Peas & Pickles

Standard grocery store. High prices. $ 10 cc minimum. Salad bar is okay with not that many options for non-​meat eaters. Meh.

Some of the rudest employees you will ever come across. Sadly, it really only seems to be the female staff members. Being a female myself I can honestly say it’s more than your average subpar, lukewarm customer service. There is a HUGE difference in how they choose to treat certain customers. I work across the street and used to go in daily. However, after it became blatantly obvious that I wasn’t just catching these employees on a bad day, that is no longer the case. The female who checked me out at the register, older women who seems to be a manager or even possibly an owner, did not even try to hide her attitude towards me. When you frequent a business daily you expect to at least be treated with a bit of warmth. Apparently, most of the staff here doesn’t come from that school of customer service, or plain human decency.
I was ignored when I approached the counter, no hi or hello, hell not even eye contact. She rang my stuff up all the while averting her eyes. I had to ask her for my total because she didn’t even tell me. Usually, I would have overlooked this because, sadly, I had become used to it at this place. But before I could put my change back in my purse she was cheerfully greeting the woman in line behind me, waving her over and saying hello with enthusiasm, even asked her how she was doing! I was so appalled I couldn’t ignore it any longer and made a point to say to the employee «so you are capable of speaking to some customers I see» to which she continued to act as if I didn’t exist and when the customer asked her what I had said, she waved her hand as if to shoo me off.
All I have ever done is spend my money in this place. The attitude and treatment I received is downright disgusting. Perhaps to them I am not a worthy customer (color of my skin, how I dress, maybe I don’t spend enough. your guess is as good as mine!) but whatever their prejudice, my money is just as green and will happily be spent elsewhere.
11÷16÷15 | 10:39:06 am
Station 02 | Cashier: #200 (surprise, surprise they don’t use names)

Seriously? Some of you actually eat here? At the salad bar?
This place is a bottled and canned deal only. Do I really need to post my picture of the six 5 gallon paint buckets full of raw chicken cutlets sitting next to the mops again???
I went in again after they remodeled. Now I saw chopped meat that expired a week ago. Brown and disgusting. Stay Away from this place…

I thought with their remodeling earlier in the year they’d also remodel their pathetic attitudes. Nope.
The cashiers at this place with their Soup Nazi ‘NEXT!’ impressions are tiring. We get it. You want the line to move quick. RELAX.
The people who make the food at the deli, salad, juice — they are all great. But when you go to pay you’re reminded that you’re just another idiot in line.

Appalling. Racist. Shameful. Racially profiled my almost 70 year old African American retired teacher mother. Disgusting. Cashier left the register to follow her around. We called to complain and he admitted that he left the register to follow her around in a store full of white people. His excuse «they have had problems with people coming in the store and stealing». Like she would be there to steal a bag of potato chips. My dear mother– racially profiled and the person does not even deny it. The manager apologized over the phone and my mother accepted. Bigotry like this is tiring in 2015. We shouldn’t have to go through this to buy groceries.

Over lit and bright neighborhood bodega with an impressive selection of produce and lunch options. Big counter for sandwiches as well as a pay by the pound buffet. It’s pricey like the rest of Dumbo but convenient. Open 24 hours. Renovated in early 2015.

Just another neighborhood grocery store. Not the biggest selection, but their veggies are fresh and reasonably priced. Decent selection of cereal, AND they sell those Japanese red bean cakes that I love! (yes when I go to grocery stores, I focus on vegetables and cereals and Japanese red bean cake)
$ 10 minimum for credit card is my only complaint, but as long as I get enough stuff, it’s not a problem.

I come to P&P a few times a week to get the same breakfast every time. They used to be pretty consistent about the prices in the past. But ever since they’ve re-​opened a few months ago I have been charged anywhere from $ 3 to $ 6 for the EXACT same eggs order (used to be $ 2.75). Forget about bringing this up with them — they will fight back. I’ve mentioned this to the people at the registers after another person in front of me complained about being over charged as well. They promised to talk to the manager but here I am again — charged $ 4.50 this morning, not sure whether I should be happy it’s less than $ 6 or sad that it is not $ 3.
I hope they address this issue soon. Current menus are very vague, don’t explain the pricing at all. I am tired of this gamble and will be having the breakfast at home for now.

Pretty average establishment. Sandwiches are reasonably priced. Some of the staff members are really nice (namely the guys behind the sandwich bar that make the food). I’ve stopped in here for breakfast and lunch and they’ve definitely gotten a lot better after their renovation this year. Still would stick to Le Bagel Delight for bagels but Peas and Pickles is better for custom breakfast sandwiches.

More hot selections than Foragers, and the price is better, but not nearly as many options for salads and toppings. Either place is pretty good, though.

As an update to my previous review… they have a pet cat at the deli. Totally against health code, and this has been going on for at least a month.

5 stars for the new Renovation
Pretty nice deli… they have anything from paper towels to a fresh panini. Really convenient, and the prices aren’t ridiculously insane, especially for DUMBO.

Visiting from California and came across this store while walking around this area. I was impressed by the panini and fresh squeezed juice/​vege stand. My sister got an ice coffee which was OK (priced just right) – she did not have a good experience with the Korean cashier.
The negative experience for me was a cat wandering all around the store. Sorry but from a health dept perspective, there should not be animals free to wander where food is served to the public.

I’m sorry, does B in bodega also stand for «biatch» face? I know you’re one of the only bodegas in dumbo but at least smile to the customers. The cashiers have resting B face etched on their face. I’m sorry that I’m paying you for your overpriced bland food. I go here sometimes because its convenient from work but the food sometimes leave something more to desire. Udon soup for 11 bucks? I’m pretty sure the packaged udon noodles you use cost less than that. The meat is small portions. The sushi is decent but not that great. The buffet style could do some upgrading in both presentation and taste. I get it. You don’t go to a bodega for its friendliness but would it hurt to smile a bit? Where’s that hipster dumbo spirit eh?

Keep in mind this is DUMBO where for some reason people pay two or three times more for sub par things.
They’re a pretty sizeable bodega and they have some cool stuff. Their soba is tasty, albeit expensive. $ 11 for noodles? I could buy like … a lot of noodles for that money. Enough to make pasta necklaces for my family for Xmas and then some. Their buffet is kind of gross and has that weird high school cafeteria blandness where everything tastes the same.
I’m pretty sure that it is a requirement to be a cashier here that you must have resting B face and an inability to be courteous. They’re really unfriendly on a consistent basis. I come here a lot because it’s convenient but that’s the only reason I go. I get it, you don’t go to a corner store for the company, but it doesn’t hurt to be nice. I’m not trying to swoon you or give you daisies, I JUST WANT TO FEEL APPRECIATED FOR ONCE.
Their chicken parm is p good ;)

I would not come back to this Korean deli. while I was on the line to pay, woman who works and probably owns the place, trying to get inside the cashier counter, pushed me without saying «excuse me»
Very low class people.

I had lots of time to kill before attending an event at The Powerhouse Arena this evening and I was starving, but I didn’t feel like eating at a restaurant and I was glad to get some salad bar/​etc. food at this place. Unfortunately almost everything was gone by the time I arrived (at about 5:40 p.m.), but they still had some vegetables and pasta & rice and it all looked fresh. It was also tasty, and I enjoyed eating it while sitting in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Naturally it was pricey, but not any worse than comparable places.
Also, the man and woman at the cash registers were pleasant.
(Update on 9÷3÷15): It’s a year later and I was back in the neighborhood this evening. After a gallery show opening and then sitting by the water in Brooklyn Bridge Park until well after sunset, I was passing by Peas & Pickles and realized I was too starved to wait until eating dinner at home. There wasn’t much left at the salad/​etc. bar — although this time it was at about 8:10 p.m. — but there was enough and it was as good as the last time. Really tasty, in fact… also, the interior of the place has been renovated and it looks quite nice. They have plenty of seating by large windows and I enjoyed sitting there while eating. Lastly, all three men at the cash registers were friendly — and I found out that the place is open 24 hours/​day.

Looks fine from the outside but stay away
Food poisoning waiting to happen
I have ordered cold cut sandwiches from there previously with no issues
Turkey, ham etc
The last time I was there I ordered a turkey sandwich with and noticed an employee there slicing chicken cutlets with gloves on. great…that was until the same employee grabbed a turkey breast with the same gloves and hands that were just slicing raw chicken
I flipped out, I told him he has going to get someone very sick
I spoke with the owner and explained the situation
She offered to make me a new sandwich but I declined thinking about all the other meats there that are likely contaminated. Stay away unless you want to get sick
I did report the place to nyc health services

If I were rating Peas & Pickles on its deli food (and cleanliness of said deli food) only, there wouldn’t be enough negative stars in the galaxy to assign to it, as its Pre-​cooked-​chicken-​cutlet-​in-​a-​pile-​under-​glass Sandwich was the extremely likely culprit in my November ’13 food poisoning incident. But, since you’re looking down the barrel of a five-​star review, I’m clearly not rating them on the «cleanliness» of their deli.
I’m assigning them this five-​star review as Peas & Pickles was likely as instrumental in giving me food poisoning as it was in saving my life.
Look, part of the blame is on me and I’m owning it. I knew damn well that every time I strolled in and casually ordered the chicken cutlet sandwich on a roll, I was playing Russian Roulette with my bowels. So yeah, when the bullet ended up in the proper chamber/​sickness finally found me back in November, I was upset but hardly surprised. At the time, I almost felt as if I deserved it (the sickness), as I was playing fast and loose with my health and, as such, needed to be taught a lesson. And the results of the lesson I learned that fateful November day have included multiple post-​poisoning trips to a GI specialist, an ultrasound, a colonoscopy, the fear and stress associated with not knowing what the eff was wrong with me, thousands of dollars in co-​payments, and my still near-​daily GI discomfort that ranges from annoying to moderately crampy. But that’s not all.
During my April ’14 colonoscopy, my surgeon found — and removed — a precancerous polyp in my colon. Being nowhere near 50 years old (the usual age where dudes start getting preventive colonoscopy screenings), there’s probably no way this polyp would have been discovered before it became cancerous unless I received the aforementioned Peas & Pickles-​chicken-​cutlet-​related colonoscopy. Who knows, if I had never eaten at Peas & Pickles, I may have very well found myself in some advanced stage of colon cancer five to ten years from now.
So while I’m sure as shit never going to step foot in their establishment ever again, I would like to thank the proprietors and staff of Peas & Pickles by providing them with this five-​star review and my heartfelt thanks. My life would have probably turned out much differently without you.

I like to go here to get cheap lunch and snacks. This place has a feel of an expanded bodega but with a better selection. Most importantly, they sell my favorite baguette here –Tomcat’s bakery! Soup is nice and hot and costs you only $ 3.50, at Foragers soup is twice as much.
Come here for a lunch bar an a quick bite or a snack, not sure about sandwiches and stuff, I would go elsewhere for those. However if you want some crusty bread, some beer, snacks, candy (they even have european candies like Kinder, Lion and Bounty) and greasy buffet at one place, Peas and Pickles is your best bet.