Cermak Fresh Market

Great produce selection, parking, and many open registers. I always find what I'm looking for with a good meat selection and fresh baked goods, especially the Mexican pan. I had a company party recently and this was my one-stop shop.

I like this kind of small farmers market in the area. They have a great produce - fruits and vegetables, as well as great sour cream and feta. Also a lot of meet and Mexican stuff. Parking is available, but no restroom. I would rather recommend this place. Also nice bakery there, and soft drinks :)

What led me to Cermak Fresh Market was its weekly sales published that I receive on a weekly basis. Every week I view coupons with sales from grocery stores like Jewel Osco, Mariano's, Fairplay Foods, Aldi and Pete's Fresh Market comparing the different prices of foods I love that are on sale. And out of the five Cermak locations listed, this location was the closest to me.Leaving work at the time, I made it a priority to drive down W Irving Park Rd because it puts me near this location that is tucked away on N Kedzie Ave. The location has its own private parking lot with plenty of space for the amount of customers it serves daily. What I do not understand about its layout is that its only entrance sits on N Kedzie which can be very hectic while exiting either way, mostly during the afternoon hours. With that, I recommend choosing wisely when you visit or you may be stuck in the parking lot waiting to exit or stuck in traffic for a long period of time on N Kedzie Ave. That alone can discourage anyone after grocery shopping, especially while dealing with impatient drivers, too.In comparison to all of the other grocery stores I have mentioned like Jewel Osco, Mariano's, Fairplay Foods, Aldi and Pete's Fresh Market, Cermak Fresh Market is the smallest yet still has everything you may need. Designed more as a neighborhood grocery store I imagine that it can get pretty congested at select times of the day. And its aisles are about two carts length side-by-side.During my visit, the shopping cart I grabbed appeared to be sprayed down which was a huge kudos with everything going on in the world right now. I do love that grocery stores like Cermak Fresh Market are taking precautions to reduce the coronavirus spread because customers are in-and-out like clockwork throughout the day.I visited solely to purchase a couple of weekly sales of my interest: the Hinckley springs purified water, and a 6 pack of Sprite were two of my main purchases; both were $2.99 each! Last month, I was bummed because I missed the chance to grab a 6 pack of Pepsi, but seeing the same deal with a different option like Sprite assured me that they will list it at some point again.Overall I had a pleasant shopping experience at this Cermak Fresh Market location and I anticipate seeing its weekly sales. My return at this location will be based solely on the sales I see as the time goes on because I do not have the patience to deal with traffic in the area for nothing, plus it is not on a driving route I frequent. ~Blessings~Thomas G

I would not purchase anything that is not actual fresh produce or meat. Purchased frozen pizzas today and they were ridden with mold. Since frozen food cannot mold, that means the pizza had time to defrost, grow mold and then was put back in the freezers.

This has been my weekly grocery shop for a few months now. I can usually find everything I need with a few exceptions (bagels [sometimes], bone-in skin-on chicken thighs, sweetened canned pumpkin... and I usually buy LaCroix elsewhere because it's ridiculously expensive here). The meat is very good, especially their angus ground beef. The cheese is great, and so is the selection of locally made guacamole and salsa. The vegetables and fruits are usually fresh (though I've noticed the asparagus often looks a little old). I love that they have such a large variety of Mexican sweets--each week I pick out something new to try.My biggest complaint, though, has to do with movement, both in the store and in the parking lot. Inside the store, it's always busy, and the aisles are spaced very close together; I'm always either narrowly avoiding collisions or in someone's way, especially between the produce and the frozen chicken. As for the parking lot, it's easy to enter coming south on Kedzie, but quite difficult to exit; there's often no visibility to the north because of the large trucks that are always parked by the driveways. I really wish that they had another exit onto Berteau, or that the curb on the east side of the parking lot was a no parking zone--would make things safer for everyone!

Love this place. They have all kinds of foods from different nations: Asian, Latin, Mediterranean, Arab, European (have not seen African food yet) but I'm amazed at what I find here. Prepared food is also good, bakery fresh etc. They have really a good selection of meats, deli, groceries, produce, unusual items like pig heart, rabbit, squash blossoms, chinese eggplant, yakult, amish butter... I can go on and on ...

I despise grocery shopping, but there's something about Cermak that makes it more enjoyable. I tend to do some deep thinking around the meat counter and love people watching. Weird, I know. I love walking right into all the produce so that I can get my shopping started immediately. They have a great selection of every fruit and vegetable I've ever needed! Good prices as well. There's always someone refilling and they're always helpful if I'm looking for something. The arrachera taco meat is our favorite. Get it once a week! They have a very good selection of pre packaged meats as well. Some are fresher than others. I like that they have my chobani yogurts, a decent frozen section, rotisserie chickens, and Latin American cookies and treats of my childhood. They basically have everything you need for a grocery trip! I also like the store because it's not overwhelmingly large. Only downside is the parking lot entrance. It can get clogged and then you're blocking Kedzie. They have another parking lot (with an awesome tamale stand!) across the street though. I'm just too lazy.

Really missed this location, fresh fruits n veg. That was one of the kool things about Albany Park

food is not bad the total lack of serviceand no self checkout = this place sucks

The bread as well as some of the other breads sold there always taste like soap as if the overpowering fragrances from the soap and detergent aisles make it into the breads because of how close together the aisles are and/or a problem with ventilation and probably the storage structure of those items within the store. There is also a lack of flavors and brands in the ice cream aisle as well as the yogurt aisle. Would be nice to find those frozen Pepperidge Farm cherry and raspberry turnovers. The meat department smells too strongly. Maybe some odor absorbers are needed. At least the security works as they kicked out a drunk guy who was stealing stuff and the the guy said 'I am not come back anymore!'mI thought that was hilarious as s**t.