Tony’s Finer Foods

Low rating for a few reasons:
1. ALWAYS pay attention at checkout, especially to your «sale» items bc they’ll often charge you full price. They don’t keep on top of price adjustments in their POS system so DOUBLE CHECK YOUR RECEIPT and make sure you have not been charged incorrectly. This has happened to me on 3 separate occasions.
2. The cashiers are straight up fu*king rude. I have NEVER been greeted, let alone thanked for my business. And I shop here, a lot. This store is staffed by a group of ahole teenagers. Usually their team is too busy flirting to notice you. It doesn’t seem like there is any real (or at least not effective) management keeping the attitude and angst in check.
3. They are totally clueless about what they stock and where.
4. Selection of produce, dry goods, baking items, and ethnic foods are very limited.
5. So crowded! Not their fault, but something to keep in mind when you shop here. It’s not a large store and there are lots of kids running around unattended, lots of carts in the middle of the aisle, and lots of oblivious people.
Things that are good:
1. Their Deli has some really nice, helpful people working there. Can’t say I’ve ever had an unpleasant experience with them. They are the exception to the overall horrible customer service.
2. CHEAP. Their meat and produce is a lot less costly than at other stores.
3. Close to my house. This is only a bonus if you are me.

I would give them 5 stars but they need to staff their cashiers and baggers better the lines are ridiculous at times. but over all everything is organized, clean and affordable.

Beware of sale items! I bought smoked Polish sausage on sale for $ 1.99, brought it home and the next day opened it and half was covered in green mold! Same with produce or anything fresh, cheeses past expiration date still on display. CHECK EXPIRATION DATES ON EVERYTHING YOU BUY! Dont trust the deli counter.
The store smells bad, nasty attitudes from employees, cashiers expect YOU to thank THEM.
ONLY GO HERE AS A LAST RESORT.

The produce selection is awesome, the dry goods are decent, the butcher is alright and the dairy is ok. The long checkout lines and parking are a mega pain in the rump. Just make sure to free up some time before you go shopping at Tony’s!

I’m happy to see a lot of new items especially their new foods that they have for on the go it’s good because it differs from the usual drive thru I feel like there floor could be a little bit cleaner but other than that everyone seems to be more than helpful there!

Your cashiers, dont say hello, doesnt say thank you, if they are in a bad mood is not your customers problem. They are been paid because of customers ok! Very upset!

The prices are great! The produce was disappointing. Nothing was fresh. The lettuce I bought tasted like something was very wrong with it. The peppers had slimy brown stuff on the inside. The customers were rude and kept cutting in line like children. The employees were nearly as bad. With virtually no gluten-​free options (because I have Celiac disease, I’m not being picky) and rancid produce, there is no reason I will ever return to this store.
Oh, and good luck getting out of the jerk infested parking lot without losing your mind.

At first, you’ll easily drive by this place without giving it a second thought. You’ll do this a few times. Then, one day, you’ll be looking for a place «off the beaten path» with good pricing and decent variety. At that point, you realize you’ve missed a hidden gem. Now, this is not a fancy-​schmancy grocery store. However, it does have all of the essentials, with a friendly staff to boot. Sure, you walk in and say to yourself, «Hmm, looks kind of hood-​ish or shady…» But, once you realize you’re not in the Loop and all you want are some groceries at a good price — you’ll be right at home. So, here’s how to look at it. You go to Costco or someplace similar for your bulk goods. You goto Aldi for your quick-​hit items, and you goto Tony’s to fill in the gaps. Plus, if you live in the neighborhood and don’t like the traffic near Kimball and 90, there is WAY less traffic over here. I’m still trying to figure out what I consider «5-​Stars» on Unilocal,so consider this a very solid score. Hope this helps!

I always come to Tonys and get the usual experience, I get my groceries and go. Decent/​poor customer service usually.
I came Wednesday morning/​afternoon I was near the milk section and needed help (very doubtful I would get any) but I approached a young man cleaning In the freezer aisle, he very kindly set aside the mop to help me in the next aisle he was very knowledgable.
More kind employees like him please !
This place has potential.

I use to shop here quite often. Then the employees became unpleasant & rude. So I took my business else where. I decided to give them another chance & it was worth it. First of all I enjoy a great value & use coupons as well. On this visit they had no problem with honoring the coupons. The only problem was that I was overcharged for an advertised item. I brought this to customer service’s attention & a manager saw that the product was mislabeled & gave me the sale price. That is how a business should be run! Due to this I will be shopping there quite often… Well done!

Love the location and the fact that they have a fresh bakery. They usually have fresh donuts, French bread, and fresh bread crumbs. Their meats have reasonable prices, and the butchers are always nice and courteous. I really love they have Oberweis milk!

There are Tony’s Finer Foods scattered across the Chicago Area and I have never had a really bad experience at any one of them. I was expecting the same from this store and I was absolutely correct in thinking that way.
We just needed a few items so we were able to walk there from our home. Three cheers for a very convenient location. The produce and deli counter all looked good and it appeared that prices were reasonable also. The store is a little old and run down and it shows and the all of the lines were moving rather on the slow side but that can only be expected on a Sunday evening.
I am glad that there is a store such as this right in the neighborhood that I can take a walk to if needed.

Love the convenience of this store. Their meats are always reasonably priced. It is open later, and close. I dislike that the lines are somewhat long most days, and their produce is not always top shelf, but they have a great selection of Spanish food, and meat products. I wish their fruits and veggies were better quality, I would do more of my bulk food shopping here.

Really, really impressed. Great looking produce! This location is close to my mom’s place which she’s lived in for over a decade now. Which brings me to my old experience with a different Tony’s, let’s just say terrible, really really terrible. Therefore, I never even bothered going in here.
My mom wanted my to pick up some oranges, just oranges, I ask? Yes, that’s all. Well, #!$?! I don’t want to go out of my way for just one thing, so I pulled into Tony’s. I left with two bags off produce for myself. It all looked so good and fresh. A well displayed produce section is so luscious and sexy, you just want it all.
Kale, romaine, green beans, avocados. poblano peppers are some of the things I bought, oh yes and oranges!

I’ve experienced some pretty decent and quick shopping experiences at this location as opposed to all the other ones who have a cluster F*** for a parking lot.
The shelves are always stocked and I never have a hard time getting what I want. I buy my meat here on occasion when they have a good sale, they can be a lil pricey sometimes, but the quality is good.
Cashiers are Ehhh. I’ve gotten a lil bit of both but I guess when you work retail no one seems to give a the BEST customer service, cuz some customers can be a hot mess! .
I come here on the regular when I am in the area and sometimes i come out of my way just because of the quick parking lot!

I come to this location all of the time but the reason I’m not giving it a 5 star is because the fruits and vegetable do not fresh long even though they do have some good prices!
I just got a bag of onions that were were soft in the inside and a little while ago I bought some garlic that felt hard on the outside but they were translucent on the inside! I did take those back and didn’t have a problem!
I keep coming back because this store and location isn’t all bad they do have some good sales and fresh meat! They have a low price on eggs considering what the prices have been lately.
So, I will be back and I will continue to shop at this location but I have learned what I can buy and what I can’t buy!

I love this location!
Spacious!
Well organized!
Great prices for produce!
The women working the deli need to get it together… Their main concern should be customer service not how their date went the night before or what put their man in the «dog house.» I promise ladies you would have less upset faces trying to burn a hole through you… Waiting 25 min for polish ham is crazy when there is 3 of you working and only 4 people trying to tell you their order…
Gets really busy and finding parking becomes a pain…

A little cramped, always busy, and always has that Mexican grocery store smell, but the prices are good — especially deli and produce prices, which blow Jewel and the like out of the fuckin’ water. As an organic gardener myself I know that organic labeling is about 75% bullshit anyway, so the whole organic thing doesn’t make any difference to me – but Tony’s does carry a nice selection of local produce when they can, which IS important to me. And for Italian and Mexican specialty products, they’re a great place to go. When I have to shop for drugstore stuff as well as food, I’ll go to Jewel, but for the weekly load-​up on groceries, it’s Tony’s every time, and my bank account is happier for it.
All that said: the parking lot is a TOTAL clusterfuck.

Within walking distance of the place we were staying at.
Apparently, this is where they go for good Italian sausage to use for their Italian dishes.
This is also where I get my first Vitner’s Tangy Three Cheese Potato Chips. Yummmmmmmmmyyyyyyy!!!

I’ve got mixed feelings about this Tony’s location.
I will spend a bazillion bucks at their North Riverside, Niles and Melrose Park locations on imported items from all over the globe. You could spend hours in those spacious and well-​organized stores; they have EVERYTHING.
Yet the Tony’s on Belmont is the opposite of its sister locations. Yes it’s smaller, but it’s not as well-​stocked, the variety is lacking, and it’s messier inside and out.
I recently was out biking one evening and decided to stop at this Tony’s since it’s nearby. As I was trying to lock up my bike next to the others chained to a shopping cart corral (no rack), some teenager pulled up in an SUV, almost hitting me. He got out and started to tug on the other bikes while I was there. I got back on mine and left.
You’d probably find better selection (and safety) at the 6 Corners Jewel or Gene’s Sausage shop by Laramie.