MORTON WILLIAMS SUPERMARKETS

We were debating where to go eat and on a whim decided to pop in here....and so glad we did. This is one of the cutest commercial grocery stores I have ever seen (street lamps on the aisles, stop lights on the registers, seasonal decorations everywhere) and has a lot of pride and incredibly friendly employees. Great produce and food options, artfully arranged and everything is clean. NYC prices but not terrible. They have sandwiches and hot food bar and individual desserts and single beers. They have small seating inside and outside and cashiers provide plastic utensils and napkins. Our food was delicious and still can't believe I got a 20 OZ local craft IPA in NYC for $3.50. If you are looking for a quick snack, this may be a great stop for you.

In my vision quest to find the best grocery store rotisserie chicken on this pale blue dot, Morton Williams is next up. They have 15 locations all in Manhattan, and a good amount of people recommended this one, which I will never understand why. I walked in, and had a bad feeling when the interior was just a little grungy. I walked around for a bit before I found the tissi’s in the back corner. They were marketed as “Everyday Low Price! Rotisserie Chickens, $9.99 each.” So you can imagine my dismay when the whole chicken ran $15.99. I stood there, a whole bird in one hand and a plastic 12oz Evian water bottle in the other, with my brow furrowed and my lips puckered as if to say “damn they’re really doing me like this…” I swallowed my pride and checked out. I took it to this beautiful little park right next door and ripped into this chicken with my bare hands. This was head and shoulders the worst grocery store chicken I have had to date. The breast was as dry as the Sahara desert, the skin had this rub on it that looked promising but had no flavor, and even the leg was dry. It was just all bad. A soulless chicken. The fact I had paid $15.99 for this hurt bad. I’m convinced this was karma for something I have done in this life or a past one, so I needed to accept this was my fault. The score came in at a whopping 5/10, which was a little generous to be honest. It currently ranks 14 out of 14 on my list of grocery store chickens. IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov__

Nearby a lovely park with few seats. Many items and pretty much organized. The traffic light sign of registers and the street sign of the aisles are very interesting!

It is a big supermarket with varieties of goods. The fruit and vegetables were really fresh. Also has organic produce. The deli had good food and looked very delicious and sanitary. The staff were also respectful and helpful. Loved the experience here. Also I liked the decorations and theme of this supermarket. The aisle were named based on different places(ex: LaGuardia , broadway.) The register had traffic lights to indicate which register was open. Really a unique and creative theme. Thumbs up!!

Loved this neighborhood market!! Wow- such great selection of international products! Snacks from all countries! (French LU products, German chocolates) The most magical treat that we bought (and ended up going back and buying 2 more packs to take home) were the Italian Marzipan Rainbow Cookies! Found them on a back side end cap with other Italian specialty bakery items! Can’t wait to share with the family back home! (The ones with marzipan and not sold everywhere and these just taste amazing!) Big produce and refrigerated section and even a hot bar and ready made meals!

It's been over priced for years not as bad a s D'Agostino's! I only go there in a pinch if I'm walking past. The fried chicken at their salad bar used to be good maybe 10 years ago lately the last 2 times I tried it a year part it was way too salty!

For a supermarket claiming to be high-end, their produce is ROTTEN. I opened up my bag of apples at home and half the bag was at the end of its lifespan. I called for an explanation and the employee was so rude and condescending. Never shopping here again. They should be ashamed.

The worst market in the neighborhood A terrible combination of spoiled expired items with incompetent management. The manager Doug is not only incompetent but is also arrogant and rude.