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| - FINALLY! A giant international grocery store! As the newspaper article quoted, "50% Asian, 30% Hispanic, and 20% Middle Eastern". Awesome.
Went opening day (today), that's how excited I am about this place. It definitely could use a lot of improvement, but it just opened so needs a little time to set everything up (empty shelves, undeveloped areas of store, less than fresh seafood). However, it's got the beginnings of a 99 Ranch Market-type store going on. I felt at home when I walked in, familiar foods, brands, smells (albeit stanky), and large groups of Asians actually exist in Charlotte!
All kinds of spices, non-native vegetables, fruits (yeah, they have DURIAN, not that I'm condoning the eating of this rotten-meat smelling fruit, but it's here), almost everything you'd find in a 99 Ranch market. They have a big seafood section, frozen food section, varied produce section, and what looks to be the beginnings of a food court, maybe?
No more having to go to Atlanta to stock up on my Asian staples.
Right off busy Independence Blvd, the plaza Super G Mart is in is a tad sketch and in need of new patronage (a couple empty store fronts). Parking seems to be plentiful, for now.
You know what would go perfect next to this grocery store (in those empty store fronts)? A boba shop. An asian bakery. KTV place. Okay, I'm getting way too ahead of myself.
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