Pedrick Produce

We don’t need no stinkin’ farmers’ market!
I grew up in Sacramento, making the trip to San Francisco on countless occasions. Each time I’d pass this place and wonder about it because it looks so plain. Back then it probably blended in even more! Moved to Davis, land of one crazy farmers’ market and forgot about this place.
So time went on, finished up @ UCD and moved out to Dixon? Yes, Dixon. The OTHER side of Davis for you Sacramento folks.
Check out the produce here– it’s like you’ve gone to the farmers’ market EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Instead of lusting after having a Sprouts to open up near me, this place is a great substitute. Have you ever been to Sprouts? Calling it a good sub is pretty impressive. BONUS: this place is a bit more affordable.
If you’ve become tired of picking produce that has been handled a few times, polished up and stuck under some sort of fluorescent light to look better, check this place out. In addition to just the fresh produce, there are a few other items such as dried fruits (logical) and a crazy selection of hot sauces. Just fun to check that out.
Also, it’s more towards Dixon, but it’s a good stop commuting (esp. upon bicycle) between Dixon and Davis.

The cutest little market to stop on our road trips back to the city. Great prices, awesome array of items from hot sauce to salami to produce. Loved the many samples, helpful staff and easy off/​on location.
Try the banana chips, baby bok choy and salami!

I go there to stock up on dried fruit and nuts. I adore the dried pears that they have and I’ve not seen elsewhere. Their nuts are reasonably priced, and I just got several huge and delicious oranges. The produce is always good and reasonably priced. They also have local honey, local sausage and cheese, and some wine. Highly recommend if you want good produce reasonably priced, with a selection of accompaniments for produce (eg, wine, cheese, dressings).

The ratty tatty building draws you in! Once in, Bring extra cash because everything is amazing! samples everywhere are so very helpful!

Pedrick Produce is a fun and productive stop between the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe, a good location to get out of the car, stretch, and buy some really good vegetables.
The store also has a wide variety of nuts, dried fruits, and bags of homemade-​type candy — like peanut brittle that I have to keep myself from buying because I know the whole bag will be history before hitting the freeway again. The store is just off 80, making it a very convenient stop.
I was recently especially happy with the bags of half price tomatoes we bought that taste 100% better than grocery store-​bought. They looked so good, I insisted we get two bags instead of just one. Sure enough, the tomatoes taste like real tomatoes instead of hard, crunchy, unripe semblance of tomatoes. They are so tasty, in fact, that I have been eating them straight from the bag as snacks — which, for me, is completely unheard of and crazy.
I like the old-​fashioned atmosphere of the store. If it were a little smaller, I might think I had stepped back in time to Ike Godsey’s general store on Walton’s Mountain. The nuts, dried fruits and candies are all stacked up in twist-​tied packaging like in the «olden days,» and the perimeter walls are chock full of canned and bottled products. So many different things, maybe even too many to look at when you have limited time and need to get back on the road. In the middle are the vegetables that, presumably, are locally grown.
Pedrick Produce is a stop I look forward to after every trip to the mountains, when time permits.

«Pissssed’tachios!» — I’ve come for the disgruntled nuts…
When I told people I was moving to the Vacaville area last year, several of them asked me about getting them pistachios from nearby Dixon… Of course that was the 2^nd question, with the first one being — «WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LEAVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MOVING TO VACAVILLE?»
Simple, I’m n’ucken f’uts. (True story.)
I’m kidding, I moved because I was tired of having a great life… ‘But seriously, I came for the love of pistachios! — «HAVE YOU TRIED THESE NUTS?!!»
I had o’hana visiting from Hawai’i and a couple of them REALLY wanted locally farmed pistachios… ‘And so here I was @ 7:15am, buying pistachios. The shop was empty except for the handful of employees, stocking the shelves, getting ready for the day.
I walked over to the back wall and there they were… I was a bit taken back by the variety of different flavors. Well, I’ll just go with the basic, old school, standard pistachio.
Photo —
½ lb bag: $ 10.49/lb
1 ½ lb bag: $ 6.99/lb
Needless to say, it was the most pistachios I have ever bought. (Family is like having children, if I was going to buy for relative, I was going to have to buy for ALL the others.) Just say there were about 11 families in all… Yes, I have a relatively big o’hana AND this is considered getting off easy.
«Wild Jerky» —
The workers were very friendly and helpful… ‘Even at 7am. After a brief 20 minute visit, I was back on the road. I’d like to make a return trip and spend more time browsing the shop, seems like a great place. I wish I had time more time to check out their wall of hot sauces… Huge wall!
IMO opinion, the pistachios tasted… ‘Well, like pistachios. (Shrugs) I could’ve done a blind taste test against a bag from COSTCO and wouldn’t have been able to discern the difference between the two. I’m no nut connoisseur but rather a nutty connoisseur… ‘Of sorts. However, my cousin, SE, would disagree, «Oh, I can tell, I can definitely taste the difference.» Well, good for her, she’s clearly had much more experience in the nut tasting business than I have. (**Snicker, snicker)
I will definitely try to make it back to Pedrick Produce more often before I relocate from the Solano County area. I am a big believer of supporting privately owned & operated local businesses… ‘Even if it might cost a few more bucks.
Store Front —
— Big Aloha!
Food: 3 (Pistachios)
Ambiance: 3
Service: 4+
Value: 3+

Lots of great stuff.
Super selection or hot sauces

I’ve been purchasing fruits and vegetables from Pedrick’s since my Husby and I moved to Solano County in the 90s.
The selection of fruits and vegetables are always top quality: healthy-​looking, blemish-​free, freshly picked, and usually bigger in size than regular grocery counterparts. The prices are reasonable or at times competitive.
Over the years, additional select items have been added and have flourished: Candy, salads, sauces, jams, dried fit, nuts, one-​of-​a kind snacks, and preserved meats like jerky and dry salami. I’m delighted to see the new delicacies.
Keep up the wonderful work!

You know it’s pretty impressive when virtually all the reviews are 4 – 5 stars. Pedrick’s was an amazing Unilocal find on a lazy Saturday afternoon and it’s been a place that I go back to weekly ever since!
The good: Cheap, amazing quality produce that’s seasonal and occasionally local! Davis has been quite impressive with its selection of markets– from the Nugget to the Davis Co-​op, but Pedrick’s is an unassuming little stand off the freeway in Dixon, which is perfect for foodies who are budgetminded. We’ve picked up amazingly sweet white peaches, crisp watermelon, crunchy almonds (they have a whole wall of almonds in different flavors) and of course, the 4 ears of sweet summer corn for $ 1 that seems to bring in much of their business.
The bad: Although Pedrick’s has some flavor of «local tomatoes», this is not Whole foods– and that’s mostly a good thing in my book. It isn’t a 100% organic, locally sourced, ethically farmed place– but I think its better considering how shady organic standards can be.
Last thing– sometimes the prices go up or down for unforeseen reasons, so be careful not to snatch things up blindly.
Overall– great fruit stand, one of the best! A must go if you have a car and you’re in the Davis/​Sac area.

This review is for my experience on ⁷⁄₁₃ at around 6 pm.
The produce is reasonably priced. Pretty comparable to most grocery stores. They do have good quality though.
The store is really nice & clean. Everything is well organized.
They have a huge selection of snacks, hot sauce, honey, beans, and chocolate.
The staff is really friendly.
Overall, I believe it’s a nice little place to shop for your yummies :)

Pedrick Produce has definitely become a Dixon landmark, so much that when I meet people from the Bay Area and mention I live in Dixon, the first thing they think of is «oh yes Dixon, that awesome fruit stand by the freeway»…
So I guess it’s now a tradition for lot of folks to stop by at Pedrick Produce on the way back from Tahoe and get some fresh cheap fruits and veggies. Be warned, the store is on the smaller side and gets crowded easily. If you live locally do yourself a favor and avoid weekends, especially Sunday afternoons as that seems to be the busiest time.
They have all sorts of hot sauces, nuts, and «homemade» candies, to top off a decent selection of fresh fruits and produce. However, in order to give 5 star rating one thing is missing. Organics. Nothing that I see here is labeled Non GMO or Organic so I am assuming it is not. It would be nice to have a selection of at least some organics, even if the prices are a bit more.
Overall, Pedrick is a great option for locals and travelers alike to stock up on healthy (ier) food. And if you can go on weekdays you will like it much more, and be able to shop in peace without getting kicked in the knees with all the baskets walking around…

How are there not thousands of 5-​star reviews for Pedrick’s?! I live in San Francisco which is about 1.5 hours away but I am very tempted to make the trek out here at least once a month just so I can buy their produce and snacks. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING.
We came away with:
*5 gorgeous broccoli heads for a little over $ 3 (cooked a couple last night and they tasted incredible! should have bought more)
*6 boxes (so about 3 – 4 lbs) of strawberries for $ 8 (they don’t look pretty but they taste like candy… now I’m not even sure the strawberries I’ve had for the past 30 years can even qualify as real strawberries!)
*6 Hass avocados for $ 4 (I’m pretty sure I’ve paid $ 2 for one avocado before)
The most insane part of it all is that the quality of produce beats anything I have ever bought from a grocer in SF or from a vendor at farmer’s market. Is this what I’ve been missing out on as a city girl all my life?!
It also goes without saying that part of the allure of Pedrick’s is all the snacks! The pictures people have posted here are only a small glimpse of what Pedrick’s offers. They also provide samples of practically all their dried fruits, salamis, and nuts. And they seem to sell local… everything! Local honey, locally packaged toffees, licorice, gummies, etc. We went a little crazy when buying dried fruit because the prices were just too good to pass up (about 4x-​5x cheaper than what we’re used to). My favorites so far would have to be the dried okra chips and the dried unsulphured low-​sugar pineapple slices. Heavenly!
I cannot recommend coming here enough. If you are on your way to or back from Davis/​Sac or Tahoe or Reno, you MUST visit (it’s right near a gas station too so it’s a perfect place to enjoy your pit stop)!!!

This place has the biggest, juiciest raisins I’ve ever had. My wife and I stopped here driving to the wine country and got a few bags. She used to hate raisins. She now wants to know why this place does’t sell or ship online.

The signs along the freeway lured me to their stand by stating the per lb prices for fruits and vegetables. But their advertised fruits and vegs are pre-​packaged with each bag averaging 2 lbs. When I asked, I was told that I can’t augment the quantity in the pre-​packed bags. I was suckered in by the sign for permissions for 99 cent per lb. The smallest bag I could find was 2.2 lbs. About a quarter of the bag had small persimmons that were a little bigger than a golf ball sized; those persimmons were not very flavorful.
On the other hand, their English toffee candy is fresh and delicious. The toffee is crispy and snaps easily.
But I could do without the pre packaged fruits & vegs. I like to pick out my own items and I don’t want to buy in bulk.

Yesterday I bought a 10-​lb. sack of walnuts in the shell for $ 25. It feels like I stole them. That is an amazing price for walnuts (I have a parrot who likes them. And they got them out of the back room especially for me! These will last… I dunno, forever? I have to cold-​store them). I also bought beans and lentils in bulk.
Their cured meats are good — we got a garlicky salami-​like item that is great. My son enjoys the fried okra snack, and right now I have a cup of the delicious «Samurai» rice cracker mix next to me.
I love their selection of chocolates (someone else mentioned the honeycomb… yum!), and they already had a selection of Christmas stuff out (I saw peppermint bark and yogurt-​covered Christmas-​tree-​shaped pretzels with green and red sprinkles — fun!). I didn’t see any major bargains in the candy department, though.
Some of the veggies are about the same price you’d see at your local supermarket, but for what you’ll save on other stuff, I’d save my list for a trip. Actually, I’m in Napa, and if I needed bulk items for a canning project, I’d probably go here instead of Larry’s (everything I buy there is thirty seconds from being inedible).

I love coming to this little gem right off the freeway!
How I found out about this place mainly due to Christmas goodies from one particular doctor at work.
We used to just stop to buy produce but ever since I had tried the chocolate covered honeycomb candy TDF; I had to pick it up today!!!
We picked up several Asian pears, broccoli, red peppers, my candy and almonds.
They carry so many different items even peppermint pretzels, dried fruit like pineapple, mango. You name it they probably have it. I even saw pumpkin Gunther ’ s ice cream!
If you are coming back from driving to the City make a pit stop here. You won’t regret it!

Less than $ 10! For like 2 weeks of fresh kale, Brussels, tomatoes,& cipollinis–
Wonderful, plentiful, fresh —

Stopped in here to buy snacks for our 45 minute drive home, left with a full canvas bag of snacks and treats. Three different varieties of pistachios came home with us, honey covered sesame sticks, and buttered toffee peanuts. We also bought giant sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, some fresh mushrooms, and cucumbers. Around $ 40 for everything.
The store has a wall of honey and a wall of hot sauce; two of my favorite things! Lots of sweet and savory treats to satisfy everyone. I’ve probably driven past this place a hundred times and never seen a sign for it until a few days ago. I’m so glad we stopped in — it was much bigger than it looked from the outside and we were happy with all the items we bought. (over $ 40!)

This place is neat. Its a great stand to stop by when you’re on the way out of Sacramento for a bay area day hike– like we were! Pedrick’s has been around for quite sometime, some folks say they’re a little pricey, but I disagree. If you’ve ever tried their product. well, you get what you pay for. i have been eating treats form Pedrick’s for years! Some of my naughty favorites included: mocha almonds, malt balls, pretzels covered in ANYTHING.
Produce is crisp, awesome variety– especially in apples! Dried fruit is a hit, though I like my dates a little less dehydrated maybe…(hey, I ‘m being super picky here;) My Aunt Joe picks up fresh greens here during the holiday season, I only know this because I ask where she gets such flavorful veggies from.
I cant wait until stone fruit season– I’ll be all over those plums, peaches and nectarines!

This is a great place on the side of I-​80, great local selection, fresh off the area farms and very affordable. Great selection of other stuff too, like nuts, raisins, salamis, and dairy products.
Also an entire wall of interesting and diverse hot sauces.