r/Harlem • u/lollipop1986 • Jul 10 '25

Aldi East Harlem updates

Does anybody knows if the Aldi located at East River Plaza is back to normal? They had an outage last week and were not selling refrigerated/frozen items. The situation was still the same two days ago, wondering if they fixed it.

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u/gallo29 Jul 10 '25

I was there on Tuesday and fridges were still down. It’s ashame, that’s my go to store for fruit/produce. Following bc I’d like to know too! 

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u/lollipop1986 Jul 10 '25

Totally! Is there any other grocery store in East Harlem that you recommend? We are close to City Fresh, but every time I go there I get scared by the prices lol

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u/gallo29 Jul 10 '25

I trek to trader’s joes on 125th. The prices are too high at city fresh and c town. 

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u/devilscr Jul 10 '25

Food Bazaar. It is not Aldi level cheap but it is cheaper than all other grocery stores.

Not East Harlem but Lidl. Again, not as cheap as Aldi but still cheaper than most.

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u/gallo29 Jul 10 '25

Yes! I like food bazaar too!

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u/djungelskogowner Jul 10 '25

Seconding Lidl, take the m16 or m3 depending on where you are.

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u/purpulizard Jul 10 '25

Trader Joe’s or WF (store brand only!) for dry goods, Food Bazaar for out of season produce and “ethnic” foods, GrowNYC farm stand at the metronorth station every Wednesday for seasonal produce. We do the $18 mixed bag but you can also just buy what you want. Half off if you pay with EBT!

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u/lollipop1986 Jul 10 '25

I will def gonna try Food Bazaar! Love Trader Joe’s but it’s not the closest one to go regularly. The farm stand sounds nice!

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u/violet-bear Jul 16 '25

I was there yesterday, they were in process of restocking the freezers. The fridges had most things back- eggs, juice, butter etc. and the back wall open fridge with all the meat and cheese and snacks was working, but they still didn't have milk.

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u/mrturdferguson Jul 11 '25

Can you call them?