Windham Iga

BEST grinders in the eastern CT region. The butcher shop is phenomenal and cheap! I usually get the small turkey sandwich (a small is decent size — I can only eat half) they load lettuce on it and other veggies and put oil and salt and pepper so good.
However, the grocery store itself is NOT clean. Would never buy produce here or groceries for that matter. A year ago when I went here there were over 100 flies flying around the INSIDE entrance. The grocery store is small and old. Unleveled and cracks in the ground. It is usually pretty crowded around 4 – 5 pm. The parking is a mess.
I might be back for a sandwich… :)

Smallish store with a really great butcher shop. If you want to support a local butcher this is definitely the place to go! The store is clean and well organized and easy to find things in, but my focus is usually on what’s available in the meat department and the prices are reasonable for the quality.

They’ve got great meat and some other groceries too. The staff are friendly and the butchers are experienced and well trained. All In all a great meat market.

My family does a HUGE 4^th of July party every year and need to order large quantities of meat. I called and order on July 3^rd the following: 100 hamburger patties, 72 hotdogs, 10lb bag of boneless chicken breasts, 40 sweet sausage patties, and 40 hot sausage patties. It was ready by 8am the morning of the 4^th! I didn’t think it could be done and it was. The cost was comparable to another store we usually use, but we did have to go to another place to get kielbasa dogs which I was disappointed about… so I took away a star. Other than that, I was happy with what we got.

For the record, this store is officially called «Bob’s Windham IGA.»
The IGA «chain» is really great, and walking into this small grocery store really convinced me that small, family-​owned, and local grocery stores CAN and DO still exist, AND they can offer competitive prices (at the very least on their sale items). No chain retailers would dare sell ham steaks for $ 1/​lb and a 16oz bags of pre-​washed, pre-​packaged spinach for $ 1 each. Also, Bob, from whom the store takes its name, is a legit butcher that can slice you a mean piece of meat.
The locals seem to enjoy shopping here, and for good reason. The employees are kind, down-​to-​earth, and friendly. I just wish it was located closer to downtown Willimantic with ease-​of-​access to public transportation. Oh, well.