Anyone Been to Plum Produce

[gilliano]

Just wondering what the word is on Barbara Lynch's new
store - Plum Produce - has anyone been yet? I haven't had my fill of heirloom tomatoes yet and was wondering if I would have to take out a motgage to get them there?

[hawkeye]

Been two more times since I came home and posted this pontification:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/...

I've yet to be dissuaded, although the confitures "fondue" references may be highly responsible...

[fondue]

I've been 2x in the last two days. Wonderful heirlooms at 4#. Sorry, but not a bad price at all. Yesterday they had figs at $.35/each and yummy looking cantaloupes @ $5 each though today, oddly, they were $2.50#. Also got delicious HUGE heirloom apples. I'm not a scallion buyer, but it doesn't seem like a horrible idea to buy things by the stalk versus a package that might not get used. The confitures are addictive and although expensive at $10/(small) jar, definitely worth the splurge.

[bitsubeats]

who the hell buys just one scallion?

$0.40 is a rip off

[twentyoystahs]

Well, I DO remember seeing heirloom tomatoes, I'm sure they weren't bargain basement prices but I bet they're good.

[gilliano]

Thanks - think that I will just move on from tomatoes and settle for more affordable sweet potatoes and rhutabagas - after all that will be eating "in season" anyways.

[twentyoystahs]

Ha, two "window-peerers"...bet we're not the only ones. The space is so small it's kinda tough to go in and "browse..."

[yumyum]

I peered in the window last night. I was afraid to go into the space for fear I'd laugh right out loud at the preposterous prices. $.25 for a single tomatillo the size of a marble? $.40 each for scallions? Mesclun mix (not even great looking, although it was the end of the day) for $10/lb

I realize there's not much else in the neighborhood but at those prices I'd want the vegetables to perform special dance routines in fancy dress before I ate them.

Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but not much.

[Joanie]

$.40 for a bunch of scallions isn't bad is it? Ha ha, it is a bunch and not one scallion right? I usually see them for 2, 3 or 4 for a $1 at Haymarket, so 40 cents seems pretty good for this place.

I'm sure this is probably the only time I'll defend their prices.

[yumyum]

Joanie. It's $.40 for ONE scallion. I rest my case counsellor.

[Joanie]

And here I thought I was joking when I asked it was a bunch vs. one scallion. Wow.

[LindaWhit]

OK, now that's just laughable, adn I'd probably do that if I ever ventured into the place to buy something? Can a place like that survive, even in the South End?

[twentyoystahs]

I peeked in the window the other night. It's tiny but they had lots of stuff. I remember pints of blueberries and raspberries for $6. Seems a little pricey for me, but not surprising, given both the space and the fact that it's a Barbara Lynch venture. I guess worth the extra bucks if you live in the south end and need hard to find, quality ingredients in a pinch.