Also see Alegría Weekly Harvest
🥕 Farmer Markets
- Alegría Feria - The First Saturday of each month
- Feria del Agricultor San Mateo - Thursdays from 2pm - 8pm
- Feria del Agricultor Orotina - Fridays from 5am - Noon
- Feria del Agricultor de Atenas - Thursday Noon - 8pm, and Fridays 6am - Noon
- Feria Verde - every Saturday 7am - 1pm in San Jose. This is a special one, lots of unique / artisanal vendors.
🧺 Grocery Stores
Orotina
- Gran Bodega - Grocery Store (selection of fruit, veggies, staples)
- Peri - Well stocked supermarket, has some hard to find items.
- Supermercados Carranza - Well stocked supermarket, you will find also asian products.
- Macrobiótica Naturalmente - Dry goods organic store
🥦 Healthy Food Stores
San Mateo
- Love Organic Market & Kitchen - first ex-pat oriented store in San Mateo. All organic produce, bulk options, local producers, prepared food. Can be a bit pricey. Delivery available
- Shanti en Coexistencia - located in ESM’s central common area (Sunday EcoFeria) sells GF bread. Closed Monday. Check link for hours. Menu link. Place orders by phone or whatsapp: +506 8889 4563
Atenas
- Vida a Granel Atenas - packaging free bulk foods- spices, teas, grains, nuts, seeds. Local and organic options, owned by a local farmer family. In-store shopping and order ahead for pick up at Farmers Markets (Alegria, ESM EcoFeria, Thursday San Mateo feria). BYO container or use bags or buy jars there. Can be pricey.
- Macrobiótica Vida Natural Atenas - closest health food store that will have a decent selection of products not found in Auto-Mercado
San Jose
- Green Center Organic Super Market - this is the ultimate “Whole Foods” of Costa Rica. You will usually find almost everything here that you can’t in other stores. Yes, it’s pricey, and yes, it’s not quite Whole Foods :)
- Nueces Industriales - Almonds, Walnuts, Cashews, Hazelnuts, etc. All kind of nuts in bulk quantities and good prices. Go here once every month or so and stock up on all your nutty needs. A couple of organic options
- Tienda Nueces - All kind of nuts in bulk near Heredia.
- Don Luis Panes - Gluten Free bakery with excellent bread.
- EcoPlaza - Nice plaza with many eco-friendly stores and a couple of restaurants
- Cúrcuma - for all your spices needs, almost everything here you’ll need, though a bit pricey.
- El Tramito a Granel Escazu - assortment of spices, salts, grains and everything you need to cook, bake, season and even eat at once is overwhelming. Great for buying things in bulk. They also do deliveries though “encomienda” on the buses.
🛒Supermarkets
- Auto Mercado - Plaza Herradura - this is the easiest one to drive to, takes about 40 minutes and avoids the main highway. You can also combine this easily with a beach stop.
- Auto Mercado - Guácima - this is the closest one in San Jose area, it will have a very similar selection to the one in Herradura.
- PriceSmart - Costco of Costa Rica. Your once-a-quarter trip to load up on essentials and occasional hard to find things. Good prices, large packages. Membership required, but 1 year will only cost $40 or so. A delivery from Marketandmore may not require membership.
- Megasuper
🚛 Delivery Services
Organic Produce
- 🥬 Ileana - +506-8520-0990
- Delivery every Wednesday to your home
- Submit order by Monday before 12pm
- 🥬 Allan “Los Juncos”
- Delivery every Saturday to the Hive
- Submit order by Thursday at 10am
- ☕ San Garbiel - Organic coffee
- Deilvery Saturday morning to your home
- Submit order by Thursday 10am
- 🐐 Capriella Goat milk products +506 8362 2267
- Delivery every Thursdays to your home
- Submit order by Tuesday
- 🍨 Gelato for Alegría
- Order on website
Ice Green - Tienda - Delivery within a week
- 🥜 Seeds, nuts and more
- Delivery every Saturday to your home
- Submit order by Tuesday 6pm
- 🍾 Templo - Komucha, natural skincare and biodegradable cleaning products
- handcrafted products made in Alegría - https://templo.ca/templo-shop
- 🥥 Alegría Coconut Water Delivery, ask to be invited to Chat
- Delivery every Monday to the Shala, or your ome
- Submit order by Thursday
- 🥩 Grass fed meat
- Delivery every Friday to your home
- Submit order by Thursday 12pm
- 🐟 Fish
- Delivery Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning
- 🍓Strawberries - organic
- Delivery Monday to your home
- Save the plastic containers, they reuse them
- 🐝 Honey - organic
- Delivery Thursday
- Marketandmorecr.com offers various foods and home supplies from Pricemart and local providers
- Order by Monday morning 8:30am
- Alegria’s area does not seem to be eligible for ordering later than that
- Website says that delivery is free for orders over $120 (prices listed in dollars)
- 🐄 Gerardo Panaca Raw Milk +506 8842 9745
- 🧀 Vegan Cheese by our neighbor Khaya +972 55-966-2582
- Delivery only in Alegría
🏠Department Stores
- Pequeño Mundo - good selection of home goods, mainly on the very cheap side with appropriate quality.
- Aliss - large department store that has everything for your home.
- EPA - hardware and home department store, a la "Home Depot"
- Cemaco - home goods store with large selection
- Novex - hardware store
- Monnry - the ultimate home accents store from rugs to lighting to home decorations and furniture.
- Tips - most comprehensive kitchen supplies store (multiple locations)
- Sarchi - artisanal town with lots of wooden crafts, hammocks, etc.
- Ambitec - higher-end kitchen and home appliances
- Decavisa, Orotina, home goods
- El Lagar, Orotina, Departmentstore
- Colchones y más, Orotina - matrasses
- Sleep gallery, Escasú - matrasses, pillows
- Gollo, Orotina, appliances and electronics
🥻Clothes
Thrift stores
- Ropa Americana - Thrift store in Orotina, across from Pops
FAQ
Where to get good/organic Flour?
- Iliana (Feria Miercoles) sells flour - order by Monday 12 noon, delivery wednesday afternoon
- see delivery services link above
- Ceima (Bianca/Son know)
Where to get big boxes for storage?
- At El Rayo in Atenas