Caring helpful staff, peaceful vibe, great selection of items including seeds and other gardening needs. Good food in cooler and coffe/tea etc available if you need a break to refuel. Look out for their great sales to stock up, no memberships or cards needed which is nice. Regular prices are the same as for organic and environment/health friendly products anywhere. read more

Love this little market! Found a great book: Permaculture for the rest of us - abundant living on less than an acre. All kinds of interesting and healthy and organic foods, birdseed and dog food and gardening supplies. Also a soup and sandwich option and nice dessert treats. They also have kombucha on tap. read more

Considering Nelson has a population of just 9000, it sure contains a lot of massive grocery stores: Safeway, Walmart, Save-On, Extra Foods, and Canadian Wholesale Club. There are, however, a number of small grocery stores that hark back to Nelson's days as a Draft Dodger haven and nonconformist headquarters. Ellison's Market is an excellent independent business that emphasizes local products, organic items, and health food. It's easy to pigeon-hole these types of grocery stores as overpriced, bohemian hippiemarts, but most of them make a huge effort to support good health (as opposed to promoting good deals) and promote regional products. I went to Ellison's for loose leaf tea, on recommendation, and ended up buying some veggies and snacks. I will never do my big shops at stores like this, but they are really great for specific foodstuffs. read more

Ellison's Market - Ellison's on Front St - Shopping Near Me - Nelson, British Columbia

Ellison's is unique and I go there all the time. This store is awesome for several reasons: They carry specialty food items that no one else does, the staff is super helpful and everything they carry is good quality, and almost everything is natural. When I was on a raw food diet, I was able to find lots of things I needed including foods such as raw seaweed sheets for sushi, raw nuts, raw kelp noodles, kale chips, and cookbooks and food dehydrators. If you have a special recipe that calls for an unusual ingredient, they'll have it (ie. lemongrass, kefir lime leaves, chipotle, odd spices, ethnic items). They also label their shelves in a helpful manner. You'll see "gluten free" or "raw" labels around the store. This is the only place I could find the better tasting stevia sweetened pop for my diabetic daughter. This was the only place I could find hot dogs that had no preservatives. When no one else has collard greens, Ellison's always does. The store is quite varied and has many different types of things: garden supplies, pet supplies, supplements, whole foods, cleaning supplies, personal care items, organic meats, produce, teas, condiments, baking supplies, bulk foods, grains, ethnic foods, cook books, kitchen appliances, bread, non-standard candy, drinks and a deli with hot soup, fresh foods, sandwiches, salads etc, and live music on the weekends. This is a very interesting store. read more