Comments on: FreeFoods NYC Closes 52nd St. Location

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:46:10 +0000

@Joer “$7 per half pound”

That’s exactly what I was told by one of their people when they first opened.

By: multisync

multisync — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:28:27 +0000

That location is cursed. And I actually miss the DB Goodfoods or whatever it was that had the swedish meatballs :(

By: adamprato

adamprato — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:27:53 +0000

I’ve never been to freefoods.

Doc – what did you dislike about FF?

By: DocChuck09

DocChuck09 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:57:04 +0000

Personally, I think that Midtown will be better off.

By: joer

joer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:39:52 +0000

I’m not sure what their price per lb was to compare with Dishes, but I used to go to FreeFoods infrequently and get out of there for $6-$7 doing the per lb buffet. I’d get more than enough food for this skinny fat person.

You just need to pick and choose wisely as Zach has pointed out many times over the years.

I won’t really miss them, but I did enjoy some of their offerings.

By: DessertBuzz

DessertBuzz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:33:28 +0000

They tried hard but at prices 2-3 times the going rates (even for baked goods!) they needed to be better than they were especially when Dishes 2 blocks away owns that market…

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:21 +0000

Now where will I get the best fake pumpkin pie of all time? :)

Sad, but not surprising. That place was always relatively empty while Chipotle two stores away was packed.

By: stevenp

stevenp — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:33:05 +0000

There are no “masses” who would consider this bad news. I doubt that there are many, if any, ML’ers who will miss the overpriced hipster offerings of this place. The market has spoken, FreeFoods is fail.