Giovanni's Produce & Grocery - El Cerrito, California

Susie W.

Looking for an amazing produce / natural / local / specialty grocery store in El Cerrito ? You’ve found it. As someone who shops at farmers markets and has worked in specialty food and goes to international stores for hard to find ingredients, I was blown away that Giovanni’s literally has everything I would ever want to buy including large jars of grape leaves. The outside is low key. The inside has everything you need.

angeldad94

Local family owned. Great people run this store. Great produce & variety of products.
Was our saving grace during the pandemic.
10/6/24- Great market still. Huge variety of pasta, local breads, Italian products, craft beers & everything you might need. 4/1/25
No foolin' awesome market with wonderful people!!!

Henry N.

Great neighborhood Market.

Good produce and many gourmet items

julie S.

Great vegetables & fruits. Also perfect for last minute shopping

Laura M.

I love Giovanni's. I've been stopping in there for after school treats since my oldest was in Preschool down the street (he's 10 now). I love to pick up local pastries (Stonehenge scones) and produce for dinner when we're in. They've always been very friendly to my boys, despite the fact that they are a bit wild. They also have the best produce around. Their potatoes are second to none - they actually *taste* like potatoes.

Michael

Great food. Nice employees

Lindsay M.

This was a convenient little produce market before the pandemic, an old and locally owned establishment that it felt good to support. But WOW did they rise to the occasion when folks stopped wanting to visit the bigger grocery stores! They have so much stuff now! They’re close to being a one-stop shop — only missing a butcher counter. But they have SO MANY STAPLES, plus fresh Acme (and also shipments lately from a Point Richmond bakery that makes a mean sourdough!) and amazing local pies, pastries, and galettes. Also, some really nice and reasonably priced produce, organic as well as non-. Also if you’re into Italian cuisine, they’ve got some great imports. They also keep expanding their wine/beer/alcohol selection. If it isn’t already obvious,,I just love this place — and everyone who works there is friendly and helpful, which makes it all the better.

Gabriella B.

They do not like kids and the cashier has a bad attitude. My Coworker and I brought our eight students to shop here today because it was part of our summer camp activity. The store is small so we all did our best to stay out of the way. I did not like that when we got in line, a customer complained about kids being in the store. We were all well behaved and respectful. The grumpy cashier with a beanie went along with the discriminatory conversation and it made us all feel unwelcome. I hate seeing adults act mean towards children. They are humans too! We didn't know we were going to cause so much "trouble" shopping at this store. I felt so uncomfortable that I decided to ask the cashier what was the problem? And why does it feel like kids are not allowed in here? The cashier said that "technically a certain amount are not allowed at a time", but the only time I have ever heard that is when kids are by themselves or in large groups of friends, not when they are with two adults providing supervision at all times. It was our second week visiting with kids too and no one ever mentioned anything about kids not being allowed. The cashier is a rude guy and was bitter towards us. We were trying to teach the kids about supporting small business but it's not worth being disrespected and discriminated. Kids have rights too. And we spent a good amount of money there because of those great kids. Do not bring a small group of kids or it "bothers them". The customer service is not good.