Middle East Market
"Middle East Market features friendly and helpful staff as well as a good selection of imported products that you won't be able to find at big-box stores. Some highlights included what looked to be homemade baklava, handmade olive oil soap, spices sold in bulk, and tasty-looking frozen Middle Eastern meals. The best product, in my opinion, is their locally made hummus from a restaurant a few miles away. It is absolutely ambrosial. One taste and I vowed never to go back to store-bought hummus (Sabra, store brand, etc). It's hard to find words to describe exactly how this hummus tasted...in fact, you should try it for yourself! Definitely check this place out if you're a fan of ethnic markets and amazing hummus!"
Solomons Grocery & Deli
"The folks at Solomon's Grocery and European Deli want you to come up and see them sometime. No, really! And you don't have to peel grapes for them either. The Bukharian (no, not Bulgarian - you're thinking of East Europe Market off of Colorado Boulevard) owners of this spacious shop (in a Havana strip mall prominently anchored by a bingo hall) are here to confound and astound you with their merchandise. Dark rye breads, rich with flavor! Stunning Russian sodas (I like the medicinal-tasting cola called Baikal and the tarragon-flavored Tarkhun, although the clerk I spoke to told me she's not a big fan of that last one). Elegant salads (maybe a potatoey Olivie or beety Vinegret is calling out to you?) You will find savories and sweets from the whole swath of Eastern Europe, and further afield, beckoning you. And then, just when you thought it couldn't get any better, you can pop a few doors down and treat yourself to an Ethiopian nosh at Nile (see my previous review)! Really, how can you say "no"?"
