Happy Harry’s Produce

I live pretty close to this place and am so glad it has survived. They’re a great little store with wonderful produce, a good wine section, and various other groceries/​sundries. A great alternative to paying 7Eleven prices for something if you’re missing one ingredient for a recipe or if you need a handful of standard items and produce but want to avoid a large chain store. Also, the staff are always super friendly and helpful!

I stopped in for some of the crunch-​chi grapes that a sign advertised & was pleasantly greeted with a store of great produce! Strawberries for $ 1.99 that don’t spoil the next day & lettuce that is organic & fresh! I will go back even thou its way out of my neighborhood! The cashier was very kind and understanding of my 4 year old & her less then great attitude after a long day. He gave me a napkin & plastic knife to cut some fruit for my child to eat.

Nice store! We were driving down the coast on the 101, when my son said he was hungry, so we randomly pulled off and hoped for the best. I was trying to avoid buying junk food in a gas station mini-​mart, and there was Happy Harry’s! We looked around the store and were really pleased with what we saw. As a vegetarian family, we saw plenty of good products that we normally have trouble finding at home. The produce looked good, and there were good, healthy choices for my son’s on-​the-​road snack.
This isn’t the kind of store where you can do all your family’s shopping — it’s kind of small for that — but If I lived nearby, I’d definitely be back again on a regular basis.

Did anyone else know about this SoCal crispy grape phenomenon? I had no idea, but Harry sure does. He promotes the heck outta that specialty produce with a sign and everything so folks can see from the highway.
Don’t let the sign or rural location fool you, Harry’s is a legit market. Was expecting a whole lot less on our first visit and, as a result, went back several times during a weekend stay in Goleta.
What you will find:
+ Crispy grapes
+ Sweet strawberries
+ Corn on the cob
+ Pepperidge Farm cookies
+ Lots of ice cream in a variety of flavors (peaches ‘n’ cream, double chocolate chip, mint)
+ An entire section dedicated to South of the Border ingredients/​brands
+ Aveeno moisturizer
And much more! It’s just enough to cover your essentials for a meal or two. You’ll have to go to Ventura for a standard grocery store. But Harry’s gets the job done.

Happy Harry’s is awesome. I study abroad but when I come home to Goleta, I live really close to Harry’s and am in here every couple of days. They have a great selection of fresh produce as well as other grocery staples at affordable prices. I love their selection of organic and natural vegan products. All of the staff members are very friendly and helpful. It is always a pleasant experience coming in to Harry’s!

I frequent this store about twice per month.
However, I have decided after about three years of being a customer to pass on the store. While I do like that the store is convenient the following things have influenced my decision.
1) The store most often doesn’t have what I need when I need it. In my last 4 or 5 trips, I ended up having to either continue on to Trader Joe’s or Albertsons.
2) I bought produce here and it was moldy. That really wasn’t a good experience. Now I travel for the best produce in town at another location. A competitor has stolen me away.
3) The straw the broke the camels back.
During my last trip. I went into the store, the owner and and employee were both there. One other customer was in the store shopping around. I asked the owner and employee if they had a certain item. They said, «if we have it it would be over there» pointing in a general direction. I thought to myself since the place doesn’t beat anybody on price and finding what I need is less that 50%, I expect their customer service skills to be better than «somewhere over there» I mean if you really wanted to stay in business you would walk me over to the item and help me select it.
Anyway, I love the idea of this store but it just doesn’t work for me anymore. Great location, lots of potential but seems like a difficult uphill battle to keep the doors open when the value just doesn’t seem to be there for the customer.

This is what you call a ‘stone’s throw market’. Nearby your house and convenient.
The uniqueness of this places is the fresh produce. It isn’t the best, but it is fresh and it is basic. They don’t have things like heirloom tomatoes, chayote or horseradish root…
You are paying more, but it doesn’t feel like it. Sure, if you buy a bottle of vino or some beer or some pre-​packaged item it will cost more. But if you are buying a few staples you forgot at your local grocer, it is a win-​win.
Overlook the stuff from Costco that they unwrapped and put on their shelf. Also overlook that is says «not packaged for individual resale.» We aren’t there to buy those things anyway.
All in all, this market is fairly complete. You can find just about anything basic you could need.

To be honest, I started shopping here after I moved in a few blocks away. However, I wish I would have come earlier.
HH’s has the best fresh produce. Worlds better than anything you’ll find at the super market. And keep an eye out for specials. They usually have a sign on the street for what’s new and at a good price.
They also carry booze, assorted natural boxed foods, and bakery items.
But I think you come here for the produce.

Visited because my friends and I were visiting UCSB. We just wanted some fruits to eat after a long drive and sure enough there were fruits here! Very cute small produce store which I enjoy. The only thing was that I didn’t think there was anything special bout the produce. I was expecting their own produce but it was just from other places. Employees were extremely nice and we washed our fruits there and ate em on site!

The BEST Miso soup concentrate ever… I get the Mellow Yellow, but they have two others to choose from, too. Add a teaspoon to a cup of hot water and you are good to go! $ 5.00 for about 30 cups.

Great local market. They dont have an endless selection, but what they have is good.

Love this store — it’s 3 blocks from my house, faster to walk than to drive. And the selection of produce and wine is great. Plus, fresh caught salmon that’s amazing!

What a great shop. Decent prices. Nice fresh fruit & veg and a bunch of other stuff too.

It’s the best!!!

One visit to Happy Harry’s, and you’ll never go into Ralph’s again! Whenever I’m near Santa Barbara, I have to go here! Even if I don’t do grocery shopping, it’s great to pick up a bottle of wine and a snack. Like the other poster wrote, they are kind of like Trader Joe’s, except you don’t have any weird shoeless vegans running around trying to force feed you arugula cookies. If you like shopping in a clean place with a lot of choices, at a decent price check it out. You won’t be disappointed.

This place is great. Kind of like a mini Trader Joes/​Whole Foods. The produce here is always fresh, and most importantly, it’s local. The wine selection is very nice as well, they have tons of different varietals and brands (try Bogle). It’s not a big place but it’s a great market and has practically everything you need. Also the staff is very friendly which is a big plus.