Open Harvest

Really awesome Co-​Op I just happened to be getting coffee next too so I popped in! Great looking produce, and hobba sections. They have Cliff Builder Bars on Sale for members. I’m not a member here but since I am in Ames, IA’s Wheatsfield Co-​Op they gave me the member discount on the Builder Bar! Which they didn’t have to do but was super sweet of them!
Great prices, super friendly people, deli options! This would be my go to grocery if I lived in Lincoln.

Wow, where to begin… We have been members for years now and I always stop in whenever I am in town which is at least once a month. I have always found service to be decent to great depending on the time of day/​week. But more often than not it is above average and there is always someone willing to help.
Sure they carry things most health food stores do and their prices seem to be above average in that area. But they also carry store specific things and that brings us back month after month. Their scones are yummy and several varieties that are truly dairy free which is really important if you don’t do dairy. They also carry bison cranberry burgers which are very good. And their noodles are amazing! There are standards but also unique flavors like black olive or spinach. We get the cage free brown eggs which is pretty much the only eggs we use. The store is small but there are plenty of options!
Open Harvest has a decent size cold section and they used to carry Marcon pies which are absolutely dairy free. And we could even order whole pies which was great since they’re made in a bakery down in Washington, Kansas. They no longer sell Marcon and that would be one thing I am not happy about but they are still an excellent place to shop. There is a deli with several options including coffee but there isn’t much seating room so it’s mainly a to-​go kind of thing. Food is always fresh and tasty and there is a little seating area with a microwave if you do choose to eat in. There is also a vitamin/​supplement area but I find the options to be limited and more expensive than other places.

Love the fresh food, love the deli selection, love the veggie/​vegan options a’plenty! Also love the free samples of natural health and beauty products. Not so much in love with the sky-​high prices. Eclectic crowd of hipsters, crazy cat ladies, granola hippies, and business professionals.

Nice store. I come here only because they carry bread and tortes from the Lithuanian Bakery in Omaha. Everything seems pricey.

This store is amazing. I thoroughly enjoy shopping here until I run into people working here! Prices can be high but their quality is excellent. My shopping trips here are fine until I go to checkout. Then I realize I must not be high enough on the cool scale because I am always treated rudely. I would seriously shop here more but every time I do I walk out wondering why I bother to give these people my hard earned money!

We like Open Harvest a lot. We don’t do all of our grocery shopping there because of the high prices and limited selection, but we do pick up stuff from time to time.
The items they make in-​house and what they have in their deli are by far the best features of the store. Their cookies and desserts are really good. We probably get burritos from the deli at least once per week. They are inexpensive (one of the very few things in the store that is) and taste great!
However, my 3-​star rating is mostly because of customer service. It’s been a mixed bag in the deli. Sometimes they are friendly and efficient. Other times, not so much. Recently, we went to the store at 6:30pm to get burritos. The sign out front clearly says the deli is open until 7pm.
When we walked in, we stood there for a few minutes before the girl behind the deli even acknowledged our presence (although she had clearly seen us). She then very rudely said, «you can have something out of the case if you want, but the burritos and nachos have been put away and aren’t available.» She obviously knew we were regulars for burritos.
I asked why it was closing early, and she simply repeated exactly what she had said previously with an impatient look on her face. Well, pardon me for thinking that when a sign says something is open until 7 that I expect it to be open until 7!
Since then, neither my wife or I have wanted to go back. We miss the burritos, but as people who work very hard to support local businesses and restaurants, we don’t take kindly to very rude treatment.

I really like this place. They have cool raffles (last month was a TREK bike paired with bike bags stuffed with co-​op goodies), really good premade and fresh foods. Some of my favorite goodies there are the house-​made hummus, the marinaded feta and olives to the black beans and organic rice. As you would expect, it’s pricy and things run out at small local venues, but this place is worth a try for good groceries.

I tried to do all of my grocery shopping here but I decided that I like to have money left over to spend on other things. Nonetheless, I’ve never been dissatisfied with anything I’ve ever bought here. The meat offerings are incredible with respect to quality, and the slices of cake and other baked goods are mind-​blowing. I paid the «member-​owner dues» once, but the 5% discount is not much of a sell for me. Your ownership stake expires in one year. Not sure how that works.

I’ve been a member here for a couple of months, and absolutely love it. I don’t eat factory farmed meats, and Open Harvest has the best selection of local farms that raise grass-​fed beef, as well as pork, chicken, lamb… am I forgetting any?
The produce is good (although I think it’s the same as what you’d get at Super Saver through the winter-it’s all grown in Mexico) and you can get spring greens, mushrooms, per pound instead of buying it in a package.
Spices you can also get in bulk, which is really nice since some expensive ones you won’t use that much-that’s probably the best part about open harvest!
You can also get take out here, their deli always looks amazing, and their cheese selection is the best in Lincoln. Beyond that, some of their regular organic goods are slightly more expensive – save your money and get your almond butter at walmart.

I visit Lincoln for work a couple times a year and love to stop here to grab some of their yummy prepared foods. I’ve tried the Peruvian Quinoa, Hummus, and Tofuna. All were pretty tasty. Everyone I came into contact with at the store was pleasant and asked if I needed any help. Since the closest whole foods and trader joes are in Omaha. Not any pricier than any other organic food type of place.
They have a decent selection of produce and bulk food items as well as organic, vegan, gluten free products.
Would be nice if they had more hot food selections.

I suppose for Lincoln, this is OK, but if you have ventured out, hrmm. My one star is not due to the store, which is just, OK, but more for the Dead Head stoners in a couple of certain specific Management positions. What an awesome place this COULD be! Hey owners WAKE UP before they ruin you.

Overpriced groceries. Unimpressive selection. I can’t find non-​herbal medicine (by that I mean medicine that works). A co-​op where I CAN’T SELL MY CORN! I don’t get it.

Local co-​op. I LOVE this store, they have a lot of programs that rewards people who bring their own bag, biked there and they have good trail mix.

I didn’t spend as much time as I’d like for a full review, due to other melting groceries in my car. But here’s my first impression: Pricey, which I’d expect for an organic grocer. It seems to only sell local produce, which I thought was very impressive. There were plenty of the traditional «organic food» options — including different kinds of nuts, different kinds of nut butters, vegan and gluten-​free foods, wheat pastas, meatless frozen foods, etc. I did end up buying some of my favorite frozen Indian meals, and found my absolute favorite pita chips (Stacy’s garden vegetable, I’m addicted). The cheese selection was really great, with plenty of different kinds. They were out of Manchego (my current cheese-​du-​jour) which was a bummer, but it’s a cheese they regularly have which made me happy. It appears that if I was interested in requesting different kinds of imported cheese, that they would see if it was possible — and this alone accounts for the 4 stars. I’m not sure if I’d shop here for anything else but the cheese, because I’m a poor grad student and not overly organic-​crazy.
Altogether decent set-​up, just not my scene. Except for the cheese!

Awesome organic grocery store. I really enjoyed the counter with sandwiches and burritos freshly made. Support this place and keep the local revolution alive! I just wish there was one in Omaha.

I really really love this place. It is pricey, but then again that is to be expected with an organic grocery. It’s a cooperative and you can become a member and get a small discount as well.
Whenever I’m in Lincoln I always like to stop by and stock up on a few things (though I can’t afford to shop there too much)!

Update: the most cost efficient place in town to buy LOCAL and AMAZING cheeses. Try their fresh mozzarella… it makes my mouth water just thinking of it.

I visit Lincoln several times a year and Open Harvest is always at the top of my list to visit. Unlike some of the chain natural food stores, Open Harvest has a distinctly local quality as well as some tremendous prepared on site food items. They are in the process of expanding and should be even more fun to shop there on my future visits to Lincoln. Don’t miss this one if you are in Lincoln for any reason.

lincoln’s co-​op has been around for over 30 years and they know what they’re doing. there is a pretty wide selection of pantry stocking goodness in the bulk area and the deli is awesome (like really, really awesome)! if you’re a member, you can special order stuff in bulk.
if any of the following are important to you, then open harvest is the place to shop in lincoln: local, organic, natural, vegan, free range, additive free, tasty…

We’ve been members of Open Harvest for almost a year. I have really enjoyed shopping there, since there is really no better source of organic/​natural/​local food in Lincoln. The other grocery stores in Lincoln seem to be a little unreliable in their organic offerings.
The employees there are helpful and nice. There is a deli with to-​go food that is always good. Open Harvest makes quite a few products itself, and I especially like the hummus and the sandwiches. They also sell free-​range eggs from Common Good Farm, which is a local farm. Next to the eggs, there is a picture of the chickens running free on the farm, which I, as an animal-​loving type, really enjoy.
The only problem is that the prices are pretty high, which is to be expected. If you become a member, which is $ 25 annually, you can take 5% off of your purchase once a month. I try to buy most of my non-​perishables at once every month in order to take advantage of the discount.