It takes a lot to make me finally stop giving chances to a business. I can now officially say I am DONE with the west side Co-op after my experience last night. At 6:15, I stopped to pick up some hot bar items for dinner that evening. Not only were exactly half of the bins for hot items entirely missing, but the remaining half of the buffet was completely disgusting. I was appalled and should have taken a picture; food and sauces were strewn about, hardened and stuck to the metal serving areas. Two hipster guys were chatting and laughing with each other behind the meat counter, clearly too busy to clean the hot bar that was caked with food. Disappointed, I settled on some pre-packaged sushi and packaged kale and sesame salad.
The final straw was when I opened and began eating my $6.00 container of kale salad and just narrowly missed chowing down on a caterpillar. Of this I did take a picture.
Good bye Co-op. Heading to Whole Foods from now on.
Signed,
A 12-year member