant to work with.
Support this locally owned market!

Great produce at great prices

I’ve been going here for many years and am happy to say it is my FAVORITE store to get delicious fruits and veggies. The staff is very friendly, approachable, and seem to know it all when I ask questions about where their stuff comes from, or when I want to know which was the best of the best. Their displays are always beautiful and I absolutely love their flower selection. Very clean and a perfect little mom and pop store to support for locals. Would recommend to anyone — from those out of towners looking to get some quality produce, to those that are original Santa Cruzans.

Old school fruit stand/market…so glad it exists…The only change I would make would be to add more organic selections and some more variety in the cold case (in terms of cheeses and such). .. otherwise, it’s just about perfect.

I moved to Santa Cruz from Los Angeles last year for school. I found them by mistake! I liked them so much that when my business was looking to by in bulk, I recommended them. Produce is always fresh and the staff is super knowledgeable. Great guys!

LOVE this place. Fresh food, GREAT selection and the staff is always great. Took one star off because they are a bit expensive but I still shop here.

Sunnyside Produce has to be one of the best locally owned produce stands out there. The produce and fruit is great and so is the staff. I have taken back fruit which was not so good and Warren replaced it. Many times there are samples to try and if not, they will cut something open when asking about it. Great local place to shop.

Pretty much my one stop shop for all of my produce. Staff are friendly and and shop is a buzz with activity. Relatively good selection and so far haven’t had any bad experiences to speak of.

Great check them out! Coming from over the hill this place always has real fresh fruit and produce I can’t find here very often. Been dropping by for at least 10 years!

I really like this produce stand. Definitely sucks for the other poster to get rotten food, but maybe things have gotten better since then. I looked into the health inspection results (
) and they don’t have any violations. They have not had any major or minor violations in the last two years of inspections. Not really sure what he’s looking at…
Anyways, they have a large selection and anything they don’t have, you can put in an order for the buyer (he goes to the local growers about twice a week) for more unusual items and if he finds some of what you’re looking for that’s of good quality, he’ll pick them up for you. That’s what I love about local markets: it’s much more personal. No gargantuan tomatoes or zucchini like you find at Safeway, just real fruits and veggies. I would definitely recommend Sunnyside. Plenty of space to park and very easily accessible.