Boulder Co-Op Market
Grocery/Bakery/Deli
American, Deli, Raw Food
A Community Owner Vegetarian Grocery
The Co-op is a 12,000 square foot store front grocery located on 19th and Pearl, just four blocks east of the Pearl Street Mall. The Co-op offers a wide variety of goods including fresh produce, bulk foods, grocery, herbs, body care, dairy, and a deli or cafe. We carry the highest quality, most socially responsible brands in each category.
The goal of the Boulder Co-Op is to be the greatest source of organically grown foods, locally produced when available. In addition the Boulder Co-Op has the largest selection of bulk foods available in Boulder.
Beyond the grocery store, the Boulder Co-Op also includes a Community Center offering $5 daily yoga classes and free seminars to members. Inside the Boulder Co-Op is a first rate vegetarian café which offers a variety of freshly made organic juices as well as delicious organic, vegan entrees and desserts.
Added by Vegetarian Society of Colorado on Sep 23 03 (updated Jan 2 04)
Reviews
The Cafe has definitely improved and offers some pretty tasty items! But read my review for the Cafe (under Cafe Prasad) for more info on that.
The Co-Op itself is a nice place to shop. I live in Westminster which is just about 10-13 miles from Boulder. I go to the co-op probably a few times a month. They usually have excellent produce and some pretty good sales too.
The management isn't that great.. some of the members that work there are really nice though. But I haven't really had good experience with the managers.. they seem not interested and detached.
The Co-Op could be better, but anything is open to improvement. I hope they improve upon the management and also get better at answering requests for new items.
Until then.. I will continue to shop here. I love going to Pearl St anyways... lovely place to be!!
I'm afraid the food doesn't seem to have improved. It still looked like gloop. Their coffee is also really weak.
I would recommend the bakery items in the main store though, particularly the chocolate muffin with mint icing, and the chocolate espresso brownies.
I really liked the grocery store section of the co-op a lot. If I lived in Boulder, I'm pretty sure this is where I would do almost all of my grocery shopping.
I did not like the cafe'/restaurant very much though. The food available the day I was there only included a tiny salad bar and a kind of gloppy hot food bar. If I lived in Boulder, I'm pretty sure I would protest every time anyone suggested we should eat there. (Just for easy reference, I ate there sometime in mid to late 2003...I hope they've managed to improve since then.)
Don't know how the deli was a couple years ago, but their sandwiches are damn good, as is the hot bar. They also do smoothies, cold salad bar, and bakery items.
No-waste dining if you're eating in.