Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program - ECAP

I went this Monday & asked 1 of the black ladies if they had meat that day, says no. But a little while later when a hispanic lady just walked up & gives me weird stares, a heavyset black guy w/glasses suddenly comes says, "oh, here's some meat. " & takes out chicken from under the table where the bkack lady was standing previously & gives it to the Hispanic lady she gives me another weird look. Um, ok. A guy on 26th st says location was shut down by the Health Inpector, i guess either it's against the law they're not supposed to give out their expired perishables & leave it out in the Sun all day or they had some rodent problem maybe? They're temporarily at 32nd & san Pablo at the church 2 blocks to the left until maybe next Monday? There was a weird black lady & boyfriend in the passenger side of her car both kept yelling something out. It's always a weird encounters with this places

The line can be long but the service is still good if you've got the time to wait. Make sure to bring your own bags and a home grocery cart if you can to make it easier to get the free groceries they give. Hope this was helpful.

Vile & corrupt volunteers, routenly make racists comments, hoard & destroy food, sell food, deny service & physically assault customers

Beware! There needs to be COPS WATCHING! If your a woman standing in line waiting, there are black males who will keep harassing you, trying to push their luck & will proceed to touch you & become more inappropriate & bold! Yuck! It is in a sketchy area, w/these sketchy types of guys, but I’d think they’d have some decency towards women at a food bank? ! Also, the staff kept taking food for themselves, the big Latino male kept putting food aside for himself & picking what he wanted before giving it to the clients, I went on the 17th this month, there was a short black lady w/a walker who even asked the Latino guy first if he wanted fried rice in the foil pan too. There’s a tall black lady who’s so RUDE, just yelling & giving a nasty attitude to everyone!

Great quality food.great variety.some things have a "use it now" expiration date.but they welcome people to come everyday if needed.

A good place for a food resource. Fresh vegetables and fruits, there's different food items everyday. A wonderful community resource.