One of the things about our neighborhood that I love is our proximity to Momm's Meats and Popp's Produce.
The store has a home-town feel to it, but also has very very good prices. We find the quality of their produce consistently outshines the chain supermarkets and much of it seems to come from area farmers. We've noticed the sweet potatoes, watermelon and onions all seem to be significantly better than what we've found elsewhere.
The staff is very multicultural and seems to like each other and pass the day well together. They are usually laughing about something together.
The meat shop is as high a quality or better than you could expect from a grocer, but at better prices. I've been surprised by the quality of their cheap steak, and we usually buy their small whole chickens to bar-b-que. One word about the chicken--check as much as possible for broken bones--they seem to have a problem with this happening a lot.
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