Best natural-food store
Bread & Circus is a conundrum: it offers the foods desired by crunchy-lefty types, but its prices reflect
an SUV-driving world. At how many places can you get imported brie and soy shakes in one stop? With organic
and non-organic produce, fresh meats and seafood, and every herbal remedy you can think of, it wears its
split personality well, allowing former hippies to salve their consciences after a long day playing the
market.
Don't expect to see any suits shopping at the readers' runner-up, the Harvest Co-op in Central Square and
Jamaica Plain. This is the kind of establishment where shopping seems almost incidental to activism and
progressive propaganda. Tibetan prayer flags flutter over a community posting board, and conversation tends
to include phrases like "when I was in Afghanistan as a women's-aid worker ..." Vegans, vegetarians, sushi
lovers, and even carnivores will find that this market meets their needs and stimulates their minds.
Bread & Circus, various locations. Harvest Co-op, 581 Mass Ave, Cambridge, (617) 661-1580; 57 South Street, Jamaica Plain, (617) 524-1667.
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