Pedrick Produce

East Side of Pedrick Produce (Facing Pedrick Road) on the morning of 8/5/2006

This fresh produce emporium consists of a two-story Quonset hut (with the distinctive semi-circular roof, pictured above) located on the north side of the freeway, at Pedrick Road.

If you're an aficionado of minimally processed local food, Pedrick Produce is an interesting market at which to purchase fresh vegetables and fruits. You'll also find a a quality selection of hot sauces, a veritable cornucopia of beans, rice and other grains. Other scrumptious rural delicacies include chocolate bark homemade peanut brittle. Lots of nuts (though Davisites are rarely sighted here) of many flavors here too. Don't forget to try the ice cream and honey. Or, the olives.

Many items are available here in bulk—priced much lower than at the Davis Food Co-op. The products have less hype and corporate baggage, and you'll be supporting small businesses. They also have tons of bulk candy (the kind you normally only find in a movie theater) for a fairly reasonable price. Their bagged tortilla chips are delicious and cheap.

Shoppers may also arrive there via back roads and on bike.

Useful for bikers, a nice motorcycle ride, etc. Warning to bicyclists: portions of Pedrick Road have little to no bike lane, and the traffic can be very busy compared to other county roads.

• From Covell Boulevard: Go west past Lake Blvd. until you get to the next crossroads at County Road 98.
  

• From Russell Boulevard: Go west past Lake Blvd. until you get to the next crossroads at County Road 98.
  

• From Hutchison Drive: Go west until the road dead-ends at County Road 98.

Now that you're at County Road 98, take a left (i.e., go south), and the road will turn into Pedrick Road. As you start approaching I-80, you'll see the 76 and Chevron gas stations, and Pedrick is next to the Chevron.

Obviously, reverse the directions to get home.

Front of Pedrick Produce on the morning of 8/5/2006

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2006-09-13 08:40:33   Pedrick's has delicious vegetable chips. They're awful for you, but they're crunchy, salty, flavorful and just greasey enough. —AmyGoogenspa

2007-06-28 01:11:32   This is a great place for fruits and vegetables. The store is oddly stocked (it seems to have several redundant sections), but everything looks good.

FYI, the "no sugar added" candy notes, "Warning: May Act as a Laxative." I suggest that everyone take the warning seriously. —MisterProfessor

• They probably use sugar substitutes then. Pretty much all of those sugar alcohols are mild laxatives. (Xylitol seems to be becoming one of the most popular).
  

2007-10-01 09:46:12   This is my favorite produce location so far. Most of the times I go, they have a cart outside with 1/2 price produce; I have been lucky and getting their Asian pears on 1/2 price sale. Asian pears stay good for 6 weeks, so while the 1/2 price ones may not be the newest batch, I doubt they are 6 weeks old and they only get better with age, softening and ripening just a bit. Be sure to keep them in the fridge - cold Asian pears are extremely crisp, sweet and delicious! —NickStrand

2009-07-10 12:57:35   Enormous selection of nuts! Much more to choose from than Yolo Fruit Stand. Some bulk candy prices/lb. are higher than Yolo's, depends on what you buy. They also have a good selection of sugar-free chocolate candies, if you venture a try. The fine print on the sugar-free candies warn "may act as a laxative."—they weren't kidding! —ViVi