Harvey’s, Wanstead’s new old greengrocer, is now fully open, and don’t the shoppers of the High Street know it. The queue for the till snaked right round the shop on Saturday morning as people of all ages tried out the offering.
The interior is bare brick with decorations made from the old Harvey’s red shutter. Fruit and veg are piled into wooden boxes with brown paper bags on hand. There were fifteen different types of tomato, four kinds of courgette, exotic things as yet unidentified and wide range of pasta, oils and herbs. Fresh dates too. The shop is promising long opening hours which helps make this a truly exciting development. The only thing missing is some greengrocer’s apostrophe’s.
You forgot to mention the wide array of organic sauces, pasta, herbs, spices etc. Fab complement to the Ginger Pig.
Very friendly service too!
Georgie Kucuktuzun that’s you in the photo!
Ah yes I am now a local celeb! Appearing in wanstedium has always been a dream of mine ðð lovely shop and they gave my kids free fruit ðð
It is a great addition to the high street. Lots of choice
How Wanstead has changed in the last 20 years. Fantastic fresh fish shop…check, wonderful butcher’s…check, and now a greengrocer that puts all the supermarkets to shame…check. How about a really good deli (one that isn’t a coffee shop pretending to be a deli)? The only sad thing is the lack of appetite for a decent newsagent in Wanstead, but maybe that’s just a sign of the times.
Couldn’t agree more, right down to the decent newsagent… ð
I’d like a proper cheese shop similar to the stall at the farmers market but a permanent fixture. Or even a proper family run bakers. Loving the new additions though!
Finally, an article about “food in Wanstead” that is something other than another stream of pictures of meat. 😉
I’m not bashing meat eaters but it sometimes seems like everything written about Wanstead dining is a celebration of tenderly cooked pig’s face and place that have no problem serving fois gras….
Great selection of produce . Really pleased to see our High Street on the up!
An attractive shop and great for the area but it is a shame that they can’t do fresh organic vegetables because the wholesale suppliers are too far away to make it worthwhile for them to stock (according to them).