Bread Garden Market

It is very uncommon to see a place like this in downtown. With different types of foods available to eat, wines/beers to drink, WiFi and outdoor seating. Had run to this place couple of times while sitting in library across it. Great coffee is also available here. Some of the items are pricey, but one can't get everything cheap right in downtown.

Clean, friendly staff, have many hot food options, has a bar, well kept, pricey, similar atmosphere to whole foods, has parking on site. $5 cheese pizza was awesome, burrito bowl was meh and with not much flavor. Overall interesting place but groceries too expensive.

If I could describe this place, it is like a Whole Foods in Boulder, but with a restaurant attached to it. I am personally from Colorado and know that it is hard to obtain that Colorado vibe sometimes, but the fact that this place is in Iowa and still remained me of home oddly enough. Great customized food service.

The worst customer experience. I’ve been getting the same latte here over ten years. Today the girl insisted on the additional honey I asked before receiving a cup was supposed to be charged. She said that with such an attitude as if I were trying to avoid paying. I said that honey was used to be on the counter for the customer to use it, and I didnt know that they changed it. She repeated twice that I supposed to have charged for it and to make sure paying for it in the future. When I insisted to pay for it, she said “Just get your cup and go. You are wasting my time.” At that point we became really loud, and a manager-like person came and told me to go without paying for honey. I never had customer service issue like this, and never had a loud quarrel in the public. I was surprised that they allow a college girl to yell at customer to leave because Im wasting her time. And this was just all because I insisted on paying for honey after her very demeaning attitude.

Love this little downtown grocery/deli/cafe... you're going to pay a little more than you do at HyVee, but it's independent, it's local and everything is high quality. It's always money well spent. Highly recommended for enjoying a meal or a drink and people-watching on their outdoor patio in the summertime.

This is a cute grocery store, it has a very great first impression on new comers. The Gelato is delicious along with the bakery items. Favorite thing to get is the fresh burgers and a Croissant. You can also get a quick snack or drink.

The bread garden is a good place to go for different products. It has many different products, but the prices seem pretty high compared to other places.

I really love this place as a student, during the semester I usually come here almost every day for lunch and dinner. However, their recent price inflation on their grill specials is kinda alarming what once cost me 5.75 now is almost 8 dollars. This price change defeats the purpose of the grill specials in the first place we might as well just go to chipotle. Even tho the grill specials have swayed my interest another topic that bothers me is one of the male employees I believe he is a manager. Throughout my years of shopping at bread garden I couldn't help but notice him following me while I am shopping almost every time he saw me in the store. One time I was just tasting a grape to make sure they were good before I purhased and he rudely asked me "can you buy that before you start eating?" Now I do understand the reputation college kids have for stealing but that is no reason to follow ME around specifically every time I am in the store. Most times he even follows me as I walk up to check out and makes sure he is my cashier. I really appreciate the quality and the concept of this store, however there are flaws and some discrimination I have face of my 4 years shopping here as a black woman.

Convenient heath food focus grocery store with seating for meals right on the pedestrian mall. This market also has good wines and beers for sale. My first intro to this store six years ago was in taking a beer tasting seminar at the store. Expect to pay a little more for the organic produce, convenience, and focus on quality.

They offer a little coffee shop which is great, but has some problems. First off, my drink was good but not what I ordered. I ordered a Vietnamese iced coffee. What I got was cold brew regular coffee with sweetened condensed milk and cream mixed up in it. I was in a hurry and didn't want to explain what was wrong with the drink holding everyone up. I sent time studying in Vietnam and fell in love with the coffee. Vietnamese iced coffee is made from brewed chicory root coffee that has a very distinctive flavor, it is served in a glass of iced with a pool of sweetened condensed milk at the bottom. The pool at the bottom allows the drinker to chose to stir in as much as they would like to reach whatever sweetness they desire. This store smells wonderful and has good coffee, but they should not offer items on the cafe menu they do not know how to make. My coffee was good, but not what I ordered so 3 stars for them.