Restaurant Depot

I can honesly say this is where souls go to die in brooklyn. They are a staple in the area for all types of businesses including delis, grocery stores, restaurants, home kitchens, even hardware stores. They supply a wide arrage of products and supply the community with a huge service as well as jobs, i would presume, since somone is always unloading in every aisle. Even with a complete list of items you need to buy and where to find them, the whole checkout process will take well over an hour. Faulty carts, unpleasant employees, disgruntled shoppers, will all distract you from seeing all the damaged merchandise which has gotten into by rats and birds. These are the ingredients being sold in stores and prepared into meals people. Inspect your items before purchase. Checkout is unfortunately the worst part of the whole ordeal. Whether you have a few items or cart full, it will take the same amount of time. There is no express lane. Cashiers need a manager's approval to do anything besides ring up an item. Need a void? a pricecheck? This will sometimes take considerable amounts of time, sometimes over 5 minutes. Meanwhile random lines will open up causing mass migrations of customers to desperately try and leave faster. Meanwhile you are stuck waiting for a manager. I have also tried getting delivery and spent exorbitant amounts of money while still receiving the wrong items and late deliveries. The items are marked up above store price, sometimes by an insane amount. I wish I could say I would never have to go back. But I know ill have to one day.

This place does the job. It is accessible, had what you need most of the time. Not everything is priced @ wholesale so you really need to be keen on what you are buying. Fresh produce is generally a good buy but other wholesale items don't necessarily beat Costco or other distributors. You can probably count the number of organic items on one hand. get there when it opens or you will wait on VERY long lines.