Love it here! My daughters’s wedding vendor was cancelled last minute and the employee was a wonderful help to me. He helped me reach many ingredients and find everything under a time crunch. The meal turned out delicious and you could taste the quality. I will never shop anywhere but earthfare from this day on.

I was pleasantly surprised at the prepared foods. I had the pork, collards, and also bought a rotisserie chicken and fresh-made guacamole from the deli case. Everything was fresh, delicious, nicely seasoned, not loaded with salt like lots of places do. The chicken fell off the bone, not dry and chewy like lots of rotisserie. The guacamole was perfectly flavored, although the packaging was messy, it was the best I’ve had in a long time. Whoever does the cooking knows what they’re doing, although the food looked a little sad, but it was Saturday afternoon and probably had been prepared earlier. I’m glad I didn’t let that put me off. They said they were short-staffed today. Gotta give credit to folks coming to work now, and give businesses a break coming out of Covid. We stopped by to put together a picnic to take hiking. Excellent selection throughout the store, including lots of vegan options, too. Will definitely return!

I try to always stop by Earth Fare whenever I am in Boone. As a frequent Whole Foods shopper, I can say that Earth Fare is extremely similar in terms of product offerings and prices. I like visiting this Earth Fare because it is much more serene and quiet in atmosphere—whereas Whole Foods stores can oftentimes feel a bit busy and chaotic. A must visit for anyone into organic grocery options!

Overpriced. If youre a chef, awesome, if youre rich, awesome, but, if youre living on a budget? And youre on EBT? Well, avoid the salad bar all together! Why? theyll expect you to pay in cash or on credit for, yes, ladies & gentlemen, on a *COLD BAR* item! Theres expensive fun snacks and drinks, sure, maybe even BOGO deals every once and a blue moon, but, more than likely youre in a long line, and Theres one cashier, two if youre lucky, but, never the maximum. You would think with all the college students within walking distance it wouldnt be an issue. I will slightly redeem them with one thing, however, Thai Curry Mock Chicken Salad.. yes, Vegan, and youll be wishing you had bought more. The problem? I have been shopping here for over ten years and have found it only ONCE! The regular chicken salad is done also in the Thai Curry style, though? What gives? Why cant the one product Im absolutely *IN LOVE* with stay on the shelves consistently?

I usually have good service at the Boone Earthfare. Yesterday, I was looking for chicken scolapini which I have bought from the deli on numerous occasions. When I asked the clerk if it was available, she said that she had never heard of it and proceeded to tell me that I really didn’t know what I was talking about. She is NOTa good representative of Earthfare. Rude and condescending.

The meat we purchased from here was really good! We decided to check this place out as we’ve never been. The customer service wasn’t good though the staff isn’t friendly at all.

Great selection, good prices and always friendly staff!

I like the store the staff are usually very friendly and helpful and there are several organic and vegetarian options. However, I am a bit disappointed in higher management as I emailed with an issue and never received any response.

We always hit up Earth Fare when we stay in Boone. It has a Whole Foods vibe. Lots of organic, gluten free, vegan, food choices. They have a health food section with supplements, homeopathic remedies and more. Beautiful floral bouquets too. I purchased a really beautiful African reusable hand basket from here as well.

Greatest Earth Fare of all time! Every Staff member that works here is kind and knows polite manners! The staff at the food market are very helpful and generous. They allowed me to get 2 Yummy Vegetarian Food items in 1 Container. Leaving this Earth Fare I feel bad for dropping a cheese sample and not being able to find it to trash it, but as I turn around one of the staff saw it and trashed it for me. I have many great things to say about this place, for sure will go back again!

Earthfare cares about the safety of its employees and customers. They take the virus seriously, sanitize everything, and enforce health policies. i love thé sélection and attention to detail. The hot bar is typically amazing, i get it every week. Florals are fun, and lots of dedication to health!

The service here was so bad I wanted to share my experience. This was my second experience in an Earthfare and I am coming from out of town looking for healthy options. For starters, my partner and I were never greeted at the door nor at the register both times. The customer service was SO BAD that both the cashier with the manager Lisa rang up our groceries and made NO eye contact or even greeted us. That type of energy in a place like this, gave toxic vibes and made us feel extremely overwhelmed, unwelcome, and uncomfortable to say the least. The staff both times bombarded my partner and I asking us to take there masks when we both had our faces covered with scarves over our masks. We kindly shared and showed our masks and the lady just stood there for 10 secs looking at us like “ uhhhh that’s not good enough” then she said ok and walked away. Then we saw some of the staff follow us all around the store. This is a terrible experience and I plan on not returning ANYTIME SOON. Lisa the manager bagged our groceries and never said have a good day or take care and after done bagging our groceries leaned against the cashier and folded her hands as we said goodbye and walked away. This makes me think this is why all the Earthfares probably went out of business. My truth note to this earth fare is,please kindly work on your customer service and let people have the right to choose there choices whether you agree with them or not. We are all working on being safe so have some faith.

Thanks 1,000,000x for reopening the Boone NC store yo!! I was there when yall opened the first time and will definitely be back for this time too! Its weird how depressed we were when earthfare closed. It was like we lost a shipmate to sea.

This business used to be a pleasant small town grocery store I could walk into, be greeted and have a great shopping experience. Since closing and reopening its like earthfare forgot what being a grocery store in a small town means. When you walk in the door the college kids meant to greet you are hunched over the grocery carts with a look of absolute boredom on their faces. They force out a welcome to earthfare and dont make eye contact with you. As you browse the store not a single employee, management or not, will greet, speak or offer assistance aside from one out spoken kid at the meat counter and to top of off when approaching the cash registers to check out the employees are often on their phones or conversing amongst themselves completely ignoring you.This is not a grocery store experience, it feels like walking into a college dorm room. The management of this place is a joke and needs to be replaced.

This is a decent shopping venue with a vast suite of natural and organic products. Food at the deli is fresh and flavorful. Groceries also tend to be good quality, albeit overpriced. Ive found much better local options for my natural/organic groceries when it comes to quality vs. price, so I dont find myself frequenting Earth Fare much anymore. They do have some decent sales on wine and beer from time to time, so I would recommend that you check them out for their adult beverage selection. If prices werent so unjustifiably steep, Id recommend this venue a bit more.

Excellent customer service. Always clean. And they are killing it with social distancing, masks, and clean carts!!!

Thats way you coudnt stay open the first time,, your prices,,I mean come on.Harris teeter has some of the same stuff, way cheaper and walmart is to. You need to have the same prices to have a chance.

So upset that Earthfare is closing. This was a wonderful place to buy good food and we could trust it too. We are devastated here in Boone that we won’t have a healthy grocery store here now. This was also a meeting place everyday for the elderly to meet and eat lunch together. It’s like having a death in the family. Just can’t believe this horrible news!

I love it and am so grateful it is here. Friendly ambience, top grade produce and products, a wide variety of herbs and supplements. The eatery happily reminds me of Berkeley, actually the ambience reminds me of wonderful Berkeley. Being like Berkeley is a very high recommendation, and Earth Fare meets it. I love eating there, and am confident in the quality of the delicious foods. People working there and shopping there seem to usually be more health conscious, and Earth Fare promotes this, as well as community building and consciousness. THANK YOU EARTH FARE!!!

I visit Boone almost once a year now. Lucky me. I love Boone. And I am glad I found this health food store. I have to watch what I eat because I have acid re-flux issues my whole life.. This place has a great selection of healthy foods and products. I love that you can try some things. There is a hot fresh bar to eat there, I tried the pizza, it was amazing! And they have a Tomato Club for frequent shoppers. I always go there and get groceries when I visit Boone, NC!

Clean, beautiful, friendly, helpful staff and lots of organic produce, including local.

This place is very cool and to just have a stroll around. If you didnt come in for anything you will leave with everything if you stay long enough. This is not your avg store... This is heaven for those that want natural, great tasting/useful items. If I could afford to buy it all and just walk out there wouldnt be anything left. There is a use for it all and you need it! Go buy you some stuff!

They have a great selection of fruits and veggies. They have good prices. I can get a lot of gluten free foods here. The staff is friendly and helpful.

This store for the last few months has been steadily declining. I went in this morning, the shelves are full of missing stock, no roasted chicken, the kombucha case was nearly empty, the employees seem stressed, I smiled and nodded to a couple of them and both just ignored me. prices are increasing, I bought a three pk. of crisps and they were not cooked. $5.98 down the drain. last week I had to throw away 4 nectarines, they were mealy and pithy. Just not up to the standards I had come to expect.

Whats not to love? The staff is amazing friendly and courteous. The prices are incredible ( compared to trader joes and whole foods ) and they are one of the things I love about coming to Boone! Love this place!

Good selection and great standards. The bulk bins are great, especially if you go to stock up on staples like rice, beans, flours. Not a bad salad bar either!

I bought a boneless leg of lamb here on Christmas Eve to cook for Christmas dinner. When I opened up the cryovac package to begin cooking I realized the meat was rancid, and we had to make due with leftovers for Christmas dinner. It was quite disappointing.When I called the store to let them know they didn’t even apologize, or seem the slightest bit concerned. I’d expect a little more from this type of store.

WOW, THE RUDEST Customer Service Manager. We have supported Boone Earthfare when the thought they were going to close, as a local business and customer since day one of them opening their doors, at 10:00pm 11/20/19 l will NEVER EVER shop at this store again. Manager under customer service for thanksgiving “met their quota” on thanksgiving dinners so no alternative no thinking outside the box and just total rudeness and she spoke for MANDY the store manager that we are out of luck on thanksgiving and also HUNG UP after pointing out that my call was now after 10pm...NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS HOW RUDE and UNKIND and disrespectful this woman was to my sincerest request asking if there was anything any suggestion - SO MANDY if l were the store manager, this would be the LAST person l would EVER HIRE OR ALLOW TO INTERACT WITH A CUSTOMER. We had had to had spent with business and as individuals, at least 15,000 per year times the number of years since Earthfare opened in Boone. I am definitely contacting corporate and WILL NEVER EVER SPEND ANOTHER DIME...

Consistently great!

This is the Earth Fair that I judge all other Earth Fairs by. It is still my favorite and I think that it is the best. I was passing through Boone and just had to stop for old time sake.I wish the one in Greensboro was 1/10th as cool but alas it is not. Oh well cant have everything.

Do you know I would like to reserve a Thanksgiving meal at EF but lately the service in the hot food department has been terrible!!Yesterday was chicken pot pie day and they were out of them by 5:30 PM. Seriously how many did they make, 4? How many working people do you know can get to the store before 5:30? Asked if they were making more and clerk said he didnt think so. So I opted for the soup only to find out there was barely 2 servings left. Everything on the hot bar was scorched from sitting under the lamps for who knows how long.This has also happened twice with the roasted chicken night special.We used to get the dinner and 2 sides special with the bbq chicken but every time we went it was almost undercooked and rubbery. We would take it home a cook longer.Its is a disappointing that the quality of ingredients going into this food is far better than nearby competitors, that much of it must be discarded due to lack of freshness, and that the business is losing money when they dont have items that are advertised.When there were no pot pies and no soup yesterday, I just parked my buggy with all of its contents and walked out without purchasing anything. I chose to go to another store and get my items.This needs some serious attention by the management.

Gets the job done. The managers and employees here are top notch, best Ive ever seen. Just like always shop around see what prices are best not everything at a specialty store is going to be the most expensive. Im glad they are in Boone.

I just love their Tomato Patch Program. This store is wonderfully fill with hard to find orangic products while giving a country store feel. Its just perfect.

Ate from the hot bar and salad bar but must have arrived late because the selection was limited. Found all the things I went there for. The bathroom was clean and the staff is very nice and friendly.

I cant say much about the groceries, but the hot bar/deli is the best place to grab lunch in Boone. Only ever had one bad thing there, and that was Brussels sprouts, and theyre not known for being delicious in the first place, so

Good selection of natural and organic foods. A little pricey, but I always find what I’m looking for.

There are some things I wont get anywhere else, and other things that are much cheaper elsewhere. They do have some great weekly specials that are worth the trip.

Older building. Great lunches! Wide variety of fresh meals/pizza/soup/salads at lunch!!Great soaps!Much more expensive though.

The food was really good. They even allowed me to try free samples in the hot bar area. Juice bar was delicious and staff very friendly.

WE LOVE EARTH FARE, and like Forrest Gump Thats all weve got to say about that. OK, not really, the healthy philosophy, selection of great organic and natural products, fair prices, friendly service all make this a must try destination in Boone. And the little restaurant in there is a real find. For us locals, its a favorite.

Overpriced garbage. Rude employees. Terrible atmosphere

Way over priced. Staff was unfriendly at best, throwing footballs around the isles. I explained it was my first time at the store to cashier and he guilt tripped me about the grocery bag thing, then tossed my goods at me and sarcastically said have a nice day. Guess I am not hip enough to buy your over priced stuff. I wont be back!

Very rude service here..

The new manager is wonderful! It is a much more pleasant shopping experience now. Thank you!

Earth Fare has reopened its Boone store. As of July 6th 2020 the store is once again opened .

I am usually a fan of Earth Fare and as a student this place is great to get healthy food options. As a non student they do lack some of the niceties that other versions have and the produce could use some work.

Expensive and often less than well organized. The place does have some items that are hard to find elsewhere in Boone. However, several sections are often in disarray such as the bulk spices. Prices for items that can be found in standard supermarkets are often %50 more expensive.

Excellent food quality and some of the best fresh produce Ive seen, but watch what you buy. Some products I know are sold elsewhere for much less, and are identical.

I love the Earth Fare in Boone! Its wonderful to have a healthy grocery store so accessible while in the mountains.

Largest selection of organic foods in area. But consistently the deli is dirty and customer service non existent. All other Earth Fares I shop are ten times this one. Maybe bc college students working with lack of experience.

Some things I can only get here so I go. VERY, VERY Expensive if you dont buy what is on sale. Do not buy produce here unless you dont mind spending 4 times what you do at WalMart. Bought shrimp and it smelled up my house the next day. I have been overcharged many a time by new employees here. Once even doubled a chicken charge of 43$ because it was placed in two packages and just had a sticker on one because it was weighed together. .. And I told the guy that before he rung it up and he still did it wrong. and half an hour to get it straightened out!. Fresh peanut butter and nuts in bulk, and I am now out of the store.

Really great market. Everything looked high quality and the staff was really nice.

A bit pricey but has a great produce selection

Ive encountered several issues with this Earth Fare from items being marked the wrong price to the store packing up the meat/deli department hours earlier than the store closing. Im also getting very tired of employees begging me to get a Tomato Card. They better be scared when Publix opens.

Went here because its the only grocery store downtown. The cheapest loaf of bread was 4.99 and a 1.5 cup of shredded cheese was 4.49. I guess if you have nothing better to do with your money this grocery store is for you.

Great, healthy food. I go there every other day for their vast selection of fresh produce

They have a lot of healthy food at a very reasonable price and they have some food that you cant get anywhere else it is definitely worth a look as a place to shop as an alternative to the big stores

Our choice for healthy, organic options. Great service. Highly recommended.

This Earth Fare drives me crazy!!! I get a smoothie there 3-4 times a week and their blender has been broken for 2 weeks now! I find that ridiculous. All they need is the glass/plastic container you mix the contents in. Maybe it would be good to have a backup. I also find their prepared food department a little disgusting. This guy was making my sandwich the other day and he had more hair then a gorilla. I know that his hair was in my food for sure! I really hate going there.

Very clean and tidy, staff is helpful. Great organic selection, as well as things you wouldnt find many places

Clean but expensive store. I only go here for a few items I cant find anywhere else and to refill my soap.

This Earth Fare doesnt compare with the one in Asheville. The quality of the meat is patchy - dont buy it unless you are going to eat it that day or the next! They put old meat out regularly. When they discontinued one of my favorite items, they told me I would have to order a case of it!!! And yes - it is completely overpriced. The cashiers are friendly, but the managment team are not and the people working at the deli counter seem pretty inept. I wish we had more options. I wouldnt shop here if there were a Trader Joes. As it is, we only get a select few items here and more and more Im seeking ways to purchase these online so I dont have to support this place.

Best earth fare Ive been to so far :)

They have good food, fresh, but the prices are a little bit high.

The store has a nice selection but is not user friendly. Aisles are narrow. Every time I stopped to look at an item I seemed to be in someones way. Displays add to the crowded aisles.

Good selection, you know youll be getting quality food. Price is a bit higher than expected but it is worth it if you know what to look for.

Great selection and high prices...Lowes Food is better...

So glad they supply Homestead Creamery milk! Great store!

Very helpful full service meat department.

Like a super market blended with a whole foods, with prices more like a super market. Lots of fresh produce, meats, cooked foods, supplements and frozen foods.

I always have trouble redeeming discount coupons

Good stuf ok prices

All organic. Great pizza

Good, quality products with friendly service.

Wayy overpriced and too crowded/not enough parking as boone pharmacy is next door!

Reopens on July 6, 2020.

Convenient location, basically is on campus.

We always like to stop here for groceries on our stays in the Boone/Blowing Rock area

I LOVE the store and the selection although it is very expensive.

To expensive, poorly trained staff.Hot food bar had cold food chicken was dry and tough.Staff working in Deli ignored me.

I wish we had one in my home town

Great grocery!

Pretty standard Earth Fare....

A bit pricey

The best vegetarian and vegan options variety in products! I was surprised with everything they have!