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Hard to believe that such a great location sits around half empty. I wish it would morph into an International Market with a great Thai, Indian, Persian, Italian, Spanish, Greek... restaurants, spice shops, a cheese shop with cheeses from all over the world, cotton and other natural fiber clothes, international gift baskets, coffee and tea shops, artisan bakery...handmade furniture, pottery, baskets... Food court with street food from around the world.
We drove all over creation trying to find spices for Persian kabobs last week. Ended up at Caspian International Food Mart. Great place. Flame Kabob chef finally pointed us in the right direction. There's a little market tucked into a Cary strip mall that has terrific Turkish spices and the best Feta cheese I've ever had in my life. They'd probably do a lot more business if anyone knew were they were. I suspect there are small businesses like this all over the area that would benefit from a central location where people could find them.
I'm rather glad it didn't turn into Chinatown. Not sure that people are all that crazy about buying "made in China" goods these days.
Last edited by GotHereQuickAsICould; 07-14-2012 at 07:22 AM..
We drove all over creation trying to find spices for Persian kabobs last week. Ended up at Caspian International Food Mart. Great place. Flame Kabob chef finally pointed us in the right direction. There's a little market tucked into a Cary strip mall that has terrific Turkish spices and the best Feta cheese I've ever had in my life. They'd probably do a lot more business if anyone knew were they were. I suspect there are small businesses like this all over the area that would benefit from a central location where people could find them.
There's a little market tucked into a Cary strip mall that has terrific Turkish spices and the best Feta cheese I've ever had in my life. They'd probably do a lot more business if anyone knew were they were. .
While I shop regularly at Grand Asia on Buck Jones Road (where strangely enough, the produce guys speak neither Chinese or English), I had never heard of Patel Brothers on Chatham or Compare Foods on N New Hope Road in Raleigh. I love to make green corn tamales and am heading to Compare Foods today to see if I can find what I can't seem to find at Krogers, which I also love. Also, I read that Compare Foods has frozen guava pulp and guava Mimosas sounds Sunday brunch to me.
I wish they would make it more of an International Market, with Asian, Indian, African, European, etc etc stores, food etc. That would be more representative of the diversity of the area. They could also incorporate cultural events. Would love to be a part of that!
Patel Brothers is a franchise chain...they have close to 50 stores scattered around the country. The current one at Chatham and Maynard opened about a year ago after moving from a smaller space in the plaza right across the street.
I wish they would make it more of an International Market, with Asian, Indian, African, European, etc etc stores, food etc. That would be more representative of the diversity of the area. They could also incorporate cultural events. Would love to be a part of that!
Wonder how you would get something like that started?
I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity when we moved here. Would be nice to have a Market that recognizes, celebrates and supports that.
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