They have things like chocolate coated pretzels and ajvar! They do not have things like toothpaste and Tums.
Chris B.
My favorite place to buy my groceries. Been shopping there for over 20 years. This is a seasonal fruit and vegetable market in the old world style. The prices and quality of the produce are excellent for in-season fruit. We can't expect to get the same quality of the same produce when it is out of season for anyone who posted a poor review. Since my children were little the great displayed produce helped them find new and interesting fruit and veggies to eat. Many times they see a new seasonal item and tried it. Cross Island is a great family run business by owner Joe who is always watching over the quality. The staff on the aisles recognizes customers and is always helpful. The butcher and seafood are top notch and beat any poor factory style meat from the big corporate chains. Shop local and support your community by sharing this great gem in Lynbrook. They have helped me raise a healthy family for years.
Peter C.
Cross Island offers high quality food, with an emphasis on Italian food products, at reasonable prices. The specialty stores within the main store make for a unique and richer variety of offerings.
Maddy C.
I was just verbally assaulted and threatened by a Cross Island employee because I pulled into a parking spot to get out of the way of a tractor trailer. It was terrifying/ he threatened to kill me if I entered the store( I was going to the Pizzeria) Still shaking.
Delaney P.
Good fruit and produce. The name does not lie. They focus on the fruit. Go here for the produce and the specialty stores within the store. Not necessarily the best if you want to do normal grocery shopping.Also they hire a lot of young kids to work here and don't be afraid to interrupt their conversations if you need to check out. They're just social but not unwilling to help you out.Ambiance might be described as old school. I almost feel like the floors should still be covered with sawdust.Also they have a bunch of weird stuff like everything you need to make your own wine. Look up for that.
Tiffany R.
I go to this store weekly with my *disabled uncle* and have noticed the young girls working as cashiers have a very condescending energy. This is definitely not all of them but I"ll be blunt-- the young white girls carry themselves with a sense of entitlement.They have felt comfortable speaking to my uncle like he is less than smart and can't do simple things. Instead of just guiding him if he doesn't know where to place the card for "Tap to Pay" or helping pack the bags, he will be stared at as if these girls are 9 and have never seen a disabled person before. These girls make the overall experience of shopping here less than satisfying because the most "fresh" thing on my mind when leaving is the experience with the cashiers. I never have these condescending encounters with the *one black cashier* or the POC helping us check out which makes the girls I'm referring to stick out like a very, very sore thumb. I'm very particular when I go with him about which cashiers we choose based on their overall cadence. I wish I could say this only happened once but I'd be lying. I'm honestly sick of the gum-chewing, neck-rolling prima donnas. They need some sort of training for them on how to treat people who may seem 'different' as human beings. It's disgusting. Or they should have some sort of repercussions when the customers' experience has been unpleasant. This makes me question the managers and how they're choosing who works here.This has simply been my experience shopping here. For me, choosing a place to shop doesn't just have to do with their products, it has to do with the character of the employees. My hope is that if these girls ever have a disabled child of their own that this world doesn't treat them the way they've chosen to treat or look at my uncle.(On a lighter note, there is one cashier who works at one of the registers furthest from the front door, she has a loud voice that makes her stand out and always greets us with a smile. I've loved every encounter we've had with her. She's so helpful and has very humble energy about her. When I do return to Cross Island, I'll always look for her! I wish she was there every time we go shopping.)
Joe C.
Today is Sunday June 25th 2023 at 104 p.m. my mom and aunt Evelyn are fascinated with this particular Deli Fruit Stand in Malvern they only went here because my uncle used to own a salon in Malvern called hair razors and everyone knew him in the community and my uncle always bragged about the quality of the goods in this establishment this is not the first incident we've had with this place and the past my mother has purchased merchandise that they liquidate at the register at below wholesale pricing and your understanding that the merchandise is half rotten that they're selling it rather than just throwing it in the garbage should be a red flag right there which is pretty scary but other times upon purchasing roast beef cheese bread or pasta they were slight imperfections which were overlooked because to be quite honest the quality seems no different than most other delis grocery stores pricing was really or relatively the same that you would purchase at any local butcher even though the pasta section or the meat section are all departmentalized and this establishment doesn't recognize fault within each section considering that they're all privately owned to that individual running it so the deli takes no fault but having worked today and looking forward to my mom's amazing sauce to open up these beautiful ravioli to find that they are moldy and old was a severe smack in my face because now I'm aggravated and I drove my mom and my aunt crazy comma so crazy that they drove back to the store right now and let's not forget we're 35 miles from this place and with gas prices the way they are and it's over 100° outside today normal people wouldn't put up with this stupidity I would just call an attorney and sue their asses but my mother and my aunt are noble and kind people.I told them not to waste their time because people that run a business this way could really care less if they lose one Patron or another my family and I have run several businesses successfully for more than five decades and I'm a stickler when it comes to Quality Control I have fired hundreds of people and have been sued many times by disgruntled employees luckily for me everything in my business is are documented using video and I pride myself in the customer is always right and I know for a fact how people like to embellish the truth especially working with most women in my staff who have no idea the videos tell you everything especially the ones who are particularly friendlier with you that speak of praying for family members and sending holiday cards are the first ones to stick the knife in your back and twist it period I have a very good heart and my mother is a Downing and loyal wife friend sister and niece cousin and go out of her way for anyone I'm disgusted because instead of sitting down enjoying some Vino and my favorite ravioli in the world I'm going to have to throw a steak on the barbecue and make a veal and meatball sandwich for lunch tomorrow with leftovers if you find this review amusing I don't know whether I should be proud of it or not I personally would not want to read a review on any of my businesses such as I'm writing .I will save this to the management get your s*** together and put people that you trust running your business because you won't have one very soon if you continue running it into the ground as you have been and one more thing I noticed that this is in a Jewish community this business and most Jewish people dine out and aren't too familiar with cooking and quality but you can bet your butt that they have staff members working for them in their household who do know the difference between fresh and rotten and people that you would normally depend on I don't doubt that you'll do the right thing with my mother and my aunt when they return the ravioli but I hope this is a lesson that you learn to instill some form of pride and the people that you employ that they would be honest enough to tell you if something were under the q
Susan E.
Don't buy plants from them. Sold me half dead basket( wrapper was still on) When I returned, very very nasty worker called me a liar and didn't want to let me return it. Never again. Don't have pics left half dead flowers at store.
Fred B.
The prices are pretty good and the selection is good, with good fruit - not great fruit. If you're okay with 'okay" quality, and rude cashiers, this is the place for you. The meat section is excellent, however, with different ownership and management than the front. The store also contains a fish stall, a deli stall and I can't speak to their quality as I prefer the higher quality at Malverne Deli, just up the road, which is where you go if you want excellent quality food.
Camille E.
Great local place to grocery shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and seafood.
I'm going to let my photo speak for itself. Here's the meat I bought there. Brought it back with the receipt, and was told, essentially, to get lost. Disgusting meat, disgusting service.
Lance E.
I simply can't say enough good about this place. We love the selection, the quality and the prices.Their produce quality is at the top. Better than your average grocer, and probably on par with premium shops - which are going to charge 2x the price.Speaking of prices, remember just a few years ago before inflation hit, what food bills were like? Walking out of Cross Island I am still amazed at how I can get a weeks worth of veggies for half what the local grocer would cost.The back half of the shop has more standard grocery items and they are, more or less, regular prices. But they have items you will not get in regular stores. They have a good number of items I thought were long gone, like Manhattan Special, an espresso/coffee flavored soda from back around 1900! And many other gems from the past, or other locals.The also have a meat section and fish etc. The prices may not be quite as good as the veggies, but the quality seems fine or maybe better than most.
John Swensen
Great bar
Christine T.
Great local store with helpful associates. The butcher dept is great!! Best sirloin burgers and chicken cutlets. Competitive pricing.
Dan Levine
Great Italian deli counter. Good service and product. Reliable fresh Mozzarella. Plenty of real dried sausage.
They have things like chocolate coated pretzels and ajvar! They do not have things like toothpaste and Tums.
My favorite place to buy my groceries. Been shopping there for over 20 years. This is a seasonal fruit and vegetable market in the old world style. The prices and quality of the produce are excellent for in-season fruit. We can't expect to get the same quality of the same produce when it is out of season for anyone who posted a poor review. Since my children were little the great displayed produce helped them find new and interesting fruit and veggies to eat. Many times they see a new seasonal item and tried it. Cross Island is a great family run business by owner Joe who is always watching over the quality. The staff on the aisles recognizes customers and is always helpful. The butcher and seafood are top notch and beat any poor factory style meat from the big corporate chains. Shop local and support your community by sharing this great gem in Lynbrook. They have helped me raise a healthy family for years.
Cross Island offers high quality food, with an emphasis on Italian food products, at reasonable prices. The specialty stores within the main store make for a unique and richer variety of offerings.
I was just verbally assaulted and threatened by a Cross Island employee because I pulled into a parking spot to get out of the way of a tractor trailer. It was terrifying/ he threatened to kill me if I entered the store( I was going to the Pizzeria) Still shaking.
Good fruit and produce. The name does not lie. They focus on the fruit. Go here for the produce and the specialty stores within the store. Not necessarily the best if you want to do normal grocery shopping.Also they hire a lot of young kids to work here and don't be afraid to interrupt their conversations if you need to check out. They're just social but not unwilling to help you out.Ambiance might be described as old school. I almost feel like the floors should still be covered with sawdust.Also they have a bunch of weird stuff like everything you need to make your own wine. Look up for that.
I go to this store weekly with my *disabled uncle* and have noticed the young girls working as cashiers have a very condescending energy. This is definitely not all of them but I"ll be blunt-- the young white girls carry themselves with a sense of entitlement.They have felt comfortable speaking to my uncle like he is less than smart and can't do simple things. Instead of just guiding him if he doesn't know where to place the card for "Tap to Pay" or helping pack the bags, he will be stared at as if these girls are 9 and have never seen a disabled person before. These girls make the overall experience of shopping here less than satisfying because the most "fresh" thing on my mind when leaving is the experience with the cashiers. I never have these condescending encounters with the *one black cashier* or the POC helping us check out which makes the girls I'm referring to stick out like a very, very sore thumb. I'm very particular when I go with him about which cashiers we choose based on their overall cadence. I wish I could say this only happened once but I'd be lying. I'm honestly sick of the gum-chewing, neck-rolling prima donnas. They need some sort of training for them on how to treat people who may seem 'different' as human beings. It's disgusting. Or they should have some sort of repercussions when the customers' experience has been unpleasant. This makes me question the managers and how they're choosing who works here.This has simply been my experience shopping here. For me, choosing a place to shop doesn't just have to do with their products, it has to do with the character of the employees. My hope is that if these girls ever have a disabled child of their own that this world doesn't treat them the way they've chosen to treat or look at my uncle.(On a lighter note, there is one cashier who works at one of the registers furthest from the front door, she has a loud voice that makes her stand out and always greets us with a smile. I've loved every encounter we've had with her. She's so helpful and has very humble energy about her. When I do return to Cross Island, I'll always look for her! I wish she was there every time we go shopping.)
Today is Sunday June 25th 2023 at 104 p.m. my mom and aunt Evelyn are fascinated with this particular Deli Fruit Stand in Malvern they only went here because my uncle used to own a salon in Malvern called hair razors and everyone knew him in the community and my uncle always bragged about the quality of the goods in this establishment this is not the first incident we've had with this place and the past my mother has purchased merchandise that they liquidate at the register at below wholesale pricing and your understanding that the merchandise is half rotten that they're selling it rather than just throwing it in the garbage should be a red flag right there which is pretty scary but other times upon purchasing roast beef cheese bread or pasta they were slight imperfections which were overlooked because to be quite honest the quality seems no different than most other delis grocery stores pricing was really or relatively the same that you would purchase at any local butcher even though the pasta section or the meat section are all departmentalized and this establishment doesn't recognize fault within each section considering that they're all privately owned to that individual running it so the deli takes no fault but having worked today and looking forward to my mom's amazing sauce to open up these beautiful ravioli to find that they are moldy and old was a severe smack in my face because now I'm aggravated and I drove my mom and my aunt crazy comma so crazy that they drove back to the store right now and let's not forget we're 35 miles from this place and with gas prices the way they are and it's over 100° outside today normal people wouldn't put up with this stupidity I would just call an attorney and sue their asses but my mother and my aunt are noble and kind people.I told them not to waste their time because people that run a business this way could really care less if they lose one Patron or another my family and I have run several businesses successfully for more than five decades and I'm a stickler when it comes to Quality Control I have fired hundreds of people and have been sued many times by disgruntled employees luckily for me everything in my business is are documented using video and I pride myself in the customer is always right and I know for a fact how people like to embellish the truth especially working with most women in my staff who have no idea the videos tell you everything especially the ones who are particularly friendlier with you that speak of praying for family members and sending holiday cards are the first ones to stick the knife in your back and twist it period I have a very good heart and my mother is a Downing and loyal wife friend sister and niece cousin and go out of her way for anyone I'm disgusted because instead of sitting down enjoying some Vino and my favorite ravioli in the world I'm going to have to throw a steak on the barbecue and make a veal and meatball sandwich for lunch tomorrow with leftovers if you find this review amusing I don't know whether I should be proud of it or not I personally would not want to read a review on any of my businesses such as I'm writing .I will save this to the management get your s*** together and put people that you trust running your business because you won't have one very soon if you continue running it into the ground as you have been and one more thing I noticed that this is in a Jewish community this business and most Jewish people dine out and aren't too familiar with cooking and quality but you can bet your butt that they have staff members working for them in their household who do know the difference between fresh and rotten and people that you would normally depend on I don't doubt that you'll do the right thing with my mother and my aunt when they return the ravioli but I hope this is a lesson that you learn to instill some form of pride and the people that you employ that they would be honest enough to tell you if something were under the q
Don't buy plants from them. Sold me half dead basket( wrapper was still on) When I returned, very very nasty worker called me a liar and didn't want to let me return it. Never again. Don't have pics left half dead flowers at store.
The prices are pretty good and the selection is good, with good fruit - not great fruit. If you're okay with 'okay" quality, and rude cashiers, this is the place for you. The meat section is excellent, however, with different ownership and management than the front. The store also contains a fish stall, a deli stall and I can't speak to their quality as I prefer the higher quality at Malverne Deli, just up the road, which is where you go if you want excellent quality food.
Great local place to grocery shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and seafood.
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I'm going to let my photo speak for itself. Here's the meat I bought there. Brought it back with the receipt, and was told, essentially, to get lost. Disgusting meat, disgusting service.
I simply can't say enough good about this place. We love the selection, the quality and the prices.Their produce quality is at the top. Better than your average grocer, and probably on par with premium shops - which are going to charge 2x the price.Speaking of prices, remember just a few years ago before inflation hit, what food bills were like? Walking out of Cross Island I am still amazed at how I can get a weeks worth of veggies for half what the local grocer would cost.The back half of the shop has more standard grocery items and they are, more or less, regular prices. But they have items you will not get in regular stores. They have a good number of items I thought were long gone, like Manhattan Special, an espresso/coffee flavored soda from back around 1900! And many other gems from the past, or other locals.The also have a meat section and fish etc. The prices may not be quite as good as the veggies, but the quality seems fine or maybe better than most.
Great bar
Great local store with helpful associates. The butcher dept is great!! Best sirloin burgers and chicken cutlets. Competitive pricing.
Great Italian deli counter. Good service and product. Reliable fresh Mozzarella. Plenty of real dried sausage.