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1745 Folsom San Francisco, CA 94103

415-863-0620 

http://www.rainbow.coop  

1745 Folsom San Francisco CA 94103

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  • Grocery
    $ $
    All Major Credit Cards
  • Casual
    Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
    Beer/Wine
  • Not Accepted
    Street
Description

The dumbest move a new city resident can make at Rainbow is to wander in, head over to the customer service desk, and ask if the store has a meat counter. If you do this, you're in for a lecture about animal rights, the food chain, and so forth. That said, Rainbow makes up for its lack of salami and sausage with one of the very best produce sections in town, an enticing cheese department, a huge assortment of bulk goods, and fresh bread from the Bay Area's best commercial bakeries. It's basically a vegetarian's one-stop picnic shopping trip.








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  • 2007 | Best Organic Grocery

    Rainbow Grocery is the kind of place that other co-ops take field trips to visit, exclaiming in wonder at this gem of a grocery store: The natural, organic food! The environmentally- and health-conscious products! The independence! Collectively run, worker owned and operated, Rainbow Grocery is a model for any aspiring co-op (most of which are owned by the customers, not by the workers). It's easy to get lost in row upon row of bright, organic produce, rainbow chard peacefully rustling as... More »

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