Treasure Island Foods

02/14/08

The mandel bread is awesome!

by elleng0523 at Citysearch

Treasure island may be expensive and have less selection than Jewel, but the chocolate chip mandel bread is amazing. I could eat it every day. It comes in a bag with a ribbon. Haven't found anything like it anywhere else. It's worth it to go to Treasure Island just for the mandel bread. The cheese selection is great too, but for the most part it's not worth it to get most things there. The mandel bread is to die for, though. It's at the bakery counter--usually in a basket with some other things.

10/27/07

needs work

by billferny42 at Citysearch

This store is a great, if pricey, addition to the neighborhood. The bakery and meat departments are excellent, though promised sale items often never appear on the shelves. Seafood can be a bargain if you look for sales. Crab is often a good deal. A great selection of reasonably priced olive oils, pastas and other ethnic foods. Negatives: There's a steam table of hot foods ranging from mac and cheese to prime rib, but staff members have told me that the food is put out in the morning and just left to sit all day. It looks like it and tastes worse. Also, while there's a great selection of cheeses, the store doesn't seem to have a grater, using a blender or food processor on hard Romano and Parmesan cheeses. The result is, frankly, lousy, and far beneath the quality that a store with this much going for it should strive for.

10/24/06

Real Treasure

by zcmosz at Citysearch

I think this place is truely Amazing! They have everything I need, a true one stop shop. I was amazed by the deli and meat selections. They have anything you want for all occasions. My friend showed me this place, and i will never go anywhere else!

09/11/06

For a supermarket in a gay neighborhood, the staff is far from gay friendly

by bigredwine at Citysearch

Besides being fairly gay unfriendly, the cashiers there are totally out of it ringing up items from other customers or even not ringing up items at all. A friend of mine got home and there were things in his bag that he hadn't purchased. Very strange.

For a store that has a decent, but expensive that attracts gay customers, they need to be friendlier to gay people. One bagger has a serious problem with gay people. Beware!

• Pros: Good selection of some hard to get gourmet items
• Cons: Very gay unfriendly staff, especially a bagger in particular

03/08/06

The good and the not so good

by skibabe at Citysearch

I've been going to Treasure Island for years. Their skirt steak is better quality than Jewel or Dominicks. So's their fish. Watch the specialty breads (not their homemade) because I've found mold on it over and over. As for their produce, you can still get green onions by the bundle - not anymore at Jewel. You have to buy THREE in a package. So I go to Treasure Island more and more!

• Pros: Not too crowded, Good meat, Fun to browse
• Cons: Check expiration date, Be friendlier