Cosentino’s Market

My husband went to go pick up my favorite Birthday cake, «Turtle Cake». We did not realize it was Closed :(
Seriously going to miss this place. The bakery was awesome and I would come across town for their cakes and pastries. They were closed in Silver Creek but had to start coming back to the Bascom location. Where am I going to go now. Lunardi’s is okay. nothing will be able to replace Cosentino’s.

Since my last review on Cosentino’s Market, my fiancé had turned into my husband, and we purchased a house near Cosentino’s, and walked to Cosentino’s to shop, at least once a week.
It was sad to shop here today for the last time. Not only seeing the empty shelves made us sad, but also seeing the owners and people who worked there for the last time… it was just too much. We had nothing but a great shopping experience here, and it is truly disappointing to see them go.
We’ll miss you, Consentino’s!

I’m so sad that today is their last day.
I work only a minutes away so I would often come here to grab hot lunch. And I know I must have gained some lbs eating their yummy cupcakes and cookies.
In the last few days, I made a couple visits to score some discounted items. I went directly to the bakery! 59 cent red velvet cupcakes! I bought a dozen. Lol, I’m a fattie.
Where am I supposed to go now to satisfy my humongous sweet tooth?

I’ll be sad to see this place go — their produce section is always filled with fresh, interesting, (and many times) local fruits and veggies that I just can’t seem to get anywhere else. Their meat counter is fantastic, the cheese selection is unbelievable, and let’s not forget the dessert case. Holy moly!
I heard the new owners are going to put in a «high-​end, yuppie-​fied» grocery store? Methinks no. Instead, they should put up an Empire State Building-​sized statue of Ronald McDonald.
Why?
Because the shoes this new place is going to have to fill are *that* big.

It’s sad that it took hearing that this place was closing for me to remember that I’d been meaning to review it for over a year now.
This is the best little neighborhood market that you can get. It’s specialty rather than your big local supermarket, and they carry a lot of little fabulous things that make shopping here fun.
They have a bomb fresh pasta area, including La Villa’s raviolis… and a great cheese section. Huge bakery section, fresh deli area with things like twice baked potatoes and pasta salads for your impromptu dinner.
But our favorite thing here and what we will miss the most is their meat selection. Local and organic meats available here. At Thanksgiving they even had great deals on local turkeys. Amazing marinades and rubbed meats are simply awesome. I spent many a Sunday afternoon in line here over the last 2 years debating what to get for the grill. I think you can even buy the marinades solo, which is what I plan to do since they are going out of business after 63 years and I already feel the pangs of BBQ withdrawal.
Everything is 25% off and I am sure it will only get more steeply discounted as they get closer to closing– I believe that an organic market is going to take their place. Having something specialty nearby is still a wonderful thing, but I will really miss the personality and flair of Cosentinos. Thanks for being a great neighborhood friend.

Say it ain’t so, Cosentino brothers! You’re closing the doors this Feb. Besides feeling bad for the 80 or so neighborhood grocers, I will miss the deli section. OK, it’s been a boutique-​eey supermarket, but the produce is fresh, and product line good. I will miss stopping by your deli counter on the way home to get freshly made fried chicken, pulled pork, or my fave, chili verde, when there’s no time to cook (which is most of the time). I’ll not miss the line-​up at the deli counter when there’s customer number 42 and I’m customer number 43 and he just ordered ALL of the fried chicken behind the glass. Some people just don’t want to cook, oh wait, that’s me.
We’ll miss you.

I’ve come here before for cakes since their bakery is just straight out the bomb! They have plenty of choices for cakes and their prices are reasonable. However, what has made them even more awesome was their meat department. I ordered a bone-​in rib roast for my family Christmas meal and when I arrived here on the day before Christmas Eve, holy crap, the place was entirely apesh*t. There were like 20 people ahead of me in line to get an order. However, the store had a ton of people behind the counter and I got out within a reasonable 30 minutes of time.
The rib roast was excellent and at $ 9/​lb, an excellent price for high quality meat! I’ll definitely bring my biz here in the future.

Another five star review. Woot, I’m on a roll!
This is a great store. It’s my go-​to when i can’t make it to the Campbell Farmer’s Market on Sundays. The fruits and vegetables here are of very good quality. The prices are a bit high, but at least you know that you’re getting quality stuff.
Their meat and deli department is leagues above Safeway or Lucky’s. And the store itself is less hectic and friendlier.

Like this place a lot! It’s family owned and everyone there is decent with you. Shit people even help me out with a smile and don’t give me the stink eye «Are you an ex-​con» look.
There meat department is awesome!!! Fresh and fresh, am spoiled now and don’t want to buy it from anywhere else.
Have a lot of specialty stuff in the store to. Lot of drinks you can’t find anywhere else and if your looking for a certain ingredient for a dish or it calls out for something and Safeway and Lucky’s don’t have it chances are Cosentino’s does.
P. S. Do not hit the bakery you will buy everything and have diabetes by the time you get home

BERRIES AND CREAM! hands down is the best berries cake I have ever had! My family loves it too! My mom bought it for me for my high school graduation back in 2003 and my family fell in love with this cake its make an appearance at just about every gathering. TRY this cake out! I wish I had a photo of it.

I visit often for their meat, deli, produce and bakery just a mile from my home in LG. Everything else is way overpriced so I avoid the middle aisles with canned goods and cleaning supplies. They have frequent coupons so those deals are very good — $ 5 off Colavita olive oil which I have used for decades.
Their meat /​deli counter is high but not any worse than Whole Foods and the quality is very, very good. The butchers are very friendly.
The produce section has things only found at a farmer’s market and is excellent quality. I buy what is on sale and augment my remaining produce before I can hit the Saratoga FM on Saturday.

On the pricey side but what a great selection of good food.
If you need something better than a Safeway and you don’t want to drive to Whole Foods, or maybe you want to support a more local market, then this is the spot.
Great produce, I had some very tasty watermelon from them which helped me deal with the 88f weather here.

This nifty little find in the middle of San Jose can be pricey but well worth the drive. I was on the search for something similar to Roberts’ Market in the area to find some great marinates for a BBQ I was having later when my Unilocaling stumbled across Cosentino’s. What a surprise that I’ve passed this place so many times without knowing what was in here!
Everything here is intricately labeled and slightly pricier than even your local whole foods, but they have some unique selections I would have never found elsewhere. They had some of the most delicious looking ahi tuna steaks! They also have a huge selection of marinated meats from pork loins to bloody mary marinated beef tri-​tip to choose from.
They also have a huge variety of handmade pasta (as noted by Connie) and a large baked goods section as well as a great cheese selection. I can’t wait to come back to create my next gourmet dinner!

My Ratings:
Quantity: 5 — enormous
Quality: 5 — awesome
Price: 5 — affordable
Location: 4 — wish they have more locations
Parking: 4 — lots of spaces
Service: 4 — nice people
Speed: 4 — quick
My Recommendation (s): Strawberry Champayne Cake
My Opinion/​Story:
The store is pretty clean and neat but I don’t buy my groceries there. I only come here for their cakes. The bakery always smells so good and the service is good. They always have my cake ready by the time I get there.

Staff here are extremely friendly, always willing to help. I love going to the butcher’s station (meat section). They have pre-​marinated steaks, chicken, seafood.
This place is clean and neat. Great selection of wine if you can’t stop by your nearest BevMo. Some unfamiliar things to me, but I know if I keep watching that italian chick on foodnetwork, I’ll have to go here to find some ingredients.
You have to stop by the bakery section when you get in there. I love getting the Strawberry Champagne cake. It is pretty and yummy. Better than buying a regular strawberry cake. Strawberries are whole and fresh!

This place is da bom. I used to live about two blocks away, and still make the drive to shop here occasionally. Clean. Exceptional quality veggies. Great butcher. Great wine selection. They stock Grolsch. Hard to find items are not only readily available, but usually with multiple brands.
da bom. Go. Shop. Eat, drink, and be merry.

We dropped by Consentino’s this weekend for king cake, that yummy Mardi gras coffee cake that appears once a year with purple, green, and yellow sugar sprinkles after an internet search on finding places that make it in the bay area. Our first time to the market, seemed really friendly and a nice neighborhood market feel.
I just had my first slice… and it’s as good as I remember having it growing up in New Orleans/​Mississippi… So yummy!

The World According to Noelle
~Allergic Girl’s Guide to Life~
Issue 297
Seriously, one of my favorite local markets. Fresh fruits and vegetables, excellent meat department, quaint deli and bakery area, wonderful selection of frozen pastas. I also noticed they have a decent selection of Manischewitz products and sell Shabbat candles as well. I picked up some ravioli, garlic bread and black and white cookies. Will cook the ravioli and garlic bread tomorrow. The black and white cookies were out of this world delicious and authentic (when I have the time I normally bake my own black and white cookies). Customers were talking with each other and the customer service was authentic and extremely kind and friendly.
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Excellent selection of– EVERYTHING =)
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Cosentino’s has been down the street from me for years now, but I only discovered their delicious deli a few months ago! They have every variety of meat to choose from, freshly sliced at their deli and weighed when you order your sandwich. They give you plentiful helpings of meat on a variety of breads (including dutch crunch!), with your optional choice of freshly sliced cheese. Their deli has an amazing selection: at least 15+ types of salami, every cured meat you can think of, and numerous bricks of exotic cheeses. Last time I was there, there was a guy from Pennsylvania who says that he can only find this one meat from his home state at Cosentino’s.
All this for $ 4-​$ 6 a sandwich, depending on the meat and/​or cheese you choose. Why go to Subway for a $ 5 foot-​long when you can go to Cosentino’s Market for such higher quality sandwiches at the same price?

Um. why have I never been here? I always just go to Luckys on Camden instead and what a mistake I’ve been making. I stopped here yesterday and WOW this place is great. The bakery is just AMAZING i couldn’t believe it. The deli & meat counter is great and the guys at the meat counter were extremely nice and helpful. Excellent produce. Overall this place was just great, a step above lucky’s for sure. I only came in to get 2 things and left with about 20.
The cakes look amazing, I’m definitely going to be getting my cakes here from now on. Their rice krispy treats are SO GOOD.
I will definitely be coming back!