Lowe’s Super Save 98

One of the issues with living downtown is the lack of grocery stores that are good and convenient. This store is a nice option for getting what you need. The interior is the nicest I have seen of any grocery store. Most tend to be cold and a feeling of a warehouse. Not this store it has carpet everywhere. The produce is always fresh and a good price. They options for different items is better than at some stores. The prices for most things are good and competitive with the bigger chain grocery stores. The staff is always friendly and seems to enjoy working there. One thing I have tried and was happy with was the sushi. There was someone there making it fresh daily.

We have nicknamed this local oasis in the downtown-​Old Town food desert «Blows.» They are a very limited selection of brand name foods and household goods at prices so high you swoon at checkout. They also carry fairly priced but low quality generic items produced marketed under the Shur-​shine label. Fresh produce is not so fresh. Organic produce is available if you are very rich.
The cashiers are usually unhappy and sour-​pussed.
I would give them one star but they do sell beer, wine and spirits; are open late on week nights; they keep the store and its parking lot impeccably clean; and they are often my only choice when shopping locally.
The one exception to the usually profit-​grasping, food-​desert, kick-them-when-they’re-down tactics is the butchers’ counter. The quality of the meats are good, and the staff friendly and knowledgeable. The prices remain astronomical however.
When you actually consider grocery shopping at the 7-​Eleven next door instead, you know something is wrong.

I work right across the street… I mean, I could legitimately throw a quarter and definitely hit the parking lot, if not one of their little plants out front. I remember the first day I stopped into Lowe’s (wow, it feels like forever ago) because it was my first day on the job and my bosses were running late. They said, check out the coffee across the street! Apppparently they were talking about 7 – 11, ew, but I just assumed the grocery store. Now, I hear I’ve been quite lucky to check this place out POST remodeling, so I’ll gladly take it. I ended up purchasing a crazy blend of coffees that I mixed (7.99/lb) and got a bunch of mini bagels and a tub of cream cheese. Who doesn’t love a new girl that supplies breakfast treats? Der.
Anyways, I go here at least once or twice a week for groceries for my lunch, rather than buying something at a restaurant all the time. Things I love: the $ 5.99 rotisserie chicken. I buy one of these bad boys and have chicken salads and chicken sandwiches for lunch for days! Their soups are $ 3.99 (for about a bowl’s worth) and my fave is the cream of green chile chicken. They rotate in other soups; wedding soup, vegetable beef, broccoli cheddar, chicken noodle, but posole and stew seem to remain daily, as well as any additional. They offer macaroni salad, mustard potato sal and chicken sal too. They have breakfast burritos for $ 3.99 daily also, as well as little packaged lunches they create *red chile beef enchiladas, green chile chicken enchiladas, wings, ham and mac and cheese, cod and vegetables, etc*
You can find decent little sales here some weeks, and other weeks it’s full price all the way lol. I like to get bags of romaine lettuce when they go on sale for 2 for $ 5. Also, a less expensive brand they offer «Shurfine» is actually quite tasty. Very similar to Kroger. And sometimes 16oz of assorted cheese goes on sale for 99c! They have 88c and 99c loaves of bread, too. The gentlemen who work behind the deli are the sweetest. I’ve also found deals on bacon wrapped jalapenos and pounds of bacon at the deli. Just have to be there at the right time, and for me, I’m there ALL of the time… lol ;) check this little market out though! Customer service is amazing and they have great little plants and flowers on sale often too!

I used to affectionately refer to this little neighborhood grocery store as the «ghetto Lowe’s» as they had a rather scary clientele, dark parking lots, and 6 brands of lard.
That is NOT THE CASE ANYMORE!
They remodeled this store a couple of years and it is absolutely charming. From the metal cutouts of wheat (or corn?) at the entrance, to the new signage, to the layout. They really did the neighborhood proud with this remodel.
Although not the cheapest place to shop for groceries, it’s still not horribly overpriced and has a fine selection of fresh vegetables, and organic section, a deli with delightful green chile enchiladas and roasted chickens, an olive bar and even a sushi bar!
Also new is their liquor license. It has a decent liquor selection (pricing is about $ 1 – 3 more per bottle, but it’s convenient.) The wine selection is quite sad but the craft beer selection MORE than makes up for it. Local and national craft brews overpower the dull American lagers.
It’s absolutely wonderful to be able to get organic blue corn chips, local salsas, local beer, Santa Fe hummus and anything one needs to get by for the week two blocks from home, in downtown Albuquerque.

Sure they may not have everything you are looking for but to walk into this grocery store now and remember what it use to be like… a total 180! The staff is helpful, the produce is great (those digitized scales are spiffy), they have awesome gluten-​free & organics selections, the liquor selection is impressive, the olive bar is like WHOA, and their bathrooms are so clean!
I can’t totally decide if I’m a fan or creeped out by the carpet. However, I will say that it makes the shopping experience much quieter. They have a full-​service meat & seafood counter and I think I’ll be giving that a whirl in the near future.
I have a Lowe’s by my house and this one makes me envious! Nicely done Lowe’s, nicely done.

FRIENDLY AND HONEST PEOPLE! I lost my wallet around the store (im here for vacation from Illinois) and one of the staff put it in the office for me, money, cards, ID and all.
Not only did they save my trip, they are kind and caring. The store has a great selection and there are super deals!
Thanks Lowes!

Big relief. I’m moving over to the west side and when I Unilocaled supermarket this little gem didn’t come up. (whaaaa?!) The first thing I scope out about a new neighborhood is food.
It’s not the first place I’d head to stock up and buy staples (ala Trader Joe’s, The Co-​Op and Smith’s) – BUT, it is an excellent quick stop for a meal or groceries to tide me over for a few days.
I got a few of their prepared food items and I think as far as supermarket deli-​type items, these were the tastiest to me all of ABQ (with the exception of The Co-​Op.) It’s hard to get tasty supermarket pre-​prepped food – the macaroni salad, cheddar broccoli soup, and rice pudding. Someone’s palate there is good.
I thought their prices were just about in line with Smith’s and other stores. Some items were higher, some lower.

Let me start with… Wait for it… WOW! This is the most improved grocery in the whole of ABQ. There is a mix of conventional and organic products, and the feel of the store is really nice. When you walk in, you feel sorta like you walked into a Wholefoods. I would shop here more, but they aren’t really close to my house. But, if I lived in the area, I would totally make a stop here. I was sort of shocked «amazed» at the beer selection. They have a full liquor selection, but the beers are many and varied.
Seriously, the old Lowe’s was crazy weird, the new Lowe’s is awesome.

There was a time where I might have only advocated purchasing incendiary products such as cigarettes or charcoal from this supermarket, but since the remodel Lowe’s has become my favorite place to buy groceries in town. There is a solid produce section, which seems to have higher quality than Sprouts, and a good selection of low, middle, and higher end products. Plus, it is not like some of the other competitors in town where I find myself aimlessly wandering the aisles trying to remember what I actually came there for. It is a nice, well stocked, manageable store that does not induce a panic attack while pondering the Cambell’s soup options.

Yes, it’s weird to have carpet in a grocery store. I don’t get that. However, the selection at this store has improved so much I’m giving them 4 stars just for effort. Back in the day, you couldn’t get anything here but diapers and fried pork rinds… Now you can get good fresh produce and organic items!
I REALLY appreciate being able to walk to get groceries instead of driving all the way to Smith’s. Keep it up Lowe’s, you’re on the right track.

This is what grocery shopping looks like, gentrified.
Gluten-​free and organic products throughout. Wood-​paneled walls and shelving, an updated storefront emphasizing «natural» stone and cedar overtones (quite likely imported materials), CARPET (?), and a microbrew selection that dwarfs the produce. Nice priorities.
The strange thing is that this kind of just occurred out of thin air. For those of us who at one time lived downtown only to find ourselves commuting all over the city for groceries because we couldn’t stomach (sometimes literally) the products and lack of service at the old Lowe’s, this is a godsend. Honestly, it’s ridiculous that the financial center of the city went so long without a solid grocery store, but I’m betting the pressure was on corporate headquarters after the Mayor recently announced an exploration to fund just such a project.
And that’s pretty awesome. Finally, downtown is developing into the kind of place a person can live, shop and play. For the time being, it appears that Lowe’s will be recouping the remodel expense by upping the prices a good buck or two — on everything — so expect to drop a dime here, but it ain’t Whole Wallet. The selection is limited, but fresh, and the meats and fish look worthy.
So how ’bout it, neighboring 7 – 11? I think those gas pumps could use an update. Wood paneling, perhaps? That old parking lot could use some carpeting. And inside, an espresso bar, staffed with a barista perhaps? I could totally munch on some gluten-​free cookies, while you’re at it. Yep, now that there’s a new Lowe’s the possibilities are truly endless…

I usually shop at Smith’s, but had to grab a few last minute items for a work potluck and stopped by Lowe’s. The staff was extremely friendly and greeted me as soon as I walked in the door. The store was spotless, although I thought it was odd that a grocery store would have carpeted floors. I was in a hurry and didn’t have a chance to compare prices, but it was nice to experience such great customer service.

Wow, the Lowes has been completely remodeled and overhauled. They now have a decent section of healthier snacks and the produce section looks a little better, too. It looks like they are putting in 10 refrigerators for beer and other cold beverages (more floor space than the produce section. unfortunately). That said, this is the only supermark in the area, so I’m glad it is improving.

Rather than a grocery store it’s more like a big convenience store. They have most of the stuff you need but will invariably be missing something. Case in point, I went in with my shopping list and they had everything except black beans. Who sells out of black beans? On the up side they have a good beer selection. Downside, they have a horrible bread selection. At least they’ve got their priorities straight.

nice, clean and located about 4 min from my house. friendly cashiers and lots of crazy characters floating around. (it is on lomas & 11^th st)
great tortilla section. inexpensive and fun to trip out when buying things.
good beverage options.