Harmons

Haven’t been here in a very long time, even when it was Emigration market. My buddy mentioned they had pretty good sandwiches and was in the area and thought «what the heck» and grabbed a club with some potato chips.
The bread was nice and chewy and had a decent amount of meat and cheese.
Will for sure come back when in the neighborhood.

I like their ready-​to-​go section of food which includes a salad bar, sushi, hot deli items, and picnic winners.
Harmons has great produce which isn’t ever too expensive and they have a variety you wouldn’t believe (please see my photo).
They have a doggie waiting area in the shade which is nice. It’s located in a cute area of town.

I love love what Harmons has done here, definitely a bit pricey but they have a great selection of produce, meats and desserts for those special occasions. I also agree and love that they kept the Emigration Market Original Sign. Now if only Utah allowed for grocers to sell wine, this darling store would be a huge hit! Sadly it will be never happen … been here 12yrs still waiting.

Great store. Lots of fresh healthy food. Premise sandwiches were yummy and a great price. On par with Whole Foods but more affordable. Stopped here to get food for camping.

There’s a good selection of product here and it’s all been carefully curated to make you feel like you’re a more interesting eater than you actually are. The store location is in a nice neighborhood for walking and it had a pleasant feel inside and out. They’ve kept the Immigration Market sign which is cool.
Service here is generally over the top but executed not as authentically friendly as a Smiths in my experience. It’s all sir this and mam that, 17 year olds just barely able to disguise their contempt for you long enough to bag your groceries. I got a loaf of bread and the young man behind the counter holds up one that’s plainly burnt and says «is this one good?» Um. «Maybe one a little less dark?» That’s a good metaphor for the service, oblidged to go through polite motions without really caring.
In any case, service is good, even with a little attitude here and there. Grocery selection tends toward expensive gourmet-​seeming items and politically correct vegetables and fruit. Not a great place to do your regular grocery shopping, but a pretty good supplement for special occasions or when you’re craving something unique.

I love this neighborhood market. The people who work here are very nice and they are responsive to customer requests. Recently I asked at the checkout about a product they didn’t carry. The cashier took down the information and about a week later someone from the store called to tell me they are going to be adding the product to their shelves. Great service!

This is a great neighborhood grocery store — and it’s not even my neighborhood — but it is worth a little detour. The service is very friendly, you find find almost everything you could need on a daily basis and the store is not overwhelmingly big. My kids love the ice-​cream parlor (more raspberry cheesecake flavor, please!) and the pet parking is great. The dry aged beef is worth a particular mention — it is really excellent.

Over the last year I’ve had over 100 sushi rolls for lunch. What’s most impressive is the consistency of the rolls. So much so that one day I new immediately from the presentation that another sushi chef was helping out for the day. It’s not just good sushi for the price, it’s just generally good sushi.
The butcher has fresh high quality cuts of meat and fish. It’s more expensive than your usual grocery store, but the difference is in the taste. Try out a fresh salmon topped with their pineapple salsa. Won’t regret it.
I’ve had almost as many bakery items, and it leaves me torn. It’s always delicious, but also inconsistent. My favorite is the éclair. Though the size of these vary measurably in the same daily batch. Unfortunately the small ones make it to the back. So the one your handed is sometimes a disappointment to what is immediately viewable. The filling always tastes the same, but the texture varies from light whipped to thick whipped to creamy. If I could get the same éclair every day then I probably would.
On my birthday I grabbed a black and white cake while on the run. It was a delicious cake. Probably the best ready-​made cake I’ve had. The chocolate peanut butter brownies are always a win for a quick treat. And a bag of cookies is great to split among the family.
The store itself is well stocked. Have been able to find almost every random ingredient needed to cook dinner that same night.

Love, love, love Harmon’s Emigration. Best place to buy the freshest produce (they always have ripe avocados) in Salt Lake. And the only place in SLC to buy really good steaks for a special occasion. Always pleased with the fish too. And i stop by at least 2X a week do their fresh serrano salsa and house-​made guacamole. EVERY employee is great — you can see they genuinely like working there, which is another big reason for my loyalty. And i live waaay up Emigration canyon so it’s not exactly a «neighborhood» store for me. Thanks Harmon’s, nice job!

I’m really glad Harmons took over and kept this place nearly the same. It’s been a staple in the neighborhood for as long as I can remember and it’d be sad to see it go.
While just a tad bit priceier than the other «bigger» grocery stores the quality of meats far surpasses the others. The other thing that I like is the deserts, bakery and cheese selections. If you haven’t sampled their desserts — do yourself a favor and put on some weight and indulge.

I’m usually not inclined to rate most of the Harmon’s — most of the grocery stores, in fact, though I’ve tried to pick some up here and there — as I don’t go to them often enough to justify what I think is a «fair» rating, but having been a few times when this was Emigration and taking enough time to scout this as perhaps a viable spot when I’m in the area, more frequently these days with a park somewhat nearby that my kid likes a lot, this will be more the exception.
I really like the layout and stylings of the shelves, especially the sort of «old world» feel to the wood. I also liked how attentive the staff were to keeping this place clean and the butcher guy is like someone distilled the rays of the sun and used it to fuel the man. I was also very impressed by the steaks and some of the other selections at the meat counter. Fruit looked good and there was a somewhat impressive selection of variety. I also liked that, like some of the Harmon’s, there is a seating area, if you want to order some food there and then sit down and eat it in-​store.
Where this place sort of fell down for me was in the lack of overall variety. The beer selection, by way of example, is pathetic. I’m trying to think of a convenience mart or gas station or anywhere else that somehow has a worse selection and am coming up empty. I realize with a store this small, sacrifices have to be made somewhere, but this place would be approaching impossible to do the normal heavy weekend shopping. I liked the feel of it a great deal and in many ways, it sort of reminds me of a much larger-​scale Liberty Heights (though not quite in that class), but while it was a pleasant stroll, I would find great difficulty in it being much more than that, even if I lived in much closer proximity. I do believe that I will definitely be returning on that odd occasion when I find myself needing a fantastic steak, but those times are pretty rare these days.

This is exactly what a neighborhood grocery store should be — small for a grocery store (around the size of a typical Trader Joe’s), but with a good variety of products, decent prices, lots of friendly staff. Small parking lot, but we easily found parking both times we went over the weekend. I love that they have a shaded «pet parking» area under the trees and away from the busy entrance, as well as a dog water fountain.
I just browsed as my friend’s uncle shopped and the bakery items looked fresh, pricing wasn’t bad in the meat case, and they had a lot of random free samples being passed out around the store.
They had a a demo with poached shrimp marinated in pok pok thai drinking vinegar — sooo good! The «samples» were 4 big shrimps (1 for each vinegar flavor) and they were delish. I ended up buying 4 bottles since you can also mix cocktails with it. Pricing was only slightly more than what pok pok sells it on their website for, and you don’t have to pay shipping.
I was most impressed that they had a case of dry aged beef that’s cut to order. I didn’t see pricing, but I guarantee it’s much cheaper than getting it at a restaurant. If I had a cooler I would’ve brought some steaks back to Vegas with me. Hopefully the butchers received decent training though — I’ve read that the dry aging process needs to be constantly monitored since there’s a fine line between «aged» and spoiled.

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
I’m amazed and in full-​appreciation of the fact that this quaint, highly-​walkable little neighborhood between 1300 South and 1700 South in Sugarhouse is the closest thing I’ve seen to Mister Roger’s Neighborhood since the show itself. And I’m happy to call it my hood.
The epicenter of this is Emigration Market, aka Harmon’s Grocery. As I walk from my house, along tree-​lined streets, the neighborhood mailman waves and greets me by name. Wait, he even has a treat in his pocket for my puppy? Bonus points. Fellow dog-​parents tie their pooches up at Harmon’s special «pet parking» — fully equipped with fresh green AstroTurf and complimentary doggie waste bags. A nice touch!
Offering are simple, yet of high-​quality and anything but basic. Have you seen their cheese selection? Everything from local Seahive Cheddar to Brie imported from the small village in France where my Grandfather lives (that’s Nangis, for all y’all in the know).
They’ll have everything you’re looking for as long as it’s not:
a) hot breakfast items (no breakfast burrito, nor toasted bagel). We were disappointed by this last Sunday, but hey, Eggs in the City is just across the street.
b) a super specific brand or type of –insert name here-​. I made this mistake shopping for ingredients to make a berry pie last night. Yeah, I was a little bit sore that they didn’t stock all the brands I favored… But I found some great stuff and made delicious almond/​cranberry/​white chocolate cookies instead.
Last note, the butcher is probably the friendliest guy wielding a cleaver that I’ve ever encountered. Super attentive to his customers, full of knowledge of what’s fresh, and witty-​to-​boot. Go see him if you need a pick-​me-​up along with your steak and pork chops.
…So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we’re together, we might as well say,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?

Great market! And it’s right in my new neighborhood… friendly staff, great looking produce, amazing looking meats. I’m sure my wife and I will be regulars there. Smaller than Whole Foods and more actual grocery items than Trader Joe’s (I am a fan of both!) — but a great selection. I went on a Sunday early afternoon and it wasn’t crowded at all… but I can imagine the parking lot being a little small when it gets busy there
I would normally give this market «four stars»…so you may ask…“How did they earn that fifth star?” Simple. I have been looking for Angostura aromatic bitters since I arrived in this town… and they not only had it… it doesn’t look like they will run out any time soon.
I think I’ll make an Old Fashioned tonight to celebrate! Oh… wait. It’s still Sunday and I have no bourbon. This Utah thing is going to take some getting used to!

Appalling. I’ve lived down the street for a year now and this was my first and last visit.
All the organic produce (that was left) was droopy and lifeless, some on the verge of rotten.
The meat case was embarrassing. Some lonely dry aged steaks, yellowing «marinated» chicken breasts floating it what looked like snot water.
The seafood case was even worse: all the filets looked dry and old. The huge, whole red snapper centerpiece was scaly and dry with all the telltale signs of «bad».
Seems like all the love in this store ends up in the baked goods department which seems like an entirely different store.
Harmon’s = Fail

I LOVE this boutiwue grocery. It’s clean, it’s the perfect local market and did I mention I love it! They have gelato of which you can get a «kids cup» (1 scoop) for $ 1. Yes please! They have these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies which are uh-​mazing! Might be seasonal, but nonetheless, you will eat all of them in one sitting. But I love pumpkin. Tried their cranberry quinoa salad which was pretty good. Salmon was meh. Had their broccoli quiche which was pretty good. I think their was too much cheese? which just didn’t sit well with me. and after having had this fantastic quiche just a few weeks earlier in boston, there was no comparison. Their bean salad was verrry goood. It was so charming!

Harmon’s took a defunct grocery store and revamped it with the typical Harmon’s charm and attention to detail. I shop at the Bangerter Harmon’s which is roughly the size of Cowboy Stadium, but it seems like they’ve been able to cram just about every product I find at «my» store into this small store.
As numerous people have said, things are a bit cramped in this store. Skinny aisles and lots of people during the busy hours can make things interesting.
They managed to keep a lot of the original character of the old Emigration Market, while modernizing just about everything else.

We just moved into the neighborhood and we LOVE THIS STORE! It’s got a great selection of pretty much everything. We have only lived here for a week and have already stopped in 5 or 6 times.
It’s great to walk there with our little Mojo as they have a «pet parking» section, complete with poop bags, astro turf and places to tie up our pooch while we run in for tonight’s dinner.
The prices are right in line with the Harmon’s stores in town and even in this limited space they manage to have a lot of the gourmet cheeses, breads, meats, etc. that make Harmon’s the best grocery store in Utah.
This place is fantastic!

I adore Harmons. They have wonderful specialty items and everything is of great quality. Sure their prices are higher than say, Smith’s but when it comes to meats and cheeses, I’m okay with spending a little more.
I was sad to see Emigration Market go but Harmon’s has done a great job with the location. I’m happy that they kept the sign. While I do love the store, this location is hard for a short girl. Because it is a smaller building, they had to use really tall shelves to fit everything in. No bueno for me. I had to ask numerous people to grab things for me. Not their fault really but not ideal for me.
I love this place though so I’m just going to come with a step stool. Or a really tall friend.

I was sad to see the Emigration Market go but Harmons has done a fantastic job with the new store! It still has it’s neighborhood market look and feel but it stocked full of everything that you could possibly ask for.
There is a fresh bakery that looks and smells delicious. The cheese selection rivals larger competitors but outshines because of the helpful employees who are right there to help you navigate through all the cheeses. They also have a nice meat section and a beautiful selection if fresh florals. I also appreciate the large selection of organic products.
Kudos to Harmons for a job well done!