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European Specialties

4.8 (16 reviews)
Open • 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Marina V P.

Great selection of traditional Western European & Middle Eastern food brands. This is is the only Russian/Ukrainian grocery store in the Syracuse area. It has absolutely all brands stores on Brighton Beach would have. Great smoked meats selection, great & always fresh traditional salads. Pelmeni & Pirogies of multiple European brands, & traditional Russian Cakes. Great safe locations on West Genesee, plenty of parking. No alcohol like Russian Champagne, unfortunately.

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4 months ago

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1 year ago

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3 months ago

Yummy sandwiches. Friendly and helpful service. Great selection of eastern european foods. I will certainly be back.

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4 years ago

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3 years ago

I love the selection and service!. They have food you can't find anywhere else in Syracuse.

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3 years ago

A breath of fresh air! Grateful to have this resource! Able to find Kvass in the refrigerator!!!

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6 years ago

Wish it was bigger with more variety. They offer fresh foods, Deli, Frozen foods, Candy, magazines, Basic European grocery.

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Best pierogies ever! As close to Nana's as it gets! I order these every year for family gatherings and Christmas!

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Alamo's Food Market

Alamo's Food Market

3.7(6 reviews)
2.2 mi
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Cute, convenient Bodega stocked well with essentials and "nice-to-haves" in an efficient layout…read more You can find everything from bottled water to a wide variety of diverse beers to necessary grocery and drugstore items here - such as Dr. Bronner's (which I think I saw behind the register, up high on a shelf), batteries (be wary of the unusual "generic" brand offered with an older expiration date), to produce and canned goods, to ice cream, candy, and chocolates - including Green & Black's organic line. I've also found dried fruit snacks here - including organic, non-GMO dried apricots covered in dark chocolate, very random beers (Bell's Smitten, Duvel, a variety of IPAs, typical American brands, and I even some Polish options - lots, in fact). The owner, Mike Alamo, is a New Yorker, so he truly understands the concept of a bodega / cornerstore grocery, and there's a great article about his store's opening over on Syracuse (dot) com - which I'm spelling out, and to which I'm purposefully not linking, since every time I do, Yelp deletes my reviews due to content. Since Mike also has a store in NYC, he keeps the inventory interesting - inclulding stocking something of which I'd never heard until recently: Choward's "Violet" Lavendar Mints. The only downside - and reason for the minus 1 star - is that after purchasing two packs, I noticed an expiration date of 3/11/11 and this was May 2014. :( I mentioned it to Mike tonight, and he didn't apologize or offer to replace/compensate in any way, which I felt was uncool (not that he had to). Fine. I just hope he really does re-stock these the next time he goes in to NYC, and that he starts being more aware of expiration dates. Note, also, the date on my Bell's Smitten Golden Rye Ale was bottled on 1/21/14, and - according to Bell's website - their ales only last 6 months, so again, I was pushing it with this product as well. Word to the wise: note expiration dates when you shop here. All that said, what are your other options in the area? Exactly. In sum, I like this corner store because it reminds me of and epitomizes the concept that Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director at Code for America, describes in her "Bodega 2.0: A Business for Healthy, Walkable Cities?" article on LinkedIn, dated January 16, 2013. Again, not linking due to Yelp's new hawkish and odd "governance". Be sure to Google it! :)

I felt like I was in NYC with this market! Anything you need there is a high probability that you…read morewill find it here. Pricing is fine for what it is. On a Saturday night it is also a great place to stop in to people watch! Also seemed like one of the only places open late.

Syracuse Cooperative Market - Organic coffee on the co-op stoop across from the David Foster Wallace house! :-)

Syracuse Cooperative Market

3.8(20 reviews)
4.3 mi
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Fun little neighborhood market with a surprising selection for such a small footprint. Limited…read moreparking because it is a residential area. Narrow aisles but lots of good products, some of which can't even be found at the big shops like Wegmans.

My husband and I were recently in the Syracuse area on a concert overnight road trip. Before…read moreheading home, he had a particular lesser-known offbeat local landmark he wanted to see, which happens to be in the same neighborhood as the Coop. So while there we went into the Coop for some coffee and sandwiches, and enjoyed a nice curb lunch out front. The Coop has a variety of grab-and-go sandwiches in a cooler towards the front, near the self-serve coffee area, several of which are vegan. I tried the vegan chickpea salad pita. My husband had the vegan buffalo seitan on ciabatta bread. He went with the dark roast coffee, and I had the medium-roast Bird of Paradise blend at recommendation of one of the fun checkout crew guys. The staffer claimed it is the best coffee he's ever had. I hit the carafe at just the right time to be empty and necessitate a fresh brew ... and WOW, he was NOT kidding! What an EXCELLENT cup of coffee! I love a light, wispy coffee that is so utterly crisp that every sip is somehow both satisfying and vapid, like your palate is both satiated and cleansed all at the same time--and this wonderful palate-paradox is the exact experience with a fresh cup of Bird of Paradise! And as for the sandwiches, also delicious! My chickpea salad pita was creamy and crunchy, with a hint of spicy. My husband loved the buffalo seitan sandwich so much so that he nearly denied me a bite! But I did get one, and can concur YUM. We strolled the aisles a bit while we were there, and it is a sweet little grocer with a small selection of all of your typical market sections. The selection of vegan and specialty groceries, like keto and gluten-free, is well represented here, too. Vegan marshmallows were on sale, so we grabbed a couple bags, as well as a few bricks of vegan ramen. If we lived closer I would gladly shop here, at minimum come back for more of that Bird of Paradise coffee! The staff was super friendly, the prepared foods were delicious, the coffee was superb--enjoy this sweet little establishment Syracuse, what a gem! :-D

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Syracuse Cooperative Market - Stopped for lunch, and to see where David Foster Wallace lived across the street when he was a student at SU, and wrote Infinite Jest.

Stopped for lunch, and to see where David Foster Wallace lived across the street when he was a student at SU, and wrote Infinite Jest.

Syracuse Cooperative Market - Sat on the curb with my coffee and donut, and the new plant I bought that we lovingly named David Foster Wallace. ;-)

Sat on the curb with my coffee and donut, and the new plant I bought that we lovingly named David Foster Wallace. ;-)

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