Sobsey’s Produce

Expensive, but well worth it if you are looking for top-​notch organic produce.
I really like the selection that they have here and the guys are always very helpful if you ask for something that you don’t see on the shelves.

This store is wonderful. It’s small and quaint, but has everything you could want. Michael and Mac incredibly nice, helpful and friendly. There’s no better place to go for top quality, unique and local products. They also carry Hoboken’s own Peanut Butter Boy peanut butter!

Insanely expensive supermarket to say the least but their products are definitely quality. They have a little bit of everything although they lack a strong produce section. I am single handedly giving this a 5 star rating because their mini pies near the register are TO DIE FOR. Best pie I have ever had in my life.

This is where Martha Stewart and the Barefoot Contessa would bump into each other to grab groceries for a weeknight dinner. Such a gem.
Adorable gourmet neighborhood market with good selection of organic produce and meats, top quality dairy and an amazing variety of guilty pleasures like ice cream and chips.
Especially nice that they carry NYC-​centric goodies like Sullivan Street breads and Little Pie Company pies.
When you wince at the prices remember that you did not have to schlep to Whole Foods or those NYC bakeries.

It’s a nice little grocery store that has plenty to offer. There is a great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. Store managers are very friendly and helpful. Overall, it has always been a pleasant shopping experience.

Hidden gem in Hoboken. They do not make stores like this anymore! Support local business, go here. The guys that work here are so friendly and helpful. You will not be disappointed. My favorite place to go food shopping. Fresh, organic, local, healthy. Everything you could want and more — such a hometown feeling. It may be more pricey than the big name A&P, but this is a family run business and prices are more than fair. I promise you will not regret shopping here :)

If there deserves to be the «Best of Hoboken» — this store would be on the top of the list. Its run by Michael Sobsey, his wife Sohiela and Michael’s brother-​in-​law Syamak — or «Mack», as the locals call him.
It’s a real family run business.
In today’s day and age of Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, this is our hometown version of those kind of stores. Offering organic foods at a competitive price. Sure, the GLOBO MARKET kind of super-​chain might be able to beat this store here and there on prices, but often we decry losing mom & pop shops in Hoboken to the soulless chain stores. I’d rather spend my money here and hear Michael pipe up when I ask him, «What’s good Michael?», and he will show off his latest fruits that are in season.
They really pack the shelves here with about everything, and as someone who (tries) to keep it as healthy as possible they have just about everything I need here to complete a shopping trip. Often I find myself going into the store to buy 1 or 2 things and walking out with about 10, because they always have something new that catches my eye.
The only «negative» review that I can say about it is I wish it was larger and sometimes the wait at the cash register can be annoying to check out when you are only there for a quick trip to grab something. I often shop like Italians do — I go everyday to pick up this or that, and waiting in line in a cramped store can be a bit tedious. This isn’t really worth knocking them down a star, but you should be ready to have to deal with the tight aisles.
What this place has is a soul. Its a real, tangible thing. I would rather have 100 stores like Sobsey’s Produce than 1 super market like A&P in Hoboken.

Sobseys is the best produce market I have ever shopped in by far. Whether in San Francisco, Chicago, Philly, Connecticut, you name it. They will inspire you by their dedication to find and offer the best of whatever it is you purchase. Trust me, you will not regret shopping there if you are willing to pay a bit more. For example, I purchased small heirloom tomatoes suggested by the attentive proprietor. They are among the best tomatoes I have ever eaten, comparable to the award winning Bay Area tomato farm tomatoes I ate long ago. But these are offered during the polar vortex in Hoboken, grown in a greenhouse farm in Maine. Its February: how can they taste so good? You could sit for a few seconds and just enjoy the delicious aroma of these tomatoes, esp. during frigid February. And I don’t even really like tomatoes unless they are amazing like these ones, esp winter ones since most winter ones taste like soaked cardboard, with a similar texture and no aroma. But, what’s crazy to me is that everything in the store is like this! When you are depressed since it’s snowed only fourteen times in the past two months, you’re pissed off because your car was just towed last week, oh and your post-​Sandy heating system doesn’t work because the chimney was built incorrectly, and you are wondering what the Hell you are doing with your life living here esp in February, you feel like, oh yeah: it’s because people here are warm, human, and awesome and the food here rocks… like at Sobseys. Yes, you can survive another month until Spring. Maybe.
They are so helpful and really know about everything in their store. Where it’s from and it’s the best around. The offerings are arranged in a three dimensional collage. Its like walking in a grocery museum: there’s stuff packed everywhere. But it feels more cozy than claustrophobic. Yes, the food is more expensive, but it should be. You can’t get heaven for nothing. It’s the way everything should be made: with passion, great attention, and care. But almost nothing is made that way anymore. And you know it. But here is one of those gems and rare exceptions.

Terrific quality produce, but you so have to pay for what you get. Lots of seasonal fruits and veggies, locally sourced when possible. Also a large selection of quality meat and some fish. They also have many varieties of whole bean coffees, packaged goods like you’d find in a health food store, and freezers full of other options.
They take cash, credit and Level Up, which will earn you cash credit at the store for every X amount you spend. The owner and all of the employees are friendly and knowledgable, so ask them anything!

4.5 rounded up to 5 stars.
+ super friendly and helpful customer service
+ solid variety of all natural and organic produce and grocery
+ perhaps pricey for this area but good value for someone who commutes from NYC
+ the pies are a lovely bonus for me!

Always great, helpful! — Michael, Mac & staff. Healthful foods, fresh, lots of organic. Small, local grocery but big on offerings (get my fish here often). Shhhh, don’t tell but they’ll deliver free in Hoboken.

I LOVE THIS PLACE it is so cute little local grocery store right on my block it has major old world charm they carry lots of options and and great local farmers food my fav grocery in hoboken

This market is super convenient for me, since I live directly across the street. Their prices on most things are comparable to Aspen’s Market, where I usually shop. Some things are a little more expensive, like the watermelon is $ 11.99 whereas the watermelon at Aspen’s is $ 9.99. Also, when I bought a watermelon from there last time, it wasn’t as good as Aspen’s. But I am willing to give them a try again. Especially to avoid hoofing it a few blocks with a giant watermelon!
They have a nice selection of organic and local produce. Although it looks like their turnover isn’t as high, and some things look like they have been sitting there longer than they should. For example, I swung in there today to pick up greens for my juice/​smoothies, and the collard greens were all yellowing.
It is very small inside, so everything kind of looks like it’s just been stacked in there like a warehouse… a very tiny warehouse. But when you look closer, you’ll notice that things are grouped together the way they should be.
I just noticed today that they carry fish and meat from the surround area. They don’t have it out on display, which I understand since space is limited. Although I do like to see what I am buying before I buy it, especially when it comes to fish and meat.
The workers are extremely friendly, and always offer to help you find things without being pushy. They have a great selection of organic everything, and products local to the area, which is what I like to see!

I just bought a big stalk of fresh basil at Sobsey’s; you would think it was July! That’s unheard of! All the vegetables at Sobsey’s actually have real taste and scent unlike big grocery chain vegetables that have mass produced thousands miles away. This luxury does not come cheap, but if you are constantly hunting for «fresh and authentic», this is the right place.

Small town service in our big town. These guys rock. They remember your name, take the time to educate you on strange items, pack your bag for you and even carry it out to your car if you ask. HUGE variety of organic healthy produce, nuts, tofu, olive oils, etc etc.
They will even deliver. I am amazed.
This place is a gem.
As the Germans would say «Klein aber Fein!»

These guys are the best. Their produce is super fresh, they care about their customers, they are friendly and the music in the shop is always lovely.
I really like visiting the store, and they also deliver to my place in Hoboken NJ when I cannot get down there. I am just really grateful they are in Hoboken.

Owner is incredibly helpful and nice. If you don’t see something out on the floor, they most likely have it in the back, so just ask. Prices are reasonable and a wide selection of natural, organic snacks, grocery, produce are available. They also sell a wide variety of organic meats, poultry, etc.

Cute store brimming with healthy eats options.
Prices are a little high but it is a small store so that is to be expected.
If I lived near by and couldn’t get to the other options on Washington St. this would be a definite go to.

A great place for organic goods. This store is tiny but it seems to have almost every category of food items — produce, milk, yogurt, cereal, snacks, spices, oils, you name it. It’s worth it to just mull around for awhile looking at all these organic labels (I’m not a huge organic person so when I do go to these organic places, it’s like a whole other world for me).
Prices can be a little high because hey it’s organic food but the labels they carry here seem to be pretty good. Just had organic milk from here and it was one of the best milks I’ve ever had! At home, I drank so much milk that I promptly fell asleep – this is coming from the girl who regularly throws out milk because she can’t finish it!
Also, their apples looked delicious — I didn’t buy any but you can just tell by their vibrant skins.

A gourmet /​organic grocery store that covers a wider variety of quality foodstuffs than the average tiny mart on Washington, the owner here is usually more than willing to get you a case of something if you ask, albeit here you pay a premium.
There’s a full selection of meats, produce, grains, and some jarred and only a few canned goods. Not really a place to find families purchasing groceries, but certainly can find plenty of yuppies here.