| "Ellwood Thompsons Vegan friendly"
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Posted on: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
Review: ET is the best place to find vegan sandwiches, entrees and desserts pre-made and ready to pick up and have a quick lunch or take home for dinner. They have a hot bar with vegan selections as well as the few meat picks. They have a basic eating area and a couple of tables outside. There is more non vegetarian food than there used to be. And too much space devoted to overpriced wine and cheese. No one who is health conscious buys expensive wine if they drink at all. It is part of a trend with health food stores to turn away from the "health" part of their name and try to be an upscale la-de-da gourmet shop. When I first started eating vegetarian, I shopped at a real health food store with bins and barrels and the basics not overprocessed packaged foods. But, Ellwood Thompson's does still carry vegetarian food, though not as good a selection as they used to.
Pros: healthy cuisine * friendly staff *
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| "I miss ET"
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Posted on: Sunday, March 15, 2009 |
Review: I have to say, is a NICE natural foods market. I'm in Portland Oregon now, which has a plethora of natural food markets peppered all over the city, and yet none of them quite match Ellwood when it comes to the deli area, especially.
The deli area is what really makes me miss this store. They had awesome pre-made vegan wraps, sandwiches and salads of all types, just waiting. I used to enjoy grabbing some stuff and taking it to a park nearby.
The service is good as well. Only thing is it can get rather crowded quickly. It's in a compact place...
Pros: the vast vegan option in the deli * nice staff * little cafe area
Cons: can get crowded * * |
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| "Vegan delights!"
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Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2008 |
Review: This store is delightfully surprising in its stash of vegan goodies and foodstuffs! There is a superb rice salad, great vegan burgers and tasty bbq tofu! Perhaps the tastiest is their kale with sesame seeds, I wish I knew how they made it so tasty! For the sweets fanatics, there are muffins, breads and oh yes, cinnamon rolls! If you're in the area, stop in, you won't be disappointed!
Pros: kale * rice * muffins
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| "Best Store EVEEERRRR!!!"
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Posted on: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
Review: I heart ET to death, if I was without ET I don't know how I could be vegan. Ok I would cook every single meal instead of hitting them up for vegan bbq, indian food on the hot bar, vegan cupcakes, etc, etc!! Keep up the good work...staff rocks your face off with their knowledge & willingness to help you out.
Pros: all organic, all the time * no testing on animals on all beauty care * vegan fun stuff IE the slim jim!!!
Cons: want a restaurant * with ellwoods food * and juice and organic wine/beers! |
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| "Gourmet foods at gourmet prices"
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Posted on: Friday, March 02, 2007 |
Review: Ellwoods use to be a good, down to earth natural food store that would have oats/misc grains on the floor and the staff could talk at length about how to prepare/use products and other misc info. Since the original owner was bought out, the fancy cheeses and wines came in and it is now more of a status symbol to shop there. Still have vegetarian/vegan friendly fare, but the atmosphere can be a deterent.
Pros: good selection * good variety * lots of veg products
Cons: over priced * deli menu is 5 yrs old * poor quality staff |
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• I agree with you. Even a couple years ago, university students with hardly any money and people who actually *cared* about the environment used to frequent the store; the parking lot was full of small cars bearing progressive-themed bumper stickers. Now, it's mainly West Enders (read: People With Money) and their gargantuan SUVs, flooding ET's who are demanding the fancy wine and cheeses, and are consequently driving up their prices. Plus, their customer service has truly gone downhill since then. I rarely shop there anymore. I take my business to Good Foods Grocery nowadays.. response by tater_tot
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