Ocean Beach People's Food Co-op

Everything you need in a small grocery store. Vegan cafe upstairs! Produce is fresh & organic. Large variety of coffee beans & bulk items. Vitamins. Tons of vegan options. Seating upstairs or outside. The staff were super friendly every time we visited. Note: be sure to alert them to your co-op membership from out of state so you get the discount!

The food, people and decor of store is wonderful. But the bathrooms are disgusting! Toilet bowl is stained brown tiles chipped .color bla door water-stain. I can't imagine how a store would allow there store that represents joy and life to reflect such ugliness!!!!!! A scrub brush new toilet happy paint and some love goes along way for customer appreciation!

The grocery store itself is a 5. The upstairs deli used to be a 5 and went downhill to a 1 about 2 years ago. We used to shop at this co-op a lot because we loved the deli. This was the best little plant-based deli. It used to be amazing. Even non plant-based people enjoyed it. Nearly every time we went there would be a good amount of customers waiting - everyone would take a number and wait their turn. Now...you can walk in and pretty much count there's no customers or line and be helped right away because the selection has dwindled so much and what they do offer isn't that great and not much variation. On top of that - the prices were raised and they close earlier...I'd gladly pay the higher price for the same quality of food as before though.So many times we'd come several times a day to the deli and several days in a row because of the daily changing menu and pretty much everything they offered was so flavorful and delicious. I still think about the mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy they had. It was so good.Now the hot bar has about 5 different things when there used to be more variety to choose from. And now you can pretty much count on some sort of bread/gluten item to always be the main hot bar meal. Such as some sort of sandwich, hoagie, pizza etc. with grain sides or basic sides. Seems like they're just choosing to make what's easiest and cheapest. The prepared salad bar used to have 7+ different choices and now there's 2-3. Every item used to be labelled with full ingredient list and now sometimes there's no label at all lol.It would've been great if they kept the yummy food and good number of options and made the prepared salads and hot bar self serve like whole foods as well as add made to order juices and/or smoothies. Then the employees wouldn't have to waste time scooping and weighing customers hot bar food and prepared salads but now that the customer base has dwindled I guess it doesn't matter. Super saddened and disappointed by the deli.I hope they start using the good recipes again and improve the deli making it the same or better than before.

I've never seen kanzi, Arkanas black and winesap apples under one roof. Awesome cashier. I didn't get into the kombucha stockpile but I did pick up a Gopal's Power Wrap nori wrapped vegan jerky stick, jalapeno & cheese version.

This place is the best. I have been a member for over 10 years and it is well worth it. I love the fresh specialty produce and the super helpful staff. When you don't have time to cook and want a healthy meal the deli has all the vegan options - best salad bar! And they have the best water dispenser for RO and Alkaline H2O. I will keep coming back forever!Thanks Peoples

This review is mostly for the deli. COVID times had me stay closer to home for groceries and that carried over until this year when I thought how I'd like to rejoin Peoples. But oh Jesus what have they done to the deli? The food has been bland / bad and pickings are slim. Even the atmosphere is dreary. This used to be the best part about the coop. I don't know if there's new kitchen management or Peoples has fallen on hard times and they're skimping at the deli but I won't be going back or starting up my membership again with the current quality.

Love the quality, variety and prices of their products. The fact that you can become a member is a bonus.

It was a cooperative with a decent selection of items to choose from. I did not see any one able to serve any food upstairs and coffee was empty. Maybe next time.

If you love vegan food, this is a must visit in Ocean Beach! The deli serves lunch and dinner options that are made on site with the freshest seasonal ingredients! Gourmet options and hot bar with make your own salad bar! Mornings you can get a robust fair trade cup of coffee with a fresh baked mouth watering pastry item to go with! The service is excellent and employees are friendly and always helpful. The deli is upstairs and the market on the first floor. Plenty of free parking in the lot or on the street. The sandwiches are delicious as are the house made soups. If you are vegan then this is THE BEST choice for you! You can become a member too for monthly special opportunities and discounts!

This grocery store is an absolute must when visiting San Diego. Anytime I'm in town, I have to take a quick trip to get some of the unique and specialty items that I've never seen anywhere else. As a vegan, it's very exciting to shop in a grocery store with so many options and not be confronted with animal body parts everywhere. My favorite things to get here are some of the local brand products including: San Diego Tempeh, Babe kombucha, entrees from Peace Pies, and The Tofu Shop. I also love the housemade salads, entrées, pastries, etc. from the hot and cold bar and bakery on the second floor. I've never seen the same items in the hot and cold bar but my favorite things I've tried were the enchilada casserole and an amazing mushroom stroganoff.I only wish they had another one of these locations in Orange County!