Capitol Hill Supermarket

Their deli is excellent. I especially like the hot roast beef jalapeño. The market itself has all of the essentials, and while it might be a little bit pricer than a chain supermarket, it’s super convenient if you live in the area and all of the people who work there are very friendly.

Very conveniently located if you live over by Union Station. Not a wide variety of groceries but has the essentials. It is open until 10 PM Monday-​Saturday and closes at 8 PM on Sundays. The prices are significantly higher here than at Giant but that is the price you pay for convenience. I recommend their deli sandwiches which you can find in the cheese section for around $ 7 each. Also, if you are into avocados like I am, you will never fail to find a ripe one here. but for the price of $ 3!

I go there for lunch often. They have the best egg salad ever! Their sandwiches are always fresh and fresh ingredients:)

Capitol Hill Supermarket goes above and beyond a typical corner market. You won’t be getting gourmet items here, but there’s a huge variety and if you need basics (both for food and household supplies), this is the place to come (or ice cream. or wine. or cookies). Now, it’s priced at convenience store prices, but you can’t beat the location and offerings.

I am basing the rating entirely on the deli (it is superior to anything around, including Subway, Bagels and Baguettes, Café Bliss, Georgetown Market)
The sandwiches are always fresh, they have a very wide variety and do not skimp on the meat, avocado, etc. The soups are pretty good as well.
It gets a little crowded at during lunch (because it’s so good), but it is definitely worth a try.

Visit the «Sandwich Artist» at the deli and try the Anita Chicken. This sandwich is legendary at our office down the street. Trust us!

The deli sandwiches are fresh and fairly priced. There are several vegetarian options that are well composed. Breakfast sandwiches are made microwaving eggs, but are not terrible.
The selection in the grocery department is excellent. You get a feeling that they have everything you could want: Wine, beer, good cheese selection, decent frozen meal selection.
However, I am subtracting 2 stars for the grocery prices. I understand this place is a small market and while I don’t know the wholesale price breakdown, I can’t imagine that with their current prices, they are moving any decent amount of groceries. I have on numerous occasions wanted to go shopping before going home (I work in a building nearby and walk to Union Station for my commute). But once I look at the $ 1 to $ 1.50 «surcharge» I don’t buy a thing. It’s just too much. I’m not asking for bargain prices, but just something reasonable. I think that the market will quickly find that it is able to make money on volume (people actually buying items), if they reduce their prices by a bit.

We live in the neighborhood. The market is convenient for when running out of things or picking something up at the last minute. My greatest praise is how they stay open during the worst snowstorms. We’ve been snowed in, trudged through 2 feet of snow, and found it open. When the car was snowed in for a week, we relied on the shop — we joked that you could live on just what they sell, and you could, though they don’t have most of the things you’ll find in a big supermarket. Prices seem higher than you’ll pay in a big supermarket, but they’re close in so happy to pay for that convenience.

There is NO REASON for those kinds of prices! $ 5 jar of peanut butter? Come ON!

having worked in the capitol hill area for the past four years, i’ve known that capitol hill supermarket has been on that corner the whole time and never really thought about walking in. but i’m glad that some of my fellow hill staffers brought me over to enjoy a sandwich from their market deli.
while waiting for my pastrami panini, i did take a quick glance around the market… which really seemed more of an awesome convenience store than a supermarket. but it is large and there is a robust selection of random items. but back to the point of my trip… lunch. the sandwich was solid. pastrami was nicely cured and the mustard was stone ground, everything i love about a good deli sandwich. now that i’ve tried it, this little deli is now very much a viable off-​campus lunch option.

Pleasantly surprised with the HUGE wine selection! I even found an Oregon Pinot Gris. I’ll pay for convenience when they have a good selection. Kudos Capitol Hill Supermarket!

Great neighborhood convenience store. As other reviewers have said, the selection is really great; I constantly find myself surprised by products I find there. My only complaints are the prices, which are higher than the supermarket, but you’re paying a price for convenience, and the salads they make at the deli there. The sandwiches are delicious, but I once made the mistake of ordering a salad and was extremely disappointed. Regardless, I am so thankful that this wonderful store is walking distance from my apartment. I don’t know what I’d do without it!

I love this place. The selection is great, everything is fresh, and the service is very fast and polite.

They will always charge you for a bag. And everything is very expensive. But they have a good mix of basic necessities — like milk, cream cheese, fruit, etc — and some more obscure but no less important items like nutella, and pickles of all sorts.
The place is open 7 days a week usually until 9 pm.
Very handy. I have never tried their sandwiches so can’t vouch for them.

This place really knows how to utilize their space. It’s not a big place by any means, but they have a surprisingly large amount of grocery items. In addition to the standard convenience store boxed goods and sundries, they have a pretty good selection of produce and meat.
My roommates who don’t really cook are able to rely on this place for all their shopping. They even have dog food!
They also have really good made to order sandwiches. Much better than the subway down the street.

I used to call this the «Opportunistic Grocery Store.» It was the only grocery store within a quick walking distance from my house, and they must have known it because everything cost $ 0.50 to $ 1.00 more than in the supermarket. I get that it is a small business, their costs are higher, and they have to make ends meet. And you know, I can recall several times when I was in the kitchen in full swing and then, «Baking fail! I can’t believe I forgot the paper cupcake cups!» They saved me and had me back home in about 10 minutes.

My friends and I refer to the Capitol Hill Supermarket as our local «Target» because, I swear to god, you can find anything you need here. Mind you, they will only have one of said item, but they’ll have it nonetheless! And of course, their prices can’t even come close to the delightful cheapness that is an actual Target, but when you’re in a pinch, it does the trick.
I’ve worked down the block from this market long enough to have seen it go through several much appreciated upgrades. They changed the layout a while ago to ease congestion at the door and allow speedier checkout (which is definitely one of the speediest around). They also have not always had Boar’s Head in their deli, so it does feel like their quality is improving over time.
I have to dock points, however, for their staff not being the most helpful in finding items (they are willing to help, they just don’t know where to look) and for their wine prices being so outrageous. I know they are right across the street from Schneider’s where prices are twice as much, but Schneider’s only sells about two bottles of wine that are $ 10 quality, and at this market the selection is all labels you could find elsewhere for $ 5-​$ 12, but marked at Schneider’s-like prices.

Lots of space, so they can carry a lot of different things. Keep in mind this is a corner store, not a ‘supermarket’ in the way most Americans think of the term.
Friendly staff. Checkout is quick, and they always make a point of opening a second register if needed. I really appreciate that.
Biggest deficiency is in their frozen foods section. Very few frozen meals that you’d actually want to eat (like pasta and chicken or other items). Instead they have a bunch of TV dinners and tiny Lean Cuisine and other unappetizing items that don’t look particularly good.
Same with the frozen pizzas. There are a lot of really good frozen pizzas out there now. But the selection here isn’t good.
And their chip selection is pretty dismal, given the huge amount of space they have.
Also, some of their other stocking choices are odd. A lot of ethnic specialty foods, even though this neighborhood doesn’t seem to really have a need for that.
For instance, they may have thirty varieties of soups you’ve never heard of, but no chicken noodle.
The deli is good, and the fresh meat selection, while slim, is usually pretty good.
I give them a lot of bonus points for the friendliness of the staff. If they could just step up the ordering of more mainstream foods they’d have a real winner here.

For a neighborhood grocery store, Capitol Hill Supermarket («CHS») is one of your better options around Capitol Hill. It’s not quite a «supermarket» per se but it’s certainly an upgrade from the average convenience store. What helps CHS stand out among the competition (and there are many peppered across the neighborhood) is simply the size of the store. Its selection of produce, pantry items, frozen food, and even packaged meat are twice that of anything within a 10 block radius. The quality and freshness rarely disappoint me. I remember walking around once and seeing a lonely package of chicken breast but found 4 more packages after circling around the aisles just once. That particular experience told me two things about CHS: first, they try to cycle in fresh products and, two, the meat probably wasn’t frozen. Of course, you couldn’t — and shouldn’t — rely on CHS as your primary grocery store. CHS could never replace real supermarkets like Safeway or Giant because there’s no doubt that a premium on CHS convenience. For instance, a pint of regular ice cream costs $ 5.99 at CHS when a comparable pint at Safeway costs $ 3.99. Most canned goods and frozen food items are least $ 1 or $ 2 more as well. It all adds up if you’re doing your weekly grocery list. But when you’re in a bind and need just a few staple items (like a few carrots or a small onion), then Capitol Hill Supermarket is always a safe bet.
4 Stars when compared against nearby grocery stores. [Last Visit: December 6, 2009]

So, if you read my reviews, you know that I live in suburbia where grocery stores are 100,000 square foot mega-​venues replete with dine-​in seafood bars and wine tasting rooms. However, since I work on Capitol Hill, I need to make due. This is a decent little market-​deli. The deli also makes sandwiches and uses Boars Head brand meat, which is pretty good. Veggies are usually fresh, but limited in selection (as you would expect here).