Keeping our door open, even in winter

A lot of people (including our landlord) have asked us why we are keeping our door open now that the weather is cold. The answer is that we want to keep our store around …

security and running a business in a city

A handful of people have cornered me, Andrew, or one of the employees over the last few weeks and expressed concern about whether the operation of our store is crime-conscious enough for Hyde Park. …

Open Produce joins the ranks of JP Morgan, Sun Microsystems (but not in a good way)

It seems every company I’ve ever heard of is laying of workers left and right recently; and, unfortunately, Open Produce has to do the same.

Though business has been slowly but steadily increasing, after poring over …

another weekly special…rutabagas!

Starting today, we will have not one but TWO items featured in store every day. Check in every day for our Daily Special, a familiar food at a dirt-cheap price. Today we have collard greens …

The New York Times writes about Open Produce

Well, not quite, but two pages on the front page did catch my eye for being Open Produce-related.

One is that New York may start charging 6 cents for each plastic bag. As most …

Feature Item: Plantains

Every few days, we’ll feature a new fruit or vegetable in the store. Maybe it’ll be a little weird (i.e., not native to American cuisine), maybe it’ll be something familiar with some creative recipe suggestions, …