They are so friendly and an invaluable part of the neighborhood. Great place for everything…read moreJapanese and the owner is super friendly. Thank you.

A small yet might Japanese grocery store! Most know of Ten Ichi nearby, but midoriya has all the…read morenecessities and for cheaper, particularly Japanese items (can't speak for other Asian items/snacks). I often drop by for mirin, natto, frozen dumplings, umeboshi, seaweed, etc. This is definitely the preferred option for me for Asian grocery items in Williamsburg since I go through Japanese items extremely quickly. the store owner is also very kind and welcoming, and of course, Japanese! As a note, they have a $10 card minimum.

Tashkent has become a place we visit every time we are in New York. The variety of food there is…read morecrazy, and the quality and freshness are some of the best I have seen in supermarkets. The efficiency of the staff is amazing too. You see those lines for the cashiers and think you are going to be there forever, but it really only takes a couple of minutes. Try their croissants. I do not want to give them any ideas about pricing lol, but you would literally expect them to cost three times as much. I promise you! The second thing you try is syrniki with nutella! Also, the shawarma there is an 8.4 out of 10. Highly recommend. This is actually my second highest score for shawarma in the US, by the way..

This supermarket is a very busy, neighborhood gem! It's 100 % Halal…read more What I appreciate the most about TashKent is they sell hard to find imports from the Balkans, Russia, and Eastern European regional items. I primarily love the kefirs, kombucha's, and specialty bakery. The hot bar buffet is insane! Filled with every kind of food with over 200 items. They even had morkovcha (carrot kimchi), various dumplings, and I they have hand carved shawarma for those that like meat. The prices are fair, typical to any other grocery store location in Manhattan. The service is great. It is one of my favorite specialty markets. Tip: The store gets very crowded during peak times, especially after work hours.

Mitsuki Japanese Market is a small convenience store and market in Greenpoint, Brooklyn! We were in…read moreneed of a small snack to tide us over from a day of shopping and exploring so we stopped in for a small bite. They had ready made onigiri that we picked up! There were a few aisles of packaged snacks with all the usual Japanese favorites. They also had a cold case with desserts, drinks and some refrigerated food.

I love how this supermarket has an offer of 50% off onigiris and sushi platters after 8pm. I wish…read morethey made the time earlier than 8pm like at 6pm so we definitely can get it earlier at a discounted rate! Hopefully the manager changes its mind and makes the discount time earlier than 8pm! Otherwise, they have a nice stock of onigiris at around $3.50 each. I tried their cooked salmon and spicy salmon and they were very fresh and nice to eat. Buttery and smooth salmon. They got salmon and tuna sushi too that are affordable and less than $10 so that's a pretty good deal apart from their 8pm discount offer. Place overall sells light snacks like chips and ice cream. I saw that they got matcha ice cream but couldn't buy that because the weather is still hot so it's going to melt before I get home. I live 2 train stops away from this place so it's kind of far to buy matcha ice cream back and forth in the fall weather when it's still warm out.

I used to love coming here when we lived in the neighborhood and still try to come by here and…read morethere. This compact Japanese grocery store offers a wide variety of snacks, and a great prepared food section. After 8pm, almost all the prepared food items are 50% off which is a deal. Staff and service is always nice and efficient. Primarily a takeout spot, there's some minimal seating.

I've been coming here daily for the past few years for lunch, last week, my partner sat down while…read moreI was on line with both of our lunch, the male manager went up to my partner and said how she can't sit down without buying food, given that this has been our routine for a few years now, she said I was on line with our food & continued to be passive. Today, we were here with our friend, our friend bought the wrong flavor of ice cream and tried to return or swap for a different flavor. The same male manager refused a refund because the ice cream was "melted" since it was purchased 30 minutes ago. Our friend didn't know we had tried this flavor before and didn't like it and just wanted to swap it for mango. Here's the "melted" ice cream that we weren't allowed to return. The workers are always so kind and sweet, so is the female manager, but this guy is always hostile and aggressive to selective customers. This place is always busy and packed and many times I see people do the same thing where one person sits when another is on line with the food and seems to be an issue as of recent. I don't know the reason, but I've never had a problem doing this before in the past 2 almost 3 years. We purchase all of our food, sit quietly, clean up after ourselves, I don't see the issue with sitting while another purchases or why we couldn't return an unopened box of ice cream just to swap flavors.

There are a number of similar names for this small, but mighty, establishment floating around on…read morethe internet: Ninth Avenue International Foods, Ninth Avenue International Market, International Grocery & International Food, Ninth Avenue International Grocery, or just what's written on the sign: International Grocery. Whatever the actual name, it seems that this Mediterranean specialty store has been open since 1947, run first by the Smitsis Family, and then the Karamouzis (including brothers Sotiris, Dinos, and Panayiotis). The Karamouzis moved it a few doors north to its present location in 1983. The neighborhood around the store has evolved a great deal over the years, but inside, old world charm persists. Everywhere you look there are bulk bins, barrels, and sacks brimming with: - Spices: all the staples needed for Mediterranean, Indian and North African cuisines, including za'atar, dried tamarind, cloves, allspice, rock salt, cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, red pepper, black mustard seed, etc... - Dried fruits: pineapple, apricots, raisins, figs, diced orange peel, dates, etc... - Dried nuts: cashews, macadamias, almonds in every form, walnuts, pistachios, etc.. - Grains, beans, lentils, and flours - Coffee I love that International Grocery has stuck with bins and barrels for all these years. Bulk bins were the norm when the store first opened and are so much more environmentally friendly than the ubiquitous single use plastic packaging we see nowadays. Environmentally conscious folks are increasingly coming around to appreciate bulk bins and I wouldn't be surprised if they became the hot "new" trend in coming years. If you stick with something for long enough, it comes back into fashion, right? The wonders don't end with all those glorious bins, however. Far from it. Improbably, all of the following (and more) also neatly fit into a store the size of a suburbanite's two-car garage: - Olives -- about 10-15 kinds by my last count, but I've seen even more varieties at times. I love my crisp, green Castelvetranos and black Kalamatas; the Progeny loves her pimento-stuffed Manzanillas. - Antipasti (mushrooms, artichokes, giardiniera, gigantes plaki) and preserved lemon peel - Feta (Bulgarian, Greek) and other cheeses - Tzatziki and other spreads - A variety of fresh and packaged pastries (baklava, kourabiedes, koulourakia) and halvas - Olive oils, pomegranate molasses, carob molasses - Pita breads and pasta - Rose water - Amardeen (an apricot leather used to make a Syrian drink of the same name) Prices are quite fair and the owners + staff are kind, generous, gentle and gracious. When my 10-year old privately expressed interest in the orange peel to me, one of the owners overheard and offered her some to try. They didn't look at all askance when she delightedly opened various bins to sniff the beautiful aromas within. (I did teach her to waft the smells to her nose by hand a la chemistry lab, instead of sticking her head into each bin.) As much as I detest the areas around Port Authority -- it's one of the dirtiest, smelliest parts of NYC -- I do go out of my way for International Grocery and will for as long as we're both around.

Absolutely love this place! First found it when looking for some spices I'd never heard of before…read morefor a Palestinian dessert. International Grocery had these and many other spices, grains, nuts, flours, everything you can think of, from multiple cuisines from many cultures around the Mediterranean. They also have fresh halvah, and delicious spanakopita, freshly made! I got into the habit of buying several generous servings-- one for now, several for my freezer. What a great find!

Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry is a taste of Taiwan in NYC. LIsa, the owner is the sweetest, kindest,…read moresuper efficient foodie. Her blog is mouth-watering and while I'm on the other side of they city and usually ordering online loved my time visiting the shop. My fave reorder products are the Taiwanese jams---Irwin mango, mulberry, passionfruit/pumpkin, and red guava. Mostly fruit, very low sugar, and dreamy texture/taste of Taiwan's abundant flora. This season she partnered with the Foundry Bakery for mooncakes to celebrate Autumn Moon Festival. Based near St. Louis I had a friend in shock that the heartland could produce such extraordinary and authentic Taiwanese mooncakes. They arrived to my great delight with mostly organic ingredients--a first in all my decades of eating mooncakes anywhere. The colors were fabulous and the tastes old school. But the mung bean black sesame has become my all-time fave--never had that taste combo and it was spectacular. Why get them in a tin flown from abroad when an actual Taiwan baker here makes them fresh & quickly shipped. Lisa's wisdom in selecting products is delightful and her foodie skills unmatched both in her store and in her cooking blog. Beyond grateful!

Their dried fruit is sickly sweet and loaded with sugar. Even their savory products are loaded with…read moresugar. The owners of this shop hate J-ws. How else to explain their spreading horrendous lies about Israel and J_ws.

I'm not generally in this area, but I ran an errand of Myrtle Avenue last week and happened to walk…read morepast this little Asian market. I needed some siracchia and they had plenty in stock. I also grabbed some rice noodles and a bunch of different kinds of ramen. They also have seafood and drinks, etc. Lots of frozen foods, etc. I can go to Chinatown anytime, which is way more convenient for me, but this is a great little market if you're in Bushwick.

Since I moved out of Greenpoint into this part of Ridgewood adjacent Bushwick, I can't seem to find…read morea decent Chinese delivery restaurant so I have been cooking a lot more on my own. This Asian grocery is a lifesaver for neighborhood cooks who don't want to trek into Chinatown or Flushing over the weekend. Nearby Food Bazaar carries a decent selection of staples - rice noodles, mirin, rice vinegar, etc, but I come here for different varieties of soy sauce, fish sauce, Chianking vinegar, cooked udon in the refrigerator case, and other essential seasonings for an authentic home cooked meal. There is a fish counter and some produce available as well.

Not sure why this place has low ratings because I came on a Sunday night and I was so impressed!…read moreThis market is located in Bushwick. I saw from outside they had a deli so I figured let me get a quick meal. As I walked in I saw everything was so neatly organized. It looked like no one touched anything, every product was in itself place. I must have gone at a great hour because there were not too many people inside. It was probably the cleanest supermarket i have been in. I will say the deli items were pricey but it was delicious! I unfortunately do not live nearby but if I did, I would definitely go more often.

I've known this supermarket since 1992. It's of course very different now . The "children" love…read morethis place. They walk in with their dogs without compunction . The unwashed set ... If you want to return an item you are treated like a criminal . If you mention weights & measures that lessens. To me , if something is out of date , or simply bad , it shouldn't be a crime to return it nor should you feel as if you're doing something wrong .

Sahadi's at Industry City is such a fun place to walk into. I was there during a work retreat and…read morepeople were constantly coming in and out, which gave the whole store this lively, welcoming vibe. I loved that they even have a bar inside. I couldn't drink since I was there for work, but it's such a cool touch and makes the space feel even more inviting. There are so many delicious things to look at. Spices, nuts, prepared foods, pastries, everything. The olives are honestly my favorite. They are so fresh and full of flavor that I had to stop myself from grabbing more. It's the kind of store where you want to explore every corner because something good is always waiting. The staff was friendly and patient even with the steady flow of people. It's just a warm, easy place to be in. If you're walking around Industry City, Sahadi's is definitely worth a stop. It feels like a little food adventure every time.

1 of 2 Yelp reviews…read more Quality/Quantity - An upscale grocery store. Known for their deli and bakery. Industry City's location has a full bar, happy hour, etc. Industry City's location also has their Sahadi Spirits location. My wife and I got a few snacks from the grocery & deli departments. As we just had lunch and a few beers in Industry City; see my other reviews. Ambiance - Open 7 days a week from 11am to 7pm. Atlantic Ave location hours: 7 days a week from 10am to 7pm. Service - Good, mainly self service. Price - Upscale grocery prices. Owner Comment - Congrats on all your success since 1895 and with your 3 locations! 1948 - Moved shop to Brooklyn, NY. 1967 - Son Charlie took over.