Best higher end food store ever...

[Cashmoney]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

KaDeWe in Berlin Fauchon in Paris
When I lived in Paris, Fauchon is where I got the ingredients for a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner. Ten years of T-day dinners in the US didn't cost what one T-day dinner from Fauchon cost. But I was impressed that they had every last thing I needed. One hell of a store.

 

[Cashmoney]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

WAY too expensive. You can get most of the same stuff elsewhere for less.

But their bakery is quite good.

Seafood is much weaker than WF or Dirk's or issacson and stern
Meat is better at Gepperths, and just as good at WF
Dry goods are better at Treasure Island and WF

Bingo.

Who needs WF and Fox & Obel when you have Treasure Island? And its prices compare to Dominicks and Jewel.

 

[ChicagoRon]

WELL.... TI does not usually have the same grade of Meat, Poultry, and Produce as WF. Nor does it have as much of the hot-girl clientele. (see my sig)

 

[Cashmoney]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

WELL.... TI does not usually have the same grade of Meat, Poultry, and Produce as WF. Nor does it have as much of the hot-girl clientele. (see my sig)

Ron, Ron, Ron --

Hang out at the TI in the Furniture Mart when the babes who work upstairs at Playboy come down to buy lunch at the deli counter and then let's have this conversation again.

But as a general rule, I agree that the more expensive the store or the more expensive the store's neighborhood, the hotter the girls.

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

HEB Central Market is in TX - San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Houston, I believe.

The original Central Market, on North Lamar, is the best market I've ever been in. You could come up with just about any recipe/meal and go shopping there with confidence that you will find everything you need. The problem is the expense of EVERYTHING. I always joked that they needed a financing department near the registers.

I once bought a container of dried morel mushrooms at, like 50-60 dollars a pound. At Central Market, you weigh everything with a designated code and it prints out the price of the item. I put an empty container on the scale with the code for the morels - and the container cost over five dollars.

 

[ChicagoRon]

There should be a "tare" button on the scale.

The procedure is to put the container on the scale, hit "tare", then the scale will Zero again, then you add the mushrooms and weigh/print.

And if there isn't... then they are cheating you, so cheat them back. Take an extra mushroom, don't weigh it, then add it after the sticker prints. That's one cost of self-service.

 

[paegk]

Zupans in Portland

 

[fritzl]

Dallmayr, Munich

Meinl am Graben, Vienna

Gosh, Sylt and various outlets in northern germany, hanse städte preferred

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

There should be a "tare" button on the scale.

The procedure is to put the container on the scale, hit "tare", then the scale will Zero again, then you add the mushrooms and weigh/print.

And if there isn't... then they are cheating you, so cheat them back. Take an extra mushroom, don't weigh it, then add it after the sticker prints. That's one cost of self-service.

There wasn't a tare on the scale - I am certain of that. Something like that is just an oversight on their part, most likely. To solve the problem, I just weighed the mushrooms without the container and then placed them in it.

 

[Cashmoney]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

There should be a "tare" button on the scale.

The procedure is to put the container on the scale, hit "tare", then the scale will Zero again, then you add the mushrooms and weigh/print.

And if there isn't... then they are cheating you, so cheat them back. Take an extra mushroom, don't weigh it, then add it after the sticker prints. That's one cost of self-service.

Don't most such scales read -0.01 when they're empty as a way to account for the container? Every scale in Safeways in the WashDC area does, to the extent I've noticed.

 

[allreds]

Fauchon. Their tea is fantastic.

Does anyone know a source for mail order in the US? Ever since the NY store closed, I can't find Fauchon goods anywhere.

 

[oscarthewild]

Jacksons of Picadilly -RIP

F + M - they chocolate truffles are absolutely amazing but surprisingly delicate. The quality of the chocolate they use is stellar. However, they do not store well. Eat them quickly.

Harrods (they had an american soda fountain in the 70s, very decent milkshakes for London. IIRC Their Mexicana ice cream had grand marnier. Pretty novel for that time. Their basturma is better than most one can find at any of the syrian places)

I like Fairways (NY). The one near 125 th has parking. Three types of stilton at three price points allows one to do a comparative tasting understand the differences in quality.

La Montanita Coop in Albuquerque is great for fantastic local produce and NM gems.

Adams Fairacre farms in Poughkeepsie, Kingston and Newburgh NY combines upscale with midscale but has the best selection of non-traditional apples (mutsu, etc) that I have found. Tons from the remaining farms in Dutchess and columbia counties.

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[imatlas]

^ +1 on Fairways

Sahadi's

I love Bi-Rite Market in SF, but it's teeny tiny compared to most of the places in this thread.

 

[JetBlast]

I also want to make a mention of Publix (mostly in Florida). Although they are not high-end necessarily, I dare you to go into a Publix and tell me it was not one of the greatest decisions of your life.

 

[JelloLover]

Grace's in NYC...71st and 3rd