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    Babylon Market

    4.5 (115 reviews)
    Open 8:30 am - 8:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Shane Z.

    Excellent grocery for Middle East and Mediterranean foods, spices and especially olives. The restaurant seen is older reviews is no longer open.

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    Litsaki K.

    I wish it was closer to me to shop more frequently or weekly. My husband and I love the store easy to find things, the okra is always good and fresh here as all vegetables and fresh herbs. Good fresh meat choices as well from butcher. Love love the bread with potato and herbs the dough is so flaky and melts in your mouth and the herbs mixed with potato so flavorful. Look for those little homemade packaged things I am telling you the best freshest food with natural ingredients like your mom or grandma made. Its Turkish style like bourek. Very good. I once came in and they didn't have them I was so disappointed I wanted my brother to try it while he was visiting for a quick snack. But look for the rack with fresh baked goods or ask them if you don't see them, you will thank me. Also, great to find those ethnic item staples you need for cooking middle eastern/european.

    Jodi H.

    Sometimes someone recommends a place that is like a new adventure. I started this new Mediterranean collection as I have been on the hunt for new and fun things from the Middle East. I had several wonderful meals in California and Phoenix and I decided to dig in my own backyard. The owners here at this market are friendly and inviting. It doesn't matter that I'm the minority when I walk through the door. One of the workers bent over backwards to help me find a particular space that I had bought years ago (where; I can't recall?!?) I never did find it on the shelf but he came back about 10 minutes later and found it in the catalog and offered to order it for me. I found several items I've never seen in any other market, and I've been in a few in California and Phoenix. Mostly I was looking for spices and "Halvah" Which is ground up sesame seeds, honey or sugar, and often pistachios. Usually it's in a Candy form but this place had it in small tubs. I'm not sure how they eat it but I guess I would put it on the plain cookie or a rice cracker?? It's a tight packed place with a restaurant in the back. I could smell the bread baking. There were a lot of people coming in to order food - - which I'm going to have to do in the future. They even had a butcher shop! There are breads, teas, mystery items (mysterious for me!) and spices galore. They even had some tea pots and special serving trays from Iraq I believe. The owner told me that is where he is from. I will certainly be back to dig some more!

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    Mark A.

    Babylon is on fire!!!! Love it, Love it, Love it!!! It is outside my travel area for food, it is now going to be a part of my food pilgrimage for many reasons. 1. The prepared food in the kitchen is so fresh and delectable I cannot get enough. The hummus is smooth and creamy, Waleed turned me onto this summer squash ganoush that is everything. 2. The meat counter fresh and ready not frozen. 3. They are super nice and care about the people who come in. 4. A wide variety of other food items from the near to middle east. Really all of the Med countries including North Africa and the Balkans have variations of the same foods, which a lot of the ingredients are to be found here. 5. All of it, just all of it!!! They are local and his brother has my other favorite place to eat in all places, the food court at the Tucson Mall Kebab King.

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    Elena J.

    Great find in Tucson! I'm always on the hunt for an ethnic marker for authentic cuisine! Great shop with wonderful shwarma wraps, falafel,tabouli, baba ganousch, etc. Sometimes the falafel are a little "well done" but they have great flavor. Make sure to ask for the tahini sauce on the side for the falafel! This place is mostly a market with a standing shop in the back to order food. Be warned that there isn't any seating, except for a few tables outside, and the tables outside are pretty noisy due to their location on speedway. Prices are more than reasonable and the service is quite quick. I'd recommend this place to anyone for a quick meal on the go.

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    Amazing market with a huge variety of food, teas and accessories. One of the best markets in town.

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    It was like walking into Morocco! Had everything I needed and the service was great. Will definitely return.

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    amazing assortment of bulk items; turmeric, olives, rose waters, and on & on :) Friendly owners and employees

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    Fry's Food Stores - Front

    Fry's Food Stores

    2.6(78 reviews)
    3.4 miKeeling
    $$

    The staff is always plensesnts. There just isn't enough of them. Frys is hyper focus on machines…read moredoing regular people jobs. I do wish the would half the self checks and bring the people back.

    My experience as usual sucked. I shop at night and treated like a second rate customer. All the…read morecheckouts are closed at 7. WTF? 7? There are customers line up at the self check-out, yet not a normal check out open. I ask a worker who is chatting with another worker if they are going to open a check-out, she looks at me as if I'm bothering her and says nope then goes back to chatting. Again, WTF? I've got a cart full and already put in my 8 hours for the day. Now they want me to do their job as well. Self checkouts weren't made for that. Originally they were made for the guy who has 2 items and didn't want to wait in the normal checkout. He could get out quickly. Now after 7 they want everyone to use them. Maybe if I got a discount, I would be more willing to self checkout but I'm paying full price. Like I said, I already put in 8 hours at my job, my job is hard physical work. I don't feel like doing their job too. What do you think? Are you ok working for Fry's for free after you worked all day? No other place makes you work when you go there, no restaurant makes you cook your own food, no doctors office make you do your own physical, no bar makes you pour your own beer or make your own drink. What does Fry's think they can make you work for free. I hope someone from corporate reads this and does what's right go back to the way they did it for years and years. Or I'll be driving a little farther to get the customer service that Fry's lacks. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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    Albertsons

    Albertsons

    3.0(59 reviews)
    2.6 miShaheen Estates
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    I love this grocery store. The employees are always friendly and welcoming, the store is very…read moreclean, and they have a great selection of products. It's an easy and pleasant place to shop, and I always leave finding exactly what I need. Highly recommend!

    First things first: this review is not about the employees. They are all awesome and this store is…read moremy go-to Albertsons. This review is for corporate. Albertsons corporate offices clearly have not spent much time in the stores judging by the decisions they make. For example. Today I did some light shopping but big enough to need a cart. When I go to check out there is only one cashier lane open (as usual, even though they need more) and the line was full of several people with large quantities in their cart. So I go to the self check even though it pains me knowing self check just means one more person without employment. Anyway they now have these massive bins holding sale items smack in the middle of the tiny self check square. Total nightmare! If you have a cart you are unable to pass to exit since other people are at a kiosk checking out and there's zero room between them and the sale bins. It is one big traffic jam and the poor employees are forced to move people around while they're trying to check out just to keep the line moving. There was so little space that I am fairly confident this is not ADA compliant. I truly think Albertsons corporate believes that only people with small items and no cart go to self check. If you only employ one cashier however, this is not the case. Especially on a busy weekend. I will never understand forcing your customers to be employees and not paying or even trusting them but that's a whole other topic. Every customer and every employee was frustrated and complaining about these stupid sale bins. It does not take a genius to know this was a bad idea. Remove the bins!

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    Whole Foods Market

    Whole Foods Market

    3.5(164 reviews)
    3.3 mi
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    Walked around the store after returning an Amazon purchase (appreciate the ability to do that). I…read morehave enjoyed their organic strawberries in particular lately as they are fresh and taste good. They still have the hot and cold buffet that is $11.99/pound now. They still have the pizza take out bar with a variety of toppings. They have some items or brands you won't find in other places but may not have brands you get elsewhere. It's nice to discover some new things you haven't tried before. The bakery has some tempting things to look at. The store is large with wide enough aisles so you can browse easily. Prices are a little higher than other places but some things may be worth it. The parking is limited only because of all the other businesses in the area. I'll go back and look around again. I can usually find something I want to try.

    I have never eaten at Whole Foods, I've only ever shopped there. But they actually have a huge…read moreselection of to-go foods available in their deli section. They also have ready made sushi, which is what I ended up getting. They have a little something for everyone ranging from your typical American food like pizza, pasta, chicken fingers and salads to Mexican, Indian and Asian food. The sushi I got was really tasty. The spring rolls I got were okay but the dipping sauce is not what I expected which was a tangy sauce. Usually for spring rolls it's a peanut sauce. For sushi they have low sodium soy sauce available which is a plus. There is very limited seating at the store to sit down and eat so most likely you'll have to bring your food home. All in all, it's not bad. Fairly cheap, and a decent selection!

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    Trader Joe's

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    4.2(121 reviews)
    2.9 mi
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    Often this is my spot to pick up food at the end of my workday, Trader Joe's on Wilmont. This spot…read moreis sharing space with Starbucks, Bubbe's bagel and a popular Sushi spot. I usually come for fruit, cheese, and nuts, but leave with so much more. With the holidays coming up, this is a great place for butter, spices, and holiday treats. I really am a huge fan of their nuts, and purchase the trail mix nearly every visit. I love their tempting granola, which they sale by the pound or in snack packs. Also, I like that they have individual bottles of juices; I always grab the tumeric pressed juice for my husband . It's my spot.

    The writer Cory Doctorow describes the effect of "enshitification" and this sort of describes how…read morecompanies lose their way. They add features, cute trade names, and try to develop cults around products to boost sales. While it's not a bad idea to boost sales, the basics have to be right. I have to choose this locale, where I went Wednesday, to moan about the severe hike in prices, short cycle of products, and the drift from doing the basics correctly. TJ used to march to a different drummer. House brands with quality for household staples, often with an international flavor and source. There is still a wide variety of decent international staples, but it's highly focused on cult products and flavorings. Prepackaged and ultra-processed foods are becoming standard(s). Protein is down, carbs are up. There's still a reasonable variety of veggies, fresh, but not in wide abundance. Certain common items, like walnuts, go missing for long periods of time, and other items become seasonable and their shelf space is unreliable. So while it's still good, there is now wade through the weeds of products that are edge-case. Hail Mary Marketing attempts. I bristle.

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