Star Grocery
Star Grocery is one of the few remaining
old-fashioned owner-operated groceries in Northern California. It has
gone through a number of incarnations, and the present is surely one of
the best.
The produce section is small, but top
notch throughout. Short of Monterey Market or Berkeley Bowl, you won’t
do any better than this for quality. Eggplant is an acid test; here it
is fresh, therefore usable, just about 100% of the time.
The meat and deli section was sub-par
for a while, but some months ago came under new management and is now
among the best in town.
For general groceries, whether hamburger
buns, tomato sauce, or orange juice, the quality invariably seems a cut
above Safeway. Acme bread is featured.
One of the charms of the place is its openness
to new ideas. It seems that there is always something new to try, from
one or another of the little enterprises that keep springing up around
Berkeley. We first saw Sconehenge muffins here, some time before they
began appearing at Andronico’s and elsewhere.
3068 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705. Phone 510 652-2490.
Parking is easy.
Hours: M-S 8-7, Sunday 10-5.
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