What a great grocery store chain. Every single one is to the highest standards…read more Fresh! Fresh! Fresh! And a bakery to die for!

I remember when I was a kid when Jim and Anne bought a rundown red owl and renamed it after…read morethemselves. It has come an awful long way since those humble beginnings. I truly applaud what they've built. Now Kowalski's are all over the place. However. They are by far the most expensive grocery store in the Twin Cities. If that doesn't bother you then this is your place. The ambience is wonderful. The stores are beautiful. They have a Starbucks counter inside if you like coffee. They have quite a large deli. You can get an entire meal ready to go. I've tried these and they are quite nice. And they're not horribly priced. They have a large assortment of specialty items from pastries to candy to Kowalski branded just about anything. The service is spotty. Sometimes it's good and sometimes not so good. Sometimes you can stand at The deli counter for what seems forever while people go back-and-forth ignoring you. Other times they're very helpful. The parking lot is not very big compared to other stores so parking can be a problem. It just depends what time of day you go. They have an attached but separate liquor store for wines and spirits. It is a very nice shopping experience and they do have a lot of wonderful specialty items you won't find anywhere else. However, be prepared to pay the price. They've been around for something like 50 years so they must be doing something right.

Normally, I would recommend this place and I shop here quite often. Lately, the produce and meat…read morethat I buy has been going bad very quickly. I have purchased turkey a few times that has gone bad in my fridge before or immediately after the sell by date. I have a brand new fridge as well, so that can't be blamed. When you charge this much for turkey, it should at least last until the sell by date. I also don't appreciate how when you purchase a smoothie, they pour massive amounts of it down the drain when it doesn't fit into your cup. At least set those out as samples. It is extremely wasteful.

This market was incredibly nice, reminiscent of Whole Foods and Sprouts. It's the kind of place I'm…read moregladly frequent and join--if I didn't live over an hour away. I'm glad that non-members can shop here, though, because I really enjoyed walking around. They had an aisle with bulk goods in bins, which I don't often see around here. I was mostly there to check out the cheese selection, and what I found pleased me greatly. They had a nice variety of cheeses, including many top-level local makers. They also had diverse jams, honeys, and crackers to go along with cheese; those were arranged atop the cheese gondola and on a nearby shelf. Checkout was fast, the checker very welcoming and pleasant. I'd definitely visit this market and others in the chain if I come across them again.

Great shop, they even carry beef shanks, called all over looking for some! Was delighted to hear…read morethey carried them!

Would be a lot better if they didn't have disaffected teenagers working the meat counter and…read moredropping product on the floor after weighing. "Ope, my bad. I'll get ya another one." Clumsiness like that doesn't help their high prices. Better off going to a real butcher where the craft is taken seriously and with care. I do like to support local business whenever practical, but I'll go to Von Hansen's from now on. The fact they haven't even claimed their Yelp presence is a red flag.

So I posted the following review for the Shoreview location and since I also shop here, I feel the…read moresame. You know, I was going to give this place 4 stars because the parking sometimes sucks. But seriously. Should I really be that petty??? So I made a mental list of the pros and cons. Inexpensive flowers? Check! Decent selection of produce? Check! A frozen aisle of items that make you go hmmm? Check! Plus they do the occasional sampling of something and it usually pretty good. Also, they OWN the self branded kick ass condiment market. The fried onion in pepper oil? Wow! The elote dip for chips? Can't get that shit in my mouth fast enough! The green bottle of jalapeño cream sauce? I will drown my eggs with that stuff! Plus the people that work there are all pretty awesome while dealing with us, the general public, who are in the grand scheme of things pretty f'n irritating. Honestly there is more but you get the point. Not worth knocking a star just because parking can sometimes be difficult.

Really nice Trader Joe's location in St. Paul. Only thing that I didn't love was the parking. I…read moremistakenly missed the entry and then thought I could enter on the other side, while it turns out there is only one way in so I had to drive all over to get back to the correct side of the road to enter. I've read that TJs all over pick places that have challenging parking but this one wins for the worst situation I've yet encountered at a TJs. Once we made it into the parking garage it was super easy to get inside and find what we needed. Overall this location is well stocked and had everything we needed. Upgrade the parking and this is a five star grocery store for me.

This is a quick lunch spot if you are in a hurry. It is like your good old mom and pop shop where…read moregrandma will even cut the sandwich in half if you like! She has a great variety of sandwiches and daily specials ranging from sloppy joes, to her humpday hotdish which is rigatoni, and don't forget Thursday is BLT's! She also has great homemade soups that are piping hot. Everything is made fresh for the sandwiches. Turkey, ham, tuna salad, egg salad, bologna, even braunschweiger. Her chicken and dumpling soup is great as well as her creamy tomato. She also has a few baked goods as well, donuts, cookies, rice krispy treats. Basically if you want a good sandwich or soup with a friendly smile this is your place. Betsy is great.

It isn't the fanciest place, but if you're looking for a quick sandwich this is a good option. We…read morejoke at the office that it's like having grandma make you a sandwich. Ingredients are decent quality and service is friendly.

Knowlan's is the local grocery in my town. I think it's a great store. They are your typical…read moresupermarket, no surprises or anything fancy. They typically carry one of everything, but not necessarily a lot of variety. But that's ok! I love that all the people that work there are townies, and the cashiers are generally SSP Packer High School students. I'm grateful for Knowlans for being the place I can run to quickly for that last minute ingredient or item. However, Knowlan's is rarely a place I go to when I need to do my weekly grocery shopping. The lack of variety and hit-or-miss or hard to find produce usually drives me regrettably to Cub or Rainbow.

I am all about supporting small and/or locally-owned businesses, but this place just feels like…read moreit's not even trying. The store itself is outdated and the atmosphere is depressing. What is also outdated is the selection. The produce section is very small and the frozen/unhealthy foods sections are very large. The deli selection is also small and overpriced, in my opinion. I live close by, so have stopped in here on numerous occasions to pick up just one thing, and they often do not have it. Today, it was pita chips. Fucking pita chips. But they had plenty of Lay's Southern Biscuits and Gravy-flavored chips (GROSS). I would rather just wait until the weekend and go into downtown St. Paul to shop at the farmer's market. While customer service here is usually friendly, speed and efficiency are not their strong points. There will be one checkout open and three or four employees just milling around, even if the line is several people long. Sell more produce and less packaged, processed crap!

DO NOT USE BATHROOM. I came here with my boyfriend we had drove hours and I realized that i needed…read moreto poop really bad. I asked cashier if I could use bathroom really quick and she said yes. When I was using the restroom, there might not have been communication because a big man, security or whoever started banging on the door when I was using the bathroom. My bf did come inside with me maybe that alerted them into thinking we weren't using the bathroom, but he was almost about to knock the door down! And I was pooping. I was HIGHLY uncomfortable and I had liked this store the first time I came here but after this incident I will not be coming here ever again.

Excellent! The food is awesome the pricing the service is good goes pretty quick through the line…read moreI'm going to be honest atmosphere is nice it's quiet sometimes. I have recommended the store to a lot of people!

This is store is closed permanently. It is no longer in business. It will be missed by the local…read morecommunity.

The sweetest market! Needed provisions for our baseball team... What a gem of a find! I will go…read moreout of my way to shop here.