I just remembered I went here a few years back before COVID and I truly enjoyed the experience . I…read morebought several balsamic vinegar sans they shipped for free. Wonderful shop lady helped me and I found everyone in Portland was so friendly. The shop was adorable . I post this so late but mainly as a reminder when I am there next year to visit the shop again . I have no pictures.

PERMANENTLY CLOSED. I'm a regular visitor to Portland and always walk the Commercial St. strip…read more Sadly, this place closed a few years ago and there's no information on what the owners are doing now. It sort of just evaporated. A real loss, because I loved the place. But I don't want anyone to make the trip and be disappointed. It's gone.

I crave these more than any other brand out there. Truly the best, highly recommend and totally…read moreworth every penny! Making a trip this weekend to buy some in bulk!!!

These are some of the best pistachios I've tasted. High quality nuts and all flavors are worth a…read moretry, you won't be disappointed.

This was a cute place. It's a narrow building. If you enter from the street entrance you will find…read morea bit of retail items, food items for sale, and a few places to sit to eat. I was thrilled at the chop stick holders and the sauces that were available. Local and foreign. If you keep walking through, there are stairs and you can go up to where they make and sell some pastries and matcha, and I believe coffee. I came for the treats. I grabbed a scallion miso scone with a chili smear on top. It was nice, the texture was good. The flavors weren't as strong as I had hoped for, but texture carried the weight. I also had a sourdough cookie, but it wasn't anything too fabulous. It was a good cookie. Stop in for the creative tastes. The counter person was nice. It was a very brief interaction.

We only stopped by for the pastries and didn't try their drinks. The service was normal for the…read morecafe area; can't say too much about it. The miso scallion scone was S++ tier, very good. The kimchi cheddar corn soufflé was also very good but not as good as the scone so would give it S tier. The matcha and black sesame butter mochi tasted very good but I think I still prefer the more savory options so would give it an A+ tier. The texture reminds me of Malaysian kuih and flavor was good. The service with the grocery mart area was friendly and helpful for asking questions. We got a fancy soy sauce here to sushi later and it was pretty good. They didn't up charge the soy sauce too much either. Would come back again even though the selection was small.

This place was closing when we came to visit. As in closed forever. The owner said was just no…read morelonger affordable to make the business work. Understandable. They had everything for sale, kind of eerie. But they were more than happy to help us out and chat. my husband got a big old sandwich with cold cuts and veggies. He said it was okay. We had some chips too. Cute for a quick grab and go.

Good place to pick up quick grocery items. I've found myself picking up deli meats and cheese for…read moremy weekly lunches as well as additional produce during the week. I would recommend their deli specials. They usually have a good quality cheese and meat on special every week, as well as dinner meats. For example, last week I picked up the weekly special pork chops. They were pre seasoned and worked great for dinner. They also make hot burgers and sandwiches in house. Nice to pick up food and drinks here and picnic at the Western Prom for sunset

We go here every time we're in Portland. Plenty of free parking out back. They've got the best…read moreprices on mushrooms anywhere in the city. The produce can be hit or miss, but the mushrooms are always prime. Same with the fresh herbs. Massive lengths of garlic chives, absolute trees worth of mint, and lots of other weird and delicious leaves of various sorts. I was able to find plenty of pre-chopped frozen lemongrass, which I now will only buy frozen, becuase it's so fresh tasting and not as much of a pain to prepare. I made a soup where I used a full half cup of the stuff, which is never something I'd have done if I had to chop that by hand! Half the items don't have a price sticker or a sign that states the prices, but when you get to the register, they're happy to do a price check for you so that you know what you're paying. I'm assuming that with such a small physical space, and that variety of stuff, it's hard to constantly keep on top of prices on the shelves. If the cashier were annoyed at being asked the price, I'd not shop here, but I've always had them be happy to tell us the prices with no issues. Seriously though the selection is insane. There's stuff that I'd never imagine I can find easily in New England, but it's right there on the shelf. The noodle variety is great, with plenty of gluten free noodles for those who need it. Plenty of dried mushrooms and tea too!

7:30pm Saturday Me: 'Hi, can I place an order for pickup'…read more Them: 'Noooo' Me: 'okay.'

We love this store.I felt like it had a lot of things in it.And the staff was very friendly. I…read moredefinitely felt like things were at a good price.And there was lots of unique things like I got a mushroom plate for my soy sauce. It was awesome

This seems to have more products compared to the Scarborough location. I loved looking at all the…read moreoptions for cooking, baking and what not. We needed a tissue holder and got one of the ones they had. I also got some sparkling sugar for baking. I'm pretty used to their prices so that's not new. I understand they have to pay rent so I'm happy to support a specialty store like them. Service is as good as the Scarborough location. I like the layout of this store better though.

Enter through door #5 and immediately turn right- where you can buy pretty affordable food (get the…read moreuni!). Make sure you order rice and seaweed to make hand rolls too! Then you bring it upstairs to a really nice, cool, open area where soy sauce, wasabi, barley tea, and coffee are self serve. They make it easy for you by putting paper towel rolls at each table! It's such a nice experience, very reminiscent of Asian seafood markets! I would highly recommend going if you love raw seafood!

Highly recommend a visit if you are in the area! ISF offers fresh seafood at great prices…read more Plenty of seats to dine in with utensils, water, and tea offered. Just remember to clean up after yourselves because you're dining in the employees lunch are. Bathrooms are also available here too!