Mr Melon

So happy to have this little grocery store in my neighborhood. Fantastic prices on produce! Went there the other day and they had huge pineapples for $ 1.99 and 50 cent bell peppers. Their ripe bananas are 7 for $ 1– perfect for smoothies or a snack if you like your bananas a little bit sweeter.
Be sure to get a drink from the juice bar while you are there. My favorites are the #2 (beet, carrot, apple, banana) and #4 (grapefruit, orange, pineapple, lemon).

I love love love Mr. Melon. The produce sales out front are reliably amazing. A few weeks ago (aka middle of December) I picked up 10 containers of berries — 2lbs of strawberries, a number of the smaller containers of blueberries /​blackberries /​raspberries — and each of them was only a dollar! And you’d think the quality would be terrible since it’s December (I usually avoid buying stuff out of season) but they were all really good! I often take pictures of my hauls to send to my mom in Ohio. She’s always astounded by the prices and tells me to buy up a bunch before it disappears because she doesn’t know that this happens every other day practically.
Other reasons why Mr. Melon is awesome:
1. open 24 hours! which is great because
2. you can buy ice cream at 4 in the morning if you want. Also, their pints of Haagen Daz are cheaper than the ones down the street at Key Food usually are (only 4.99). And the freezer is very very cold so you never have any weird refrozen texture issues (pet peeve of mine). It’s also rock hard when you get it home, which I’m a fan of in spite of spoon bending issues. (if you don’t like rock hard ice cream just leave it outside the freezer for a few minutes).
3. Good fresh squeezed juice. I feel like fresh juice is always a little pricey, but it’s good and what they squeeze never fits in the tiny cups so they tell you to drink half of the cup and then they fill it the rest of the way which is nice. My favorites are the grapefruit/​orange/​pineapple/​lemon combo on the board and kale/​apple/​lime/​pineapple.
4. The employees are nice, especially one of the younger guys who works there. Once he was manning the juicer and accidentally gave my little sister the bigger size when she ordered the smaller one, and he was just super sweet.

Like everyone else, I am impressed with the price and quality of produce here. Really, ASTOUNDED. I don’t know how they make money on it, and I marvel at what kind of early morning produce wholesaler haggling they must be doing. I’d think it had «fallen off a truck somewhere» except the produce is in too great shape for that.
This place is essentially a condensed version of the grocery store for people who skew towards the «healthy» stuff. No Campbell’s Soup, but you can have Amy’s. Only obscure pasta brands. If that’s what you buy already, I might just go here to save yourself time. No beer, though.
Final tip: you, too, may have your own Mr. Melon if you live in parts elsewhere — it’s a small chain and there’s a Mr. Kiwi /​Bushwick, Mr. Coco’s /​Ft. Greene, Mr. Pina /​Williamsburg

There’s no way not to love Mr. Melon.
Great, cheap produce to compliment your grocery shopping. The juices ain’t bad either.

So glad to have found this place… Great produce at fantastic prices ($ 1 lb strawberries, $.50 huge perfect eggplant, $ 1 for 4 heads of garlic, $.25 per squash). Everybody who works here was also super friendly. Wish it was a little closer to where I live, but I’ll gladly make the trip out once in a while despite there being a number of closer options since the price and quality can’t be beat.

I love Mr. Melon where else can you go and get fresh juiced veggies and fruits for $ 3 and $ 4? Additionally, they always make more than the cup size so they have you drink some down so you can get the rest. Lol. Call me greedy but I always leave feeling like I got some juice for free

I’m in Prospect Park Brooklyn, and this has been the best place I’ve found so far for a good selection of fresh food that’s affordable. Hands down they are killing everyone in the area with low priced fruit. I wish they had a better selection of meats and vegetables, but I’ll definitely come back.

Wonderful place!
1 $ organic raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries? 1.39 $ for a gigantic container of organic blueberries? 1 $ cauliflower? Wow!
They also have every flavor of quest bar and Lara bar. And they have all of those delicious macro vegetarian brand vegan noodle/​dumpling/​etc. dishes (which I love, even as a carnivore) Extensive nut milk selection.
And 24 hours??? Yes! You can groggily wake up to an empty box of strawberries. Instead of an empty box of burrito.

The excellent, often organic, produce here is so reasonably-​priced it’s shocking. And they’re open 24 hours.
I mostly shop farmers’ markets, especially during the growing season, but this is a good resource to have in the area. It’s not terribly convenient to my location, but it’s worth the long walk, bike ride or bus trip to shop here.

great juice, great prices. if they make a bit extra, you can drink your juice down and take the rest (rather than waste it)! cashier service a little shoddy, but the juice-​maker is on point. great produce prices, as well.

I was going to Key Food for my produce until finally I realized Mr Melon was so much better and cheaper. The produce I get from Mr Melon has been delicious and inexpensive; I really don’t know how they do it.
The place is very tight so I try to go during the day when there are fewer people. They have almost everything I need and so far they haven’t let me down with any bad quality produce. I agree with an earlier post that it is unfortunate that they don’t have a scanner. Instead, they do the math in their head so you can’t check to see the price of your food itemized but if it really bothers me, I realize I can probably just add it up myself beforehand. I highly recommend this place for your produce needs.

I’m obsessed with Mr. Melon the produce is really cheap and always fresh. Service is prompt and workers are always smiling and helpful. The juice bar is inexpensive also. You can shop for your fruit veggies while getting a fresh press juice! I like that!

Typical Brooklyn organic health food store. They have a fresh selection of fruits and veggies. And a good amount of organic products: sauces, seasonings, oils, and nut butters. Mr. Melon makes fresh juice which is cool. They also have a wide variety of household products.

I recently moved to the area and one of the complaints I had about my old neighborhood was the lack of cheap produce within walking distance, so I was thrilled to find Mr Melon just a few steps from my place. $ 2 berries, and all of the usual suspects of standard onions, potatoes, etc. can be found for a decent price. They lose a star for two things, however:
1. There is a juice bar at the front. I went in here to get a half gallon of fresh squeezed Oj for a brunch at my place, and they didn’t understand what I was asking. They only had individual cups, no quart or half gallon sized jugs for OJ. This could easily be remedied. I’m sure there would be demand for this if they offered it… they have the fruit, so why not?
2. They need to expand the offerings of produce a bit. They don’t carry cilantro! Which I think is a little crazy seeing that it is Chinese owned. They also don’t carry tomatillos. Key Food next door does, so no biggie… but you could easily add them.
And owners: I would totally buy a Mr. Melon baseball cap, hoody or sweatshirt. Your logo and name are funny and I would run with it and have a few things for sale like that up front. You’ll be surprised at how many you’ll sell over time, I predict.

If you are looking for Daikon Radish (or some similar esoteric produce) and you do not happen to be a member of Greene Food Coop, then Mr Melon is your spot.
The staff was helpful and the prices were not too bad.
I’m looking forward to trying to the juice bar.

Mr Melon is always there for me when I get off the train at 3am after a few gins and realize that I need to consume an entire pack of vegetarian corn dogs, stat.
Also one of the only places nearby which consistently has the Clementina flavor of San Pellegrino in stock and chilled (and for just a dollar!).
Oh yeah and the produce is cheap and fresh.

This is the freshest produce I have ever seen in NY. Its just happens to be in Brooklyn and does not take up my whole paycheck.

I can’t believe it took me as long as it did to step into Mr. Melon. The produce here is super cheap and fresh. I highly recommend it.

Mr. Melon is just about the greatest place ever. Let me tell you a little story.
One rainy evening/​morning at around 3am in which me and a friend had been… out… for quite awhile. Upon arriving home we realized we had empty stomachs… and an empty fridge. We set off on a journey to find something, anything that would feed us. After standing and staring at the sad old fries and fried chicken at the 24hr chicken place on the corner, we decided we just couldn’t do it and stumbled out the door to set off home. Suddenly, we wander pass Mr. Melon, and it’s bright shelves stocked full of food, the happy juice guy there, ready to make us a fresh juice as if it were 9am and not 3am. And so we juiced, and pasta’d, and ice creamed to our tummies delight.
The best juice and best deal! $ 4 for a large + the extra that they just let you drink right there in the store — incredible. Also, the juice man is pretty much the friendliest guy you could ever come across.
Also — their produce is SO FRIGGEN INEXPENSIVE. I bought a bunch of asparagus for $ 1. ONE DOLLAR. You just can’t beat it. I love Mr. Melon. They stock everything I like, and when they don’t have something, I can ask, and they will provide. I now almost exclusively shop here rather than the Met.
Thank you Mr. Melon, for being the best store on the block. You’ve made it very hard for me to ever move away.

What a great addition to the neighborhood. Fresh fruit at low prices, friendly workers and a cheap price for the juices.
They have a juice bar full of fruits and veggies. They used to be $ 2 for a small and $ 3 for a large but they recently went up to a dollar. They always make more then they are supposed too, then let you have big drink before filling up the rest of the container. Great spot for local groceries and a juice bar worth trying!