Northeastern Fruit & Garden Center

Love this place!!! We are moving back to the neighborhood a few blocks away.
I am so upset that they are no longer there!!!
So many loyal customers but not enough came in during this ridiculous construction project. It is a shame!!!

CLOSED
Rumor has it the construction on Lincoln and Peterson finally did them in. As a resident of the neighborhood, I get that. It has been an exceedingly long and tedious process. Sorry to see them go.

Closed, after 35 years, as of April 2. I blame myself for things like this, as I pass it twice a day on my commute and only stopped in once. And apparently my haiku from November didn’t bring in the shoppers.
Well, that’s it folks: no more Krakus ham for $ 2.99 a pound, or at all. :(

This is the BEST, the BEST place to shop! The best prices on produce, eggs, cheese, deli meats, you name it – and all fresh! But what really makes this delightful (a real statement from someone who HATES to grocery shop – and I mean HATES) are the people! It is a family owned shop and the entire family is wonderful. In a rush? Call and ask Anna or her son John and they will have your order ready. friendly and helpful and if something isn’t right (ONCE in 20 years I had some corn that was not as tasty as usual, and they not only gave my money back but gave me double the original number of ears!)
Rumor is they are going out of business – driven out by the city of Chicago! I heard the city took half their land (their parking lot, three years ago – which explains the one reviewers comment on the parking lot!) for boats to travel to river boat gambling in Chicago?! (funny, the city hasn’t even passed gambling, but «they» took the land three years ago, forcing them to cut the store in half and loose their parking lot-​!) The store has been there 38 years and now is being driven out by eminent domain? Who is really profiting? I just hope it is not true!
If Northeastern Fruit Market closes, Chicago will have lost a real gem. Another family business lost to eminent greed! (and no, I am NOT related – just a customer who will be at a real loss for where to shop and find such friendly faces as are at this market!

These folks delivered great service, something I hadn’t found at any produce market since moving to Chicago 18 years ago!
My 17-​year-​old daughter and I made our first visit here today to buy some summer fruit. The quality and selection were par for the neighborhood, and the prices on the low side of normal. But the great surprise came at checkout time. The nice lady at the counter overheard my daughter telling me that she planned to have some fruit as soon as we got home, and she declared that the mango my daughter had picked out wasn’t quite ripe yet. Since the store wasn’t busy and there was no line at the register, she took my daughter back to the mango bin to pick out a fully ripe piece. What a delight!
I’m giving this store 5 stars on the strength of ther customer service. I’ll definitely shop here more often.

Yummy fruit
OK deli
All cheap food!

I cannot tell you how many times I have driven by this place. Thousands, easily. I always saw the signs advertising insane prices. «KRAKUS HAM $ 2.99 a POUND» or «MUNSTER CHEESE $ 1.99 a POUND».
How could that possibly be?! At Jewel they charge two or three times that!
So, I pulled over on my way home from work one day because my curiosity got the better of me.
IT’S TRUE, kids. Really.
My husband brings lunch meat with him to work so we go through a pound of meat and a half pound of cheese each week.
½ pound of Vienna corned beef, ½ Jennie-​O Turkey, ½ pound Munster, loaf of fresh bread: less than $ 7.
The only reason why I might not shop here regularly is that while their prices are low, their selection is small. They have a lot of specialty frozen items that looked delicious that I will have to try next time. And their produce looks fresh. I was in a little bit of a hurry when I was in and next time I go I’ll stop to browse a while longer.
DEFINITELY worth giving a shot… especially if you are deli meat (and bargain) lovers.

Vegetables and deli market serving the neighborhood for decades now, I used to stop here on my way after school and pickup fruits and etc items. Etc items like fresh sugar cane for instance. It’s convenient when the item is needed immediately though some of the time I’ve had questions about their produce and life of. Clear and large size advertising can be seen from any direction and they have some decent deals on veggies and deli meats. They carry some of the typical grocery items and then also carry shelves full of other odds and ends one might like to try on a sandwich or in a salad, etc. Vegetable offerings are limited but if you talk to management they may carry what you ask for. I tended not to buy anything out of the freezer mainly because some of those items I’d bought in the passed smelled of freezer burn and hadn’t any expiration date, so who knows how long it’d been sitting. The store sits on its own corner with less than ten awkward parking spaces.

I do have to say that I do like going to the market for things.
They have great prices on items including their lunch meats.
But on Thursday (10−1−09) I purchased a pizza bread which you leave out and dont have to freeze and some cookies. I just checked them today, and it looks like they are growing GREEN HAIR! They are already moldy after have purchased them after 2 days! VERY UPSET about this!
So be careful what you purchase there… check the dates OR ask when they are good til.

I LOVE North Eastern Fruit Market! Here are some of my favorite reasons why i have been coming here for years! Love the Ma & Pop shops!
1) Awesome Lunch Meats
2) Great Polish Rye and Italian or Greek Bread
3) MILK and DEANS COFFEE CREAM way cheaper than Jewel or Dominick’s!
4) Friendly staff and workers
5) LITTLE SHOPPING Carts… they are so small and cool… I dunno, I think they are funny!
Anyway it’s worth it for me to drive there for my meats and dairy products and even some fruit too… check it out!!!

Best things here: Fruits and Veggies (obviously), bread, and deli. Dont bother with any of the refrigerated or frozen stuff as it is frightfully overpriced. This also goes for the groceries on the center shelves. Some times it is very hit or miss in there but it is rarely crowded and the folks that work there are really nice.

Cheap eggs and bananas, Marco Polo sour cherries, and lots and lots of fruit flies. I only go here if they’re running a great sale or if I forgot something.

I grew up (literally) down the street from here and used to come here all the time! My parents always used to get our fruit and deli meat from here! Great quality! The owners are super friendly and they have everything you could ever need! Best kept secret: *the potato salad*. It’s my all-​time fav! ;)

This place is great for when you forgot something and need to dash out — it’s accessible from Lincoln, Peterson, Kimball, Kedzie… they always have great deli deals (like Krakus Ham.)