i used to walk to the key food on 5th ave in park slope from fort greene because it was pretty decent and quiet and meant that i didn't have to wade into the writhing sea of terror known as the atlantic center pathmark.

I usually avoid food shopping at stores like Key Food, Fine Fare and C-Town, which typically cater to the ghetto crowd anyways - no?

yes, they do but sometimes there's just not much around.

I haven't had bad experiences in a Key Foods, but I went to the one in Windsor Terrace a few weekends ago. I swear, it was like I slipped back in time. It looked like a grocery store from my childhood. I was surprised they had barcode scanners.

But ask yourself, weren't the grocery stores of your childhood better than this? Bring back Bohacks!

How many layers of stupidity shall we peel?

Layer 1:

Mislabeling a tray of ocean crap.

Layer 2:

Assuming shoppers are so goddamn stupid that they'll buy what is clearly ocean crap.

Layer 3:

-"Ey yo, bada-bing if youse is gonna sell ocean crap and call it octopus, den labelz dem as ocean crap."

-"Sir why don't we just sell the customer octopus instead of ocean crap."

-"????...me am confused."

The same thing happened to me but at the Brooklyn Heights Garden of Eden. I brought the chicken back and got my money back. It was one of the foulest smelling things ever.

Buh, can't you leave these honest Americans alone? Just another example of Big Government intruding into the free market and infringing on the rights of private businesses. Keep your fascist claws off my green combination seafood, Obama!

I always inspect food thoroughly before I buy and thats why I NEVER EVER buy seafood at Key Food. It always looks and smells rancid in the one in Greenpoint

I find the freshest and cheapest seafood in Chinatown. I have some favorites, but in general I'd advise looking for markets that have a big crowd. High turnover = fresh food.

agreed. Key and Met are just above bodega status, buy nothing perishable there. you can sometimes get some decent stuff at Waldbaums or D'ag. but for meats, ya got to develop a good relationship with your local butcher/fishmonger.

i avoid Met at all costs, unless i'm looking for a nice, nutritious staph infection.

however, in the interest of those consumers still interested in buying appropriately-labeled meat at Met, i suggest they incorporate a new label:

UNIDENTIFIED ANIMAL BITS -- may not be suitable for human consumption

easy!

It's Key Food, not Met.

yeah, seriously, wtf?

isn't 'pulpo' the spanish word for 'octopus'? so shouldn't it say 'fresh octopus (seafood)'?

not that it would have anything to do with the actual mix contents.

Mmmmm. 'Combination Seafood' sounds yummy.

I've never understood the way Key Food stores operate. Are they branch of a corporate entity or franchised? Each one seems to be completely different but all have one characteristic -- everything is overpriced. That would be fine if the store was a palace or gourmet establishment but a dirty, disgusting store featuring rude employees should at least have good prices.