Corner Produce

Very helpful and knowledgeable merchants with some unbelievably delicious fruit. They will let you know of any ‘special’ fruit that they had received.

The prices at Pike Place tend to be the same across vendors so really, just go to whichever one has what you need and the least amount of crowding. I’ve been coming to this stall for a few years, a couple times a year. I live in Portland and like to go home with fresh produce even though in reality I could get the same things at Whole Foods for the same prices. That said, the people working here are always friendly and helpful. The gentleman helping me yesterday was no exception other than he seemed to be distracted by other people walking by. When I got home late last night I put my bag of produce directly in the fridge, and only today after I’d been shopping for the rest of my needs, did I realize the basil I bought (and needed) never made it into my bag. So one star is deducted for that. Otherwise, they’re all about the same.

I shop at Pike Place for fruits and veggies as often as I can. Corner Produce has the worst quality of all the vendors I’ve tried in Pike Place. I recall buying fruit from them last Labor Day because no one else was open due to the holiday. The fruit was kinda mealy and by the next day it was rotten. I felt like I wasted a lot of money. My guess is that they sell to a lot of tourists because of their location. Or desperate locals who don’t want to walk inside the market and face large crowds.
One of my favorite vendors is actually located nearly next door to Corner Produce. My other favorite vendor is located to the left of chukar cherries (if you are facing them).

This is a nice produce stand with great service.
They got a big kick out of when i wanted to buy one serrano chili pepper.
He weighed the teeny tiny pepper and asked me for 5 cents!

I like to hit this place up when in the area. They have a variety of veggies my local Red Apple doesn’t carry. There are usually some exotic pears, blood oranges, Romanesco broccoli, shiitake mushrooms, purple potatoes ect. Their prices are slightly lower than other vendors down Pike street too.
Service has always been friendly on my last dozen or so visits. Good stuff.

Love this place. Being located at Pike Place Market, they carry those items you wish your local produce market had — like fresh figs, fava beans, perfect tomatoes, pears that you only dream about!
They try to lure you in with samples of fruit. Go for it! That’s one of the reasons you are at Pike’s — right? (You can only watch people throw salmon around for so long).
Then walk across the street and grab some cheese and salume at DeLaurenti!

Corner Produce is conveniently on the way to the entrance inside Pike Place Market. They usually lure me in when they give out sample slices of fruit. Even though I don’t live within a 3 mile radius of Corner Produce, I do find myself buying produce here at least once a month.
What I love about Corner Produce is the stellar service they provide. If they don’t carry something I need, they are more than happy to help me find a suitable substitution. They also are very helpful in giving cooking tips, which has made me even more motivated to cook at home.
Fresh produce, awesome staff, reasonable prices… this place is definitely worth 5 stars.

Best Peach EVER! You have to try one.

When I want to buy standard, ordinary fruits, I shop at QFC. When I want to buy foreign and/​or exotic fruits, I usually go to Asian supermarkets. And when I’m looking for something unusual or just happen to be at Pike Place Market, I come here to stock up on fruits. This place has a great, outdoors-​y feel! It’s out in the open air, so visitors should definitely stop by here at least once.
Their selection is high quality and inexpensive. They also appear to carry some stuff that your average grocery store won’t have. I remember buying these things called «dinosaur eggs» from them about four years ago, and no, they’re not really dinosaur eggs. More recently, they have these incredibly juicy fruits called «pluots,» an interesting hybrid of the plum and apricot. It was a perky and friendly girl named Shannon who explained this to me. I had no idea that such a thing as pluots existed, and it looks like neither did spellchecker. The staff is very helpful and offers to rinse off your purchases so you can eat them while walking around. Great store to buy fruits from, and there’s no reason to pay inflated prices for food elsewhere!

Prices and selection are great, but it’s also nice to take a trip to Pike Market and avoid having to go inside. Service is the best anywhere — I really enjoy talking with the people who work here because they are fun, sincere and honest. Tell them what you’re in the mood for, and they’ll take care of you.

There are a lot of choices at the market but the produce at this stand is top notch. AND the staff and owner are helpful, remember my name like Cheers and do everything they can to help me out. Why would I go to Safeway when I can support a local business with great servcie!

My favourite spot at Pike Place Market for produce. Always fresh with a great variety of in season fruits and vegetables. The staff are always friendly and helpful! Very reasonably priced.

This review of «Corner Produce» is strictly for their peaches and albino cherries.
This was the best damn peach I’ve ever eaten my entire life and I’ve been to «Georgia» several times. Just cuz their state fruit is the peach and it’s on their stupid ugly license plate, doesn’t mean they can do peaches. Washington state can, and it’s the best I’ve ever had. Go here and EAT A PEACH!
The albino cherries were, well, albino. Didn’t look particularly sexy but tasted damn good… large, plump and juicy. Yes. Make sure someone’s palm is shaped like a cup so you can spit the seed out.
4 Unilocal and not 5 because I didn’t try the rest of their produce to really give them a full gauge rating.

Michael K. and I went on a punning frenzy after he bought some pears from this awesome produce stall in Pike Place. We weren’t planning to buy any food, as we had plenty of eating on our itinerary without stocking up at home, but the samples offered at Stilnovich drew us in. We were offered slices of jazz apple and possibly the most delicious pear I’ve ever tasted, sweet and fragrant with ripe tender white flesh.
The people manning the produce stand were very friendly and when we gushed about how amazing the pears were, one chimed in that it was «pearfection.» Without losing a beat, the other said we should pick up fruit to with «pearsonality.»
OK, maybe you had to be there. But we were there, and the staff was fun and the pears were pearless. I’ll stop now, but go and see for yourself. Supear… pear…pear.

Had to write this review as soon as I got home!
My office isn’t far from Pike Place so I usually walk up there and grab the produce I need for the evening. It’s always sexy and delicious produce at great prices (I would estimate the average item is 25% less than at the average grocery store — and WAY better quality).
Back to my story, today they took it to a whole new level. I didn’t go to my office today so I wasn’t able to walk up and grab what I needed. Instead, I called and asked if he could round up some produce so I could just drive by and pick it up. Now I was reluctant to ask such a question, coming across as a lazy jerk not willing to get out of the car, but hoping he could understand that parking along Pike Pl. is a nightmare. Without hesitation, he says «oh curbside pickup? of course!» Amazing, right?!
This is where they earned the FIFTH star! So after he writes down my order I said, once again hesitantly, «could you do me a big favor and walk next door to Three Girls Bakery and pick me up a loaf of Garlic Rosemary bread and add it to the order?» Again! he doesn’t even pause! Just says «you got it,» then asks what time I’d be there to pick it up. Best service I’ve experienced in a LONG time!

Hooray for Corner Produce!
They have a dollar table where they make random bags of fruits and veggies on the edge of turning, and everything is just $ 1. We save a ton of money by raping this table regularly.
The staff has always been awesome and helpful, but the owner helped us a couple times and was quite rude.
Only 4 stars because sometimes they charge us like locals, and sometimes they charge us like tourists.

When I get home from a trip, one of the first things I want to do in the next couple of days is remind myself how lovely it is to be a Seattleite. And one of my favorite ways to do so is walk downtown from First Hill, through Freeway Park and the tourist throngs, and stop by Corner Produce to stock up on fruits, vegetables, and herbs for the next few dinners.
The staff are always friendly, take time to pick out the ripest fruit, and have amazing memories for randomly assorted grocery lists. Few things are more civilized than putting in your order and watching them weigh, bag, and sort your produce for you! Lovely, easy, done.
Worth a Market trip, even on a warm sunny afternoon when the tourists are slowly meandering the narrow sidewalks. But trust me, you’ll feel like a local, and fall a little more in love with this town. And who doesn’t need a little more love?!