Oneota Community Food Co-op

We needed a catered lunch to eat during a lecture at the Vesterheim Museum two blocks away. For 30 people, I ordered a large wrap platter, a large sandwich platter, and an appetizer platter. The food was excellent, and the amount was generous. Someone pronounced the dolmades the best she had ever had. The food was ready at the time we ordered it. The price was right, too.

This place is fantastic for a Co-​op. Good grocery selection and really nice little deli. My wife and I ate here on a recent road trip. She was craving some vegetables and was pleased with the salad bar and it’s choices. I wanted to try the hot bar and had their very tasty egg bake with nutmeg and polenta. Excellent. I also had a cold bean salad that was very tasty and light as well. The soups looked good too.
Want a light, relatively healthy lunch or supper, stop here. Reasonably priced for any co-​op and really exceeds expectations for a small town co-​op!

Great place to find a nice variety of locally grown organic produce, craft chocolate, organic wines, organic sandwiches to go, gluten free takeout and a buffet meal from the hot bar– yum!

We had a delicious lunch today at the Oneota Community Food Coop in Decorah, Iowa. Friendly service, great variety, nice atmosphere, an entire food store full of nutritious options, wonderful value, excellent baristas making great café mochas.

Stopped in here for breakfast two days in a row. It’s a nice, clean, co-​op with average pricing as compared with other co-​ops. The staff was friendly. Breakfast on the second morning from their small buffet type area was incorrectly labeled, and I ended up eating something with dairy in it. Seeing as I am severely lactose intolerant I spent our 3 hour car ride home in pain and was sad. Despite this, we’ll be back, and I’ll be even more careful what goes in my mouth.

This was a great find in Decorah. I enjoyed the hot bar items and the excellent selection of quality produce. My only concern was that nearly all of the hot food items were lukewarm at best. Otherwise, the food was quite tasty and satisfying. It’s a little pricey but that’s to be expected.
Decorah is a wonderful place to visit. Luther College is partially to thank for the diverse cultural offerings. There aren’t a lot of towns this size with such a nice healthy food store.
I came to Decorah several times this year on fishing trips. The co-​op will definitely be on «must visit» list from now on. I’m looking forward to coming back.
During the next visit if the hot food is hot, they will get the fifth star.

Good selection of groceries, a fun, laid-​back brunch menu.

Decent selection of groceries. Excellent food from their deli.

A first time visitor, I spent the holidays in Decorah and quite often found myself dying of boredom (no offense, Iowa). As such, I made it a habit of getting stoned in secret and then trekking over to the co-​op for… kombucha? Cheese curds? Who even knows what I deemed necessary to stuff into my boyfriend’s grandma’s refrigerator. We didn’t technically «need» anything, but still I ran out the door every day with my boots unlaced, muttering, «Gotta go buy organic tampons and ouiofljdslkurfe…» before anyone could make note of the 75 Tampax sitting on the bathroom sink and that the second thing I said wasn’t a real word.
I’m sure the people working thought I was a freak, but they were so pleasant and always acted like seeing my chapped face and crazy eyes was the best thing to happen to them all day. They had everything you could want from a chain grocery store, but it was better because most of it was locally grown. If you’re interested, the thing I bought the most of was Leinie’s beer.