Store stocks local, natural, and organic products ranging from dry goods, bulk and frozen foods, all organic fruits and vegetables, bakery, body-care and household items, herbs and dietary supplements. Also sells grab & go sandwiches & wraps as well as drinks. Open Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm, Sat 9:00am-6:00pm, Sun 10:00am-5:00pm.
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1512 W Wabash Ave, Springfield, Illinois, USA, 62704
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14 Reviews
First Review by thestickwoman
ohgeorgia
Points +599
Wonderful grocery! - Edit
Love Food Fantasies! I come here all the time to check out new vegan products and peep their local produce. They also have a ton of (delicious!) vegan baked goods and grab & go lunch items! The staff is wonderful. I love that they carry hard-to-find (in Springfield) vegan cheeses and the like.
Read moreThey participated in the 2023 Vegan Chef Challenge 💜
Updated from previous review on 2024-05-02
Pros: vegan products, baked goods, lovely staff
Guest
JulieWasmundHoffman
Points +140
Vegan cupcakes! - Edit
Food Fantasies is the place to go for natural foods, local produce, and friendly customer service. Top all of that off with a vegan cupcake! The icing is everything!
Read morePros: Friendly faces, Organic produce, Vegan options!
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RyanHooten
Points +78
Tons of vegan options and even have vegan sandwiches to grab and go!!! - Edit
Tons of vegan options that I’ve never seen before. Brands I’ve never heard of and friendly employees willing to help. Grab and go vegan sandwiches.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Friendly environment , Grab and go vegan sandwiches
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AutumnG
Points +473
Always Fun! - Edit
Love shopping here! There's always tons of new vegan products to try! Love their handmade vegan baked goods too! Great variety of natural vegan products!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options
Guest
CassandraHalm
Points +304
Love the grab & go! - Edit
So excited to have healthy vegan wraps & sandwiches available to go! Everything I’ve tried has been delicious & they come with an apple.
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RebeccaMesle
Points +18
A hidden gem - Edit
I love this place. Staff is very knowledgeable and helpful, great vegan selection, lots of local products, bulk spices! The one time I couldn't find something they directed me to the Asian market next door and said they would work on getting it in stock. It's small and cozy but I can do 99% of my grocery shopping here.
Read morePros: Local products, Staff knowledgable about veganism
Guest
Ljenner
Points +379
Great store - Edit
The staff is really friendly, and I love that there are locally made baked goods like bread.
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HeidiMignonne
Points +196
Great selection of high quality foods - Edit
Enjoyed the homemade peanut butter cookies (gluten free) and ability to purchase small quantities of yogurt, cashew butter, and granola to try.
Read morePros: Good selection of gluten free and local products , Small quantities available to purchase and sample
Cons: High prices
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PurpleJimmy
Points +36
fantastic - Edit
It was a gradual transition, but I now do ALL of my grocery shopping at Food Fantasies (ok, 99% of it). The employees are helpful, knowledgeable and all around great people. Prices are great and it's locally owned. Love everything about it. Also the vegan bakery goods by the checkout - you can't go wrong.
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XVeganSxeX
Points +630
knowledgable staff - Edit
This is a small grocer just chock full of organic and vegan items. They sell stuff that the big box stores have like tofurkey, daiya, and field roast. They also sell lots of locally made baked good and produce. The staff is friendly and knowledgable. They can be a little pricey at times.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Monday December 02, 2013
Pros: staff, wide selection
Guest
hippie2783
Points +137
love this place! - Edit
I cant say one bad thing about this store. They have an awesome selection, good prices, vegan baked goods... love it!!!!
Read morePros: vegan baked items, decent prices
Cons: wish it was bigger!
Guest
boltofblue
Points +19
It could be so much better. - Edit
Food Fantasies has been in the same small store for as long as I can remember. Yes, they're the only health food store in town and you can get lots of specialty items that aren't available in grocery stores (even now that County Market has their own health food section). Yes, the staff is very friendly. But the store is small and cramped, and the variety of certain items isn't great. I really wish they would get a bigger location.
Read moreThe second thing is, the vegan baked goods that are made there are sub-par. I've tried pretty much all of them, and they're always dry and not that great. Whatever recipes are being used to make them are definitely out-of-date, as most recipes for vegan baked goods don't call for powdered egg replacer (we know better now). Vegan baked goods can be so much better than what is offered.
Along that same line, out of all of the breads that they bake, only one doesn't contain honey (or as far as I can tell from the labels i've read). I often find that the one vegan bread is sold out.
The prices don't bother me because I know they're a small store.
In conclusion, I love Food Fantasies but I think it's time for them to grow and change.
Pros: friendly staff
Cons: small store, sub-par vegan baked goods
Guest
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Points +19618
Great Natural [and Vegan] Food Store Option!!! - Edit
Over this past weekend a friend and I visited this store [he goes here often]. I must say that I was very impressed with what they carried; in fact, I felt that they carried a lot more than most of the natural food stores in St. Louis. Not only did they have your typical Vegan items [i.e. Vegenaise (aka: Veganaise), Tofurkey, Uncle Eddie's, Etc.], but they had local produce, Vegan pizza dough [appeared as if they made it?], Vegan baked goods [the mint brownies made me feel like I was in HEAVEN]. Overall I was impressed, I would even prefer this place over Whole Foods...that's saying a lot because I'm always there! I also felt that the prices were fair if not lower than typical natural food stores [including Whole Foods]...Vegan food is going to be expensive either way, but like I said, this place isn't that bad price-wise.
Read morePros: Good Prices, Great Selection
Guest
thestickwoman
Points +24
The only show in town... - Edit
The aisles are narrow and the prices are pretty high, but in Springfield, if you are after a vegetarian speciality item, this is the only place to go. I've gotten Tofurky, vegetarian vitamins, and various veggie lunch meats here that you can't find anywhere else. They have some fresh baked goods on site too. It's worth checking out, but it's not friendly to a vegetarian on a budget.
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