Lohman Shell Self-Serve & Food Mart

I happened upon this place by inquiring at another store. Luckily, there was a customer in the line there that directed me to this grocery. I could not believe my eyes! Hidden inside this service station is an Indian grocery. As the other reviewer has said, they have just about everything.. tons of different spices as well as ready to eat meals and mixes (galub Jamun for instance), basan (chickpea flour), everything you need to prepare an Indian meal! Love it! The only update I have since my first review a couple of years ago, is that the owners are really friendly and helpful if you have any questions or special requests. UPDATE 12/2015 - Apparently this store was robbed a year or so ago and the owners have since sold the store. It is now under new ownership - non Indian - and it seems like the new owners are gradually getting rid of the stock. For now, they still have some items, but nothing like they did have. Sad. But what they do have you cannot find anywhere else in Las Cruces, so it's worth a go. They seem to have more variety of frozen foods then before. But how long they've been sitting there ?? I don't know where the clientele have gone. Just not the store I was raving about above.

I'm thrilled that, due to new ownership, this unassuming gas station convenience store now doubles as Las Cruces' first Indian grocery! Looking for chapati flour? Dhals, spices, pickes, teas, snacks, mixes? They're all here. The owner is open to suggestions as well. If enough of us ask, perhaps we'll get Indian video rentals too. If you cook Indian food and live in Las Cruces, stop in, buy some goodies and thank the owner for saving you the drive to El Paso!

This is a gem of a little Indian Food Market, and the owner is very friendly and helpful. I buy my bulk basmati rice, Durum Atta flour, Shan spices and hard-to-find single spices here. There are lots of interesting products I haven't tried yet, and bit by bit I will! Love this place.

It is a convenient Indian grocery store for the people of Las Cruces.