The Nature Stop

This is a little gem of a store in this North Beach neighborhood. How lucky to be able to just walk here and get fine wines, cheeses, bread, coffee, vegan/vegetarian, charcuterie, fresh produce! I think that's it's unfair for reviewers to complain about the "expensive" prices compared to Safeway, Whole Foods or TJs. You cannot compare prices between a small business, like a the Nature Stop vs national chain stores w/ enormous buying power. Honestly, I appreciate that they have name brands like Columbus, FraMani, Cowgirl Creamery, Clover, Point Reyes cheese, Jeremiah coffee, Oatly, Kerrygold, Bob's Red Mill, Annie's frozen food. They even have Bell & Evan's frozen chicken tenders which I can only find at Whole Foods! They carry Laura Chenel goat cheeses, Rustic Bakery crackers, vegan cheeses, smoked salmon, Uncured deli meats, bacon, sausages, some fresh meat, lots of organic selections - from cheeses, to bread, produce, dry goods. And they carry Avalon Organics body products among many sustainable grocery items. Also the owner/employees are trying their best to serve their customers. Did you know you that you can write suggestions of items you want to see and they will try to source them for you? These are some of the friendliest people I know! Check them out if you're in the area and appreciate the selection of food, drinks and home goods they have. Great job, Nature Stop team and thank you for serving the neighborhood!

This convenient little shop has an excellent wine selection and lots of upscale consumable options. Their wine pricing is also often less than the average prices listed on Vivino. It's a grocery store, but has a bit of a boutique and rich vibe. It's one of the few places to get Mary's Chicken in the area and I have to get chocolate every time I go in there. The ambiance seems very hygienic to me, so I feel drawn into the place when I walk by. The Nature Stop has nice stuff, but my review has to be in earnest... maybe 2 or 3 stars? It's annoying that through several iterations of ridiculousness, you have to expect encountering some unnecessary and incompetent problem during each transaction. Two different cashiers didn't seem to understand the concept of tare weight. They weighed the meat with the packaging and attempted to charge me for it, despite the fact that the weight of the meat was printed directly on the packaging. I've worked in a meat department before and I have never seen that kind of inept behavior. It's insulting to the customer. So at the present time, the 2021 Domaine Bousquet Malbec is $11.99 here. The cashier scanned it and it came up as zero. He joked that it was free, but then had the audacity to offer me the obviously more expensive reserve price of $16.99, like the reserve one right next to it, and laughed in my face. I passed as I knew that Trader Joe's has the exact same thing for $9.99. Tonight, the Elysian 'tiger beer', listed at $13.99, rang up at $17.99, the same as their space dust. I passed, but they should at least have offered to have honored the price they had printed out for customers to read. The Space Dust IPA at S&S Market, one block away, was $15.99, so I bought it there and got to pet their cat too. It's a bit of a first world problem, but I didn't notice until being at home that my $6.25 chocolate bar, which is more than I made hourly when younger, was comprised of the wrong variety. I grabbed the chocolate bar behind the front one, to avoid the most touched one. It is a berry chocolate bar instead of the ginger one, and it's great, but still, the employees should be better at recovery. I was one of about two people in the store and it was not busy. I recommend going to this place to get ideas. Double check all the prices and shop around, but they have great merchandise. My suggestion to the owner is to install a self-checkout. The guy stocking merchandise was very helpful tonight with my bags.

I dropped by here earlier today and was so glad they carried real pure Aloa Vera Juice and not Aloa Vera Drink that has added sugar. The cashier was very helpful in helping me find it. Now I have all the ingredients for my cleansing smoothie!

I live two blocks away from here and already avoid this place despite the lack of grocers in the neighborhood. Way overpriced for the typical "Safeway" items, and a really poor selection. Today I just wanted to grab some yogurt, so i went in saw a buy-one-get-one-free item, and decided to get two. The cashier charged me for both and when I mentioned there was a sign stating buy-one-get-one-free, he immediately responded "nope," without hesitation. Fortunately the sign was in eyesight so I just pointed to it and asked him what it said. Whole new take on "the customer is always right."Don't bother--this place can only stay open because people go out drinking on Grant street and North Beach has no full grocery store.

They have an amazing selection of wine. The prices are very good and whoever makes the signs with all the prices...it looks great! The workers are also really helpful and friendly!

Overpriced and nasty service, but it has a few convenience items if you don't want to walk to Safeway or Trader Joe's at the Wharf. Otherwise skip it.

Sad this place has gone so downhill. The produce is usually old, sometimes moldy. Today the corn was moldy, the potatoes had growths and bell peppers were squishy. We thought the prior owner really cared about having quality products but it doesn't seem that way anymore. But, good selection of dry goods, even though expensive.

I was walking back to my car in Chinatown when i I found this special store. I was tired of eating vacation food and ran to this store to find the most delicious bean salad by epicurean solutions I'm a diehard fan!!!! I'll be visiting the kind gentleman who was working that Labor Day morning and be a regular on the weekends when I'm in the city. I love when I find a good store! It becomes my go to spot

One of the convenient and well organized store in the neighborhood.Fresh produce most of the time and well priced too.

It's one of my favorite store in the neighborhood.Every-time I stop by at this place for couple items I end up getting more then I planned too. Lol