Best higher end food store ever...

[Roikins]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I thought Draeger's was much better before the San Mateo store opened. Seems worse to me over the past decade. Could just be inflated memories. I used to go there for a sandwich nearly every day during high school.

Which San Mateo store? The original one they opened in the 40s or the newer one that opened in the 90s where Danko used to cook... I know you're not that old.

I've found the San Mateo one has one of the best alcohol selections of a supermarket in the area, and of the sister stores in Los Altos and Meno Park. Plus they sell foie at $45/pound, unlike Andronico's which folded to wingnut pressure and has stopped selling foie.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Roikins

Which San Mateo store? The original one they opened in the 40s or the newer one that opened in the 90s where Danko used to cook... I know you're not that old.

I've found the San Mateo one has one of the best alcohol selections of a supermarket in the area, and of the sister stores in Los Altos and Meno Park. Plus they sell foie at $45/pound, unlike Andronico's which folded to wingnut pressure and has stopped selling foie.
I didn't know they did foie by the pound. Golden Gate meats does, and they are a lot closer to me. I think Draegers used to sell it only by the lobe (or half liver). I mean, obviously, the 90s SM store. The wine section is great, as good as anything in the area, but the meat and groceries got a bit too supermarkety for me as compared to how the MP store was before.

 

[LabelKing]

There is also a Draeger's in Danville.

Beijing has a rather large Fauchon, which I went to for bread when I lived there.

 

[ysc]

Fortnums and Masons

 

[Unbreakable]

yeah..Knoxville TN is limited on higher end food stores, we have the fresh market and earthfare

and the wallyworlds

 

[Roikins]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I didn't know they did foie by the pound. Golden Gate meats does, and they are a lot closer to me. I think Draegers used to sell it only by the lobe (or half liver). I mean, obviously, the 90s SM store. The wine section is great, as good as anything in the area, but the meat and groceries got a bit too supermarkety for me as compared to how the MP store was before.


Yep, I've had them slice the frozen foie to a requested weight.

Ah, I've only stopped by recently mostly to look at the wine/liquor or cheese, mostly because I have found lots of their items are available at Safeway.

 

[gdl203]

Haven't been in a while but Lafayette Gourmet was top notch. I loved stopping by the cheese counter for lunch.

 

[JetBlast]

Originally Posted by Flambeur

You know, now that I think about it, listing the location of the store would be nice since I don't know half the places you guys are talking about...

There is a Dean and Deluca in Georgetown, DC.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

I've never heard of the rest either. Anyone? Beuller?
Rungis is the largest wholesale food market in the world and is located in Paris. Anything you want can be found here, as long as you're in the industry. http://fxcuisine.com/Default.asp?lan...esolution=high

 

[gdl203]

Not exactly in Paris but close. It actually is by far the biggest wholesale marketplace for produce and fresh food on a national level. A very good illustration of just how centralized of a country France is - sometimes fish will be fished in Britanny and end up on a plate in Normandy, via Rungis.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Not exactly in Paris but close.
True, it's technically in one of the southern most suburbs (called Rungis I think).

The tours are actually pretty fun if you're interested in this sort of stuff.

 

[ssnyc]

Fox & Obel in Chicago is good.

 

[EasyGoing]

Originally Posted by auto_pilot

Other than the ones listed above...

Hediard
Andronico's
Berkeley Bowl (More exotic than high end...but you can still get good stuff)

It's Berkeley Bowl or Draeger's.

 

[Millerp]

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

W.e.g.m.a.n.s.
Never saw it spelled that way, but yeah. Mostly upstate NY but a few stores in other parts of the Northeast.

 

[ChicagoRon]

Originally Posted by ssnyc

Fox & Obel in Chicago is good.
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