*WARNING* Avoid this place. The health department would have a field day with this place due to the amount of violations they have.
First, the good: The employees are all very friendly. They have a great selection of products and for the most part everything is safe. The sandwiches are delicious, priced fair, and have never made me sick.
Now, for the reality:
I've purchased expired yogurt, cheese, sour cream, milk and melted ice cream from here on multiple occasions that's been spoiled. The produce is stored improperly, in a beverage case and spoils quickly because it's not replaced frequently enough and is never misted.
One time I purchased a small container of sour cream. When I got home I opened it up and it was moldy and congealed. I brought it back to the store and showed the clerk that the sour cream had clearly been left out unrefrigerated. I showed her the expiration date that had passed a week before and asked her to pull the rest of it, because those too were expired. She pulled some up from the back but I questioned whether those had been refrigerated properly as well, and she assured me that they were fine. I proceeded to open it up, and guess what? It was spoiled. The smell was brutal and it was clearly rotten. She called the manager and showed him and they both acted surprised and concerned and were both very apologetic. and I told them to pull it all but they hesitated instead of doing it in front of me, and ushered me to the front so they could give me my money back.
Fast forward to buying some ice cream. It was a strange texture like when ice cream melts and is then refrozen. I took it back, exchanged it for another one (I know, I should have known better...) and that one was also bunk.
Today, when going in to grab some quick spices (safe) my girlfriend noticed that on the milk the orange price tags were conveniently placed over the "sell-by" dates. When we peeked under the stickers the dates were all a week old. That means that they're KNOWINGLY selling expired dairy products. So crazy, malicious, dangerous and messed up.
In conclusion:
This place is a pet project for the owner's film catering business. They should shut it down and rent it out to a business that's actually going to offer something to the neighborhood. No wonder people go to Mr. Kiwis and this place is empty. read more