Catherine P.
Yelp
My mom has been telling me about this store for a while now. I have driven past this place hundreds of times and always wanted to go in, but never have. My mom brought me some prepared chicken soup from this store. My husband and I shared it before dinner one night recently. As we were eating it, we both looked at each other and said how much we loved the soup. It was so flavorful and had beautiful pieces of chicken!
When you first walk in, you will be happily surprised to find what's behind that automatic sliding door! Its a whole grocery store. I had no idea. Where has this place been?? Or better question, why have I not found this store until now?
There is a complete produce area, it's not the size of Tony's, Caputo's or Valli, but it's a decent size and has everything you need! Fresh chives, grapes, potatoes, apples, oranges, peppers, onions, ginger, you name it! The pricing was excellent on their sale items. Gala apples, for example, were $.79 per pound and a 3 lb. bag of Yukon potatoes was $1.50.
They do not have a meat section with packaged meat like you find at your regular grocery store, all their meat is at the meat counter and you purchase as much or little as you need. They have the basics in the poultry area...chicken breasts $2.99 per lb., whole chickens, leg quarters $.99 per lb., ground chicken $2.49 per lb. and that's about it with the poultry. The beef and pork was also pretty limited, but they have the basics. Pork, Beef and Veal meat for stew cubed up. Ground veal, pork and beef. The ground beef was $3.49 per lb., while the ground pork was $1.79 per lb. They also have a full deli with a lot of Polish items but also some American basics like Munster cheese and ham. I sampled Krystyna's Baked Ham which they sell for $6.99 per lb. and it was FANTASTIC!!!
If you are looking to grab lunch or dinner, their prepared foods area is next to the deli and you can select one main dish such as cabbage rolls or breaded pork loin and one side like potato pancakes or cabbage. A meal is $5.99 for one main dish and one side. Not bad for a complete dinner.
I briefly walked the aisles and found that a lot of items are European but most items have a label on the back side explaining what the item is and it's nutritional information. If I know anything, a lot of European items are better than some of our American products. For example, they have a chocolate cake mix that looks like it would be delicious! I might have to pick that up next time I visit.
Speaking of cake, they have a small bakery near the back of the store across from their prepared foods area that sells Pączki's, sweet rolls, small cakes and cookies. Nothing looked particularly appealing to me they day I was there, but they had plenty of options.
I also found an entire section of Milka bars...I'm a big fan of Milka bars and there are a zillion kinds, and you rarely find more than a few flavors in a candy aisle but Krystyna's has almost every kind Milka makes!! I was impressed. I'm still on the hunt for a Milka bar I found in the Amsterdam airport that had milk, white and dark chocolate all in one bar and have yet to find it in America. I searched here and sadly, they did not have this one here but they had plenty of other options!
You are not going to come here and get everything on your grocery list, but you can certainly check a majority of items off and trust that they are fresh from a store like this. I look forward to getting back to Krystyna's soon!!!