Stop &amp; Shop

Somehow I've never been inside here even tho I live and work close by and it was such a refreshing…read morechange. The hot ready to take food area had a great selection and all looked appealing and tasted pretty good too. The service was nice, and atmosphere was easy going. Nice little store.

Great hot bar. Lots of sales. A great small market. I shop here almost everyday. They bake thier…read moreown bread,muffins and rolls.

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Freshly prepared hot meals, ready to grab and enjoy at LaBonne's Market in Watertown.

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Adams Hometown Market

3.0(14 reviews)

1.5 mi

I like this place. I wish I shopped here more as it's literally a mile from my home, has welcoming…read moreemployees, good selection, and fresh produce and meat. The facility is spotless and the grocery aisles always have a good level on the shelves. Unfortunately, for me, this is a "one or two emergency/in a rush" place for me when I can't get to a larger store. The pricing is 20%-40% above other local places. It's not that I don't frequent here because I don't appreciate all they do - but it's simply unsustainable for me. Especially on the staple items.

ZERO STAR ***WORSE STORE EVER SO LAZY TO EMPTY OUT RETURN BOTTLES MACHINES***COME BACK LATER NO…read moreNOW, COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE STANDARDS easy to take your money when purchasing. It takes 5 minutes and they are the absolute laziest people work there. Spoke to manager he is Ridiculously USELESS GO LEARN how to change the machine you too good? Sitting in office doing nothing LAZY PPL Couldn't tell you how many times I get over charged on items and name charged label price. On top of it all, I I always have to wait long for recycling machines to get bin full always waiting, bags changed, out of order or Full

Adams Hometown Market in Watertown, CT

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New Morning Market

4.3(89 reviews)

5.6 mi

I was surprised to find this little Health Food market in Woodbury, LaBonne's Market is in town…read morealso, so this small town is fortunate enough to support two grocery stores of similar size. There are a few differences between the two stores, New Morning Market offers some more healthy options, such as probiotic items like sauerkraut and yogurt drinks. I found the prices to be comparable to Whole Foods, and some of the Primal salad dressings & BBQ sauces happened to be on sale, so I saved a couple of bucks on each one I purchased. Also, I picked up a High Heat Olive oil "On Special" as soon I had walked through the front door, that was a great deal too. I also noticed they have a fairly decent stock of supplements too. Staff was very friendly and helpful, I will be back occasionally to pick up speciality items in my diet.

This place is a little hard to find - it's located off the main road, after a large pizza place…read more Then drive further back, bear right. The parking lot is fair, although a little dark around the edges. Shopping carts are right inside. They have a lot of perishables, so something to consider if you're coming from far. They do have counters for meat, coffee, beauty products. The guy who rang me out was very nice. There is also a restroom available, reasonably clean with two stalls.

Vegan (sugarless) protein powders.

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Watertown Meat Center

4.0(49 reviews)

2.4 mi

I have to give some well-deserved love to the butcher team at the Watertown Meat Center…read more If you're someone who enjoys cooking (or just enjoys eating really good meat), this place is a gift to have in town. The quality is consistently excellent, but what really sets them apart is that they actually have real butchers behind the counter who know their craft and are happy to help you find -- or cut -- exactly what you're looking for. Case in point: this weekend my youngest son decided he wanted picanha for dinner. Not exactly the most common suburban grocery store request. I walked up to the counter fully prepared for the usual "we might be able to order that for next week" conversation... and within moments they had it cut and ready for me. Boom. Dinner plans saved. Their meat case and selection are honestly elite. Beautiful cuts, great variety, and the kind of quality that makes you want to cook something ambitious. I'll also admit that in some of my past reviews I've had a little "constructive feedback" for other departments in the store. Let's just say I'm slowly making my amends. But the butcher shop? They've been consistently fantastic. Great service. Great product. Real expertise. We're lucky to have a place like this in town.

It's a meat market for sure, but it's also a nice smallish grocery that serves the community. The…read morefocus is on meats, and they seem to offer for sale an excellent variety of meats -- nice looking steaks -- with mostly higher quality than we've found in area groceries. They have butchers who can cut the meats as you prefer, where in too-many chain groceries lots of the choices have already been sliced up. They have a nice selection of prepared sandwiches, and the aisles are stocked with just about everything you'd find at your local Stop and Shop, although their aisles are much close together. Prices? Not too different from a larger store, higher for some of the meat, but you're getting better cuts here, in our opinion. In sum, not for everybody maybe, but it's a well-run local shop and we like their offerings.

Enterance and fruit veggie area

Apple crumb pie and Pecan.

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Cavallo's Italian Specialty Shoppe

4.6(46 reviews)

1.5 mi

The most adorable Italian Deli. This place was exactly what we were looking for when we pulled off…read moreroute 84 to grab lunch on our way from NJ to Maine. The Italian combo sandwich hit the spot but the best part was walking thru the kitchen to the restroom and seeing a Nonna cooking in the kitchen. Service was A+ and the prices were great too. A great find in Waterbury CT.

Every time I come here it gets better and better…read more If you're in the area and considering the fast casual/chains in the area that serve sandwiches, take 5 seconds to find this place. You'll thank me. I'm getting more brave and ordering custom combinations. They'll literally do anything possible to create your masterpiece. Terrific price and value for the money. Huge portion Wonderful people Phenomenal food

Seating area inside

Cavallo's - 1/2 Meatball Grinder - It's Killer!

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March Farms

4.1(51 reviews)

8.1 mi

It was a beautiful, albeit brutally hot day for picking! The sun was relentless out in the orchards…read moreand pumpkin patch, but the satisfaction of finding the apples at the top and pumpkins made us almost lol forget the heat. They had Frankie's and a bounce house there that day as well. Always check to see what cool events or music they have going on at the top! They have a playground for the kids I forgot to grab pics of, and have a farm store. Which of course is a bonus as well, we grabbed some pops and treats. If you don't want to have a pre picked pumpkin they do offer hay rides to the field for pick your own there too!

March Farm was founded in 1915. It has evolved since then. Depending on the season, you can pick…read moreyour own fruit. The farm store is lovely, with fresh produce, baked goods, and other goodies. There is a playscape and farm animals. In the fall, there are hayrides and corn mazes. On this visit, a very hot day, (August 12), my family and picked peaches. The orchard was full of juicy peaches. We got the smallest bag for $12. There were plenty of peaches that could fit in that bag. I can't wait to go back during the fall! It's a great farm.

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Stop & Shop

3.1(10 reviews)

3.5 mi

This supermarket requires you to have your support animals papers ready for when they request them…read moreeven though it's a violation of the ada.gov How do I know? I was humiliated by their manager Charlene during checkout and had to leave my groceries and exit the store 09-21-2023.

I went to the stop and shop florist to pick out some flowers for my boyfriends mom who I was…read moremeeting for the first time and the selection did not disappoint! The florist (Robin) went out of her way to find me the perfect flowers to make a great first impression! Will 100% be returning to this location for flowers in the future!

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Nature's Goods Market

2.4(92 reviews)

2.8 mi

This store is located at 860 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT. They have plenty of parking and it…read moreis well lit at night. This store inside feels much bigger than it looks front the outside. You are met by a deli/food station when you first walk inside. They make fresh foods such as crispy gluten-free chicken cutlets, kale salad, roasted root vegetables, quinoa salad, and more! The rest of the store is sectioned by grocery items and homeopathic items. They have mushroom coffee, nondairy milks, allergy free ice creams, fresh produce, and more. There is an eye catching wall of containers filled with healthy snacks such as nuts, seeds, dates, and more. This place is pretty awesome! They even sell giant salt rocks, calming candles, and essential oils. I will absolutely be back!

If you want a masterclass in how to run a business into the ground, Nature's Goods is the…read moreblueprint. After years of giving this store second chances because it was convenient, I'm officially done. A persistent issue is the deli and prepared foods counter, where staff repeatedly push larger portions than you ask for. On multiple occasions, I've gotten to my car only to realize I had been given and charged for significantly more food than I wanted. The next few times I went in, I vowed to stand firm and not accept any more food than I wanted to pay for. The employee still overfilled the portion. It actually became a battle to leave with only the amount I had ordered. It became so predictable that I started going in and asking for a fraction of what I actually wanted, knowing they would likely go over anyway. However, that didn't work either! Most recently, I stopped in while in a rush before an event, hadn't eaten all day, and just needed something quickly. I have been souring on the place due to all the reasons listed, but was desperate. I went in already bracing myself for the same routine and determined not to be pushed into buying more food than I wanted. The interaction at the deli was so aggressive and unpleasant that I walked out empty-handed. (In a nutshell: They said they had to sell me more food than I wanted because they wouldn't be able to sell it. I said I didn't want to buy the extra food. Their attitude was like "oh well, too bad for you." ) Then there's the bizarre pricing strategy. Numerous items have no prices displayed at all. When you ask what something costs, you can be met with annoyance, as though basic consumer transparency is somehow an unreasonable request. If you don't put prices on things, what exactly do you expect customers to do? Guess? And when prices are displayed, some are extraordinary. I once saw frozen raspberries priced at approximately $25. I'm accustomed to paying more for fresh, healthy, high-quality food, but I have shopped in The Hamptons and other very expensive places and had never seen anything quite like that. The high prices would be easier to understand if the freshness were exceptional, but I have repeatedly seen products that appeared to be expired. A local friend told me she stopped shopping there for the same reason. She also said the employees/owners made disparaging remarks to her about customers after they walked away. Between the missing prices, aggressive upselling at the deli, questionable freshness and the general attitude, the store seems almost determined to discourage repeat business. At a minimum, customers should know what something costs before buying it and receive the amount of food they actually ordered. Save yourself the headache and shop elsewhere. It is worth driving to Woodbury to New Morning, which is the Holy Grail in Connecticut. There is also a good health food store in Middletown. If anyone knows of another good option in the immediate area, please shout it out. Or better yet, someone buy Nature's Goods. At this point, a change in ownership might be the most promising item on the menu. The owners there would probably love it if someone took the place off their hands, they seem quite miserable at what they do and they seem to really dislike their customers. I could go on about the nasty and boorish attitudes I've encountered there over the years from the owners/workers, but these are the major highlights.

Essential oils

Assortment of nuts, healthy snacks, seeds and more!

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Spice corner

Alltown Fresh

4.3(15 reviews)

2.8 mi

I was in need of gas and a 'pick me up' . I went to one of my favorite places all town fresh. I…read morelove the country store feel with a modern twist. I had coffee and avocado toast. What's unique about their toast is you can customize it to add more or less toppings to your liking. Now to get micro cilantro from what's technically a gas station blows my mind. They have little touches that scream EXTRAORDINARY! They always have samples. Today I'm so happy they offered their soups. The brisket soup is phenomenal. By the way they smoke the brisket on site!!! A perfect treat for a cold, winter day. So rich in flavor. I finished my meal with self service coffee. I had accumulated points by downloading their app taking $5 off my order. The app is great, you get coupons for discounts and the points add up quick. Definitely worth the space on your phone.

"What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way What…read morea wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you" (Chris Isaak) Have you ever heard of "Wicked Bites"? It's a Boston based radio and TV show that visits restaurants and food shacks across New England. It's a very fun show and I love their hosts (especially Leigh!). So we're watching a few weeks ago and they did a report on "some of the best barbecue we've had in a while". Now if that wasn't even to grab my attention, what they said next sure did -because this barbecue came from a gas station. Or rather a gas station/convenience store. There are 14 Alltown Fresh stations sprinkled across New England and four of them sell Barbecue. Once I discovered we didn't live too far from one, that sold barbecue (in Waterbury) I bookmarked it and we visited yesterday. It sure resembles a Cumberland Farms/Pride convenience store, but the distinguishing difference is they cook up fresh barbecue dishes to order. We got our barbecue fix with a big barbecue plate and a big barbecue bowl for around $20. They will give us four portions. My wife ordered a pulled pork plate that included bread and butter pickles, a big hunk of cornbread, and a choice of 2 sides from this selection - bbq baked beans, black bean salad, coleslaw, corn chow-chow, cucumber salad, mac n' cheese, macaroni salad, and potato salad. She went with slaw and mac and cheese and with my own eyes I saw their cook whipping up a fresh batch of mac and cheese in a saute pan behind the counter. I went with a BBQ Pork bowl with slow-cooked bbq pork, queso fresco, avocado, pico de gallo, and cilantro on a bed of shredded romaine lettuce and latin rice. The food was terrific and very reasonably priced at about ten bucks each. We had half of our orders for dinner last night and will finish them off tonight.

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Jarjura's Farm

4.6(5 reviews)

3.3 mi

Dear Billy, It's been years since we moved from the area but…read morealways return monthly for your excellent produce. On a recent visit, I lost a hearing aide during a visit. Your thoughtful team searched the parking lot (during a downpour), as well as the floor in your store. We were shocked to receive a call informing us your team found the $5000 Widex hearing aide! Can't thank you enough for your team's kindness!!! Sincerely, Steve

This is a big produce and wholesale market in Waterbury. You can see it from the highway. It's a…read morefamily owned business, and service was very nice. They have fruits and vegetables, pasta, sauces, olive oil, pickles, and other things. Check out the Sclafani products. It's clean and there's a lot of parking. It's a beautiful market with beautiful produce.

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1 year ago

Bottle return opens at 8 am. Good thing to know that the hours are different than the store

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