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| - I do most of my shopping at Common Ground or the Farmer's Market, but I like to supplement at Strawberry Fields. The latter two are a much better way of getting fresh local produce, bread, meat, and dairy products. However, SF has things you just can't get anywhere else. SF wins for things like flax seed oil, live apple cider vinegar, wild salmon, elk, and supplements.
It's also the place to buy prepared foods, mixes, frozen dinners, gluten-free items, and junk food. Yes, for a health food store Strawberry Fields has a remarkable amount of deliciously flavored snacks.
Edit: Boo for closing their cafe. I was looking forward to it when they announced they were going to renovate the cafe, but then they decided to close it and put in more...vitamins and prepackaged goo. People, vitamins are largely a scam, a best they prevent major malnutrition, but they won't optimize your health the way REAL food can. True health comes from the produce section, not bottles, I'll be doing less shopping here. Prepackaged sandwiches are gross.
However, in some ways I sympathize. Health codes here are horrendously strict. They already had to redo their kitchen because a drain was in the "wrong" place. Urbana probably needs to reconsider some of its draconian taxes and laws if it wants good eateries.
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