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| - I've been going to The Market since it opened, and I was hopeful that it would be better stocked, with more reasonable prices after the new ownership took place. This, however, is not the case.
The establishment, in itself, is neat and tidy. The staff is generally pretty friendly, and today proved to be very helpful. My partner went to the cafe to see if they had bacon jam scones. They were out, as usual, but the clerk offered to call the other Bronze Cafe location to see if they had any. Unfortunately, they were out, as well.
I continued to do a bit of light shopping while he was asking about the scones. They only had half gallons of whole and 2% milk - and quite a few of them, most of which would expire in less than a week - but they had no gallon sizes. They only had cartons of 18 eggs, no dozens. The produce was fairly stocked, at least on the fruit side. They had Asian pears which looked good, but had no price marked.
And everything is definitely on the pricy side. They seem to capitalize on the fact that there isn't a real grocery store close to the downtown area and charge you for convenience.
When I went to get bread, I noticed that they had three different types of Texas toast, several loafs of an "artesian" bread by Sara Lee, and one loaf of sourdough. My partner and I were excited to get the sourdough until we saw that it had several moldy spots on it.
It definitely turned me off, and I put all my items back where I found them and walked out. This was my last time ever going to The Market on Fremont.
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