Mary’s Market Cafe Bakery - Roscoe

SLOWEST SERVICE EVER!!! Called to ask what types of breakfast sandwiches they had and was on hold for over 5 minutes, which would be understandable if they were busy. However, when we got there, it was the OPPOSITE of busy. 1 car in line and NONE in the parking lot. Had to wait at the speaker for over a minute. We wanted two bagel sandwiches (which they confirmed they had on the phone less than 10 minutes ago) only to be told they don't have them. I said we just called and you DO have them. After waiting for over another 2 minutes she informed us they do in fact have them. We ordered and pulled up to the window only to wait another TEN minutes with NO ONE ahead of us. The lady in the car behind us had time to WALK HER DOG. Anyway we got home the bagels were rock hard. Plus it was overpriced asf. Not to mention the first time I went there, there was tinfoil in my wrap lol. 0/10

I finally ate at Mary's Market!! It was delish!! everything was made to perfection, and I just can't say enough of our waitress Erica. She came to check on us with a big smile, refilled our drinks, and let us girls stay to chat for as long as we wanted Thank you Mary's, you are now my Roscoe favorite

Occasionally traveling through Rockford/Roscoe area. Stopped in 2 weeks ago after seeing a banner sign on IL251. In my experience, the best quality food (high Organic content, little or no HFCS, farm to table) is found in a few passionate cafes restaurants in big cities. As one get closer to farm country, which there are still plenty of farms in Roscoe area, the food gets worse. Mary 's Market is an exception. This is a place with passion for quality food. What I like about Mary 's Market in Roscoe, Il. Baked deserts very tasty. They know the importance and art of placing only a hint of delicious frosting on their sweet rolls, just enough to complement instead of overwhelm the dough and fruit. The scones are moist with plenty of chunks of real ingredients (nuts, fruit) Soups served hot in a compostable container. Their turkey club with a colorful assortment of vegetables on whole wheat with been sprouts, a bit of mustard and a slice of Swiss is incredible delicious. Sprouts in farm country? Yes!! 8:30am my request for soup and a sandwich was happily accepted. Bathrooms roomy and low on the chemical fragrance inside with no artificial fragrance outside nor lingering on the senses. How Mary 's Market will earn my 5th star. Market implies an informal gathering for purchase and exchange of items. Driving up to the market it looked sterile. No cars in the front parking lot, no open sign noticed. Just a faint light seen inside. Placing a sandwich board outside will easily indicate the place is open to those hesitating while driving nearby. Listen to customers first, restaurant distributors second. Natural, Real, Hand Made, Gourmet, Artisan, Made from Scratch effectively mean nothing anymore. Skip all these vague feel good catch phrases and go instead with a standard Organic. Something that can be measured. Start with Organic Eggs or at least eggs sourced from a local farm where the hens are treated as gold and honestly given free access to outside area. Then exclaim this on the menu. i.e., we proudly source Organic eggs upon request and/or our eggs are sourced from the following farms: Farm A, Farm B, and when necessary Farm C. Organic Coffee. Up in Madison (60 miles away) and in Milwaukee there are quality local rosters specializing in Organic coffee. Exclaim on the menu, web site, sandwich board that Mary 's proudly serves locally roasted Organic coffee. Guaranteed the restaurant distributors will argue against this. Organic butter packets from say Organic Valley. Make the sourcing of as much Organic content, say 30% of food items to start, to be as much of a passion as the passion for baked breads and deserts. Seeing a standard ketchup packet from Heinz with HFCS and artificial flavors negates the whole real food claim promoted on Mary 's Market 's web page and menu. Seeing a Pepsi cooler with products solidifies any remaining doubt. Mary 's Market is a little more pricier. A feeling of being had should be avoided at all costs. Organic Potatoes. A few GMO products have been approved for human consumption: Corn, Soy, Alfalfa, Potatoes. Big Ag has been successful in hiding GMO products as they do not need to be labeled as such. Real Food does not include GMO 'd products. Source Organic potatoes, or potatoes from a local farm that practices organic farming that may not have gone the Organic certification route. And again, exclaim this on the menu! It is easy to make tasty food, and there are plenty of places for tasty food near Mary 's Market that cost less. Listen to customers first and take the jump to a true higher standard. Mary 's Market is a gem. Sometimes though, a gem needs a little polishing to allow its true worth to be visible.

Went there today for the first time. Ordered 2 coffees, a sandwich, and a bagel with plain cream cheese. Paid 19 dollars after tax. Employee came out with sandwich and bagel... no coffees or cream cheese. Waited at least 20 additional minutes for them to bring our beverages out.... they were cold and not what we ordered. They gave me garden vegetable cream cheese and when we asked for plain they said they were out. Kid that brought our food was trying, but he said they are short staffed and cutting hours. I hate wasting food, but we had to go somewhere else to get breakfast and throw away what they gave us. I understand COVID but if you can't meet simple quality standards then shut the place down! Won't go there again.

UPDATE ONE YEAR LATER The Service here is unbelievably poor with long waits for simple things. We love the food, but long waits even when ordering ahead are unacceptable, not to mention the OUT OF STOCKS even before the pandemic. The Staff is poorly trained and unaware of what they have in stock when calling. Unfortunately this establishment has a death wish which will most likely happen sometime in the near future. VERY DISAPPOINTING We 've been waiting and waiting for the Old Vito 's to reopen as Mary 's Market. Walked in at 4:00 and ordered 2 sandwiches to dine in and 3 bakery items to go and sat down. There were 3 tables with customers present. My comments are: 1 Thought we would be greeted and welcomed to the New Mary 's Market...nope, had to stand in front of a register to get the attention of one of the two employees off to the side. 2 there were many crumbs, 2 napkins and paper from a straw on the floor throughout the dining area. In the 30 minutes we were there multiple employees walked over and passed by and never picked anything up and it wasn 't dirty. The place looked dirty. 3 One of the 2 sandwiches we ordered had brown mustard on it instead of mayo...no big deal, we didn 't send it back, but thought it was odd since they were not busy. 4 when we were finished we realized that the 3 bakery items we ordered and paid for that were to go were not given to us at the register or delivered to the table. We had to ask, which was fine. The food, like the other Mary 's Markets was great! We 'll be back, but it was apparent that the staff doesn 't have their act together even though a young lady came to our table several times. My final comment has to do with the overall feel of the eating area boring, sterile, uninviting and drab. No color, no music. Felt like a cafeteria. Would not bring my laptop in to drink coffee and hang out. Would rather go to Schnucks Grocery, or Beef A Roo which I would prefer not to do either. When you get your act together, spice up the dining area with pictures of murals or something to represent what you sell. There are unlimited opportunities to make your customers feel comfortable and at home. We want your Mary 's Market to be a destination location that we will frequent often! Good Luck VISIT 2 STILL CAN 'T GET IT RIGHT !! After a substandard experience at this location the first time, we thought we would try the Breakfast which was recommended by a Mary 's Market employee. Arrived on Sunday at 11:00 and saw there were a dozen tables full in the dining room. Started to order our breakfast at the counter and we 're told we are having trouble in the kitchen and we do not know when it will be fixed. You can order from our bakery selection in the case here, but nothing from the kitchen . Disappointed since we drove 35 minutes to get here, but I get it. So we got 2 scones and coffee and sat down. In the 40 minutes we sat there, we watched table after table being served breakfast. French Tooast, Pancakes, Eggs, Naxon, Hash Browns and more. Really ? There goes the Eggs Benedict I wanted and watched the table next to us enjoy. WTF is going on? With all the bad reviews I am reading and hearing from my neighbors, I suggest that Mary 's Market start passing out discounts and coupons for those that suffer as the GUINEA PIGS that we are as they try to figure out how to run an eating establishment. P.S. The scones we ordered weren 't fresh.