Piazza’s groceries on Middlefield Street in Palo Alto is an excellent choice for an in-between size grocery store with lots of personal service. I LOVE Marissa in the health and beauty aid... More

Piazza’s groceries on Middlefield Street in Palo Alto is an excellent choice for an in-between size grocery store with lots of personal service. I LOVE Marissa in the health and beauty aid department. We always get talking about health and travel when I come in. We are both fans of Glastonbury in England--home of the Chalice Well whose waters are famous for healing. This store also has an excellent meat and fish dept. Many health food and organic items can be found through the store--including organic meats. The produce department is large and luscious looking. This store even carries dried goat-milk powder--one of the rare items I have come to depend on since I gave up cow’s milk for health. They sell it cheaper here than any other store in the area. Again--everyone is very friendly and the lines are short--unlike Albertson’s and Safeway usually. The customers are a little snooty and rude sometimes, being an upscale kind of place I guess, and the prices are high for most things, but still, this is a very good place to shop.
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I really love Piazza's. I like the idea of shopping at a small, independent grocery store. I love that they have a fabulous deli, cheese section and butcher counter. The produce section is fresh... More

I really love Piazza's. I like the idea of shopping at a small, independent grocery store. I love that they have a fabulous deli, cheese section and butcher counter. The produce section is fresh and the staff is friendly. However, they need to make some improvements. They used to have a wonderful hot deli section but they moved it recently to a self-serve heat lamp table. It reminds me of a Manattan deli, all of those crusted over entrees that look dry and all smell the same. It's really quite disgusting, I'm not sure why they put it in. On the other hand the salad bar is nice and includes lots of deli salads. Be sure to try the lemon herb chicken salad from the deli.
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I live midway between Piazza's and a Safeway, and when I need to run to the market for something I've forgotten, I've changed my Safeway habit and started shopping at Piazza's. Why? Well, they have... More

I live midway between Piazza's and a Safeway, and when I need to run to the market for something I've forgotten, I've changed my Safeway habit and started shopping at Piazza's. Why? Well, they have a good selection of organic foods and specialty items that you don't see at a large chain, a great produce section, wonderful bread selections, and their deli is good. The only drawback is price, which is why I tend to do the bulk of my shopping elsehwere (TJ's, etc.) and hit Piazza's for treats and those last-minute things.
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