Caravan Mideastern Foods

Love the olivesTheir customer service is amazing Please try this Mideastern store , it will not disappoint!

Every time I come here , I think to myself: "Why don't I come here more often?".I love to peruse a the vast array of fascinating ingredients, prepared food, nuts, teas, olives, etc.etc.etc., with aromas of far off lands. I have spent a lot of time in Greece, and some time traveling around the Balkans, Turkey and the Near East. Mediterranean cuisine is a favorites of mine in all of it's variations. There is nothing more delectable than dolma warm or cold, it's not just stuffed grape leaves.(Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes common in the Mediterranean cuisine and surrounding regions including the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia and Middle East. Common vegetables to stuff include tomato, pepper, onion, zucchini, eggplant, and garlic. Meat dolmas are generally served warm, often with tahini or egg-lemon sauce. )Needless to say all of the spices and most of the other ingredients are to be found here, and Caravan like its name is a wondrous journey and destination, at least I think so.

Nobody beats the wonderful Arabic Coffee Beans behind the counter at $5.99 a pound. Buy whole or let them freshly grind the black roasted beans with the natural oils making them glisten. I use a pour over so I have them do a fine powder Turkish or Espresso grind. The Turkish and eastern European individually wrapped chocolate candies at $6.99 a pound are little unexpected culinary treasures. They are perfect dressed up in colorfully artistic packages with nuts, dates, dried apricots, cheese and freshly brewed strong coffee or tea for unexpected guests. The Caravan has the best collection of stovetop Turkish coffee pots, affordable sets of demitasse or glass tea cups. Next time you need a gift for someone who has it all grab a pot, a pound of coffee, a demitasse set and a jar of honey for a Foodie's happy gastronomic gift.

I love this market. It's a treasure chest waiting for the treasure hunt! I love cultures and different foods, products and other goodies to try. If you're in the mood to dig and look at every little shelf then this is the place to come. They have a Mediterranean candies (that a friend turned me onto with pistachios that I saw in the market in California) where It's some kind of light white taffy made with sugar and rosewater with pistachios. This place actually has a baklava type pinwheel candy of the same kind. Absolutely heavenly and amazing. They also have a large selection of teas, fresh herbs and vegetables, tons of olives that are locally made, nuts and seeds of all kinds sold in bulk, and even lavash made locally. And of course there's the baked baklava and other bread. A lot of the local people come and get into some heated discussions in here. It's rather fun for me. I actually found that some of the customers came from many different middle eastern countries as I got into a few discussions myself wellI'm glad I didn't walk out with a bigger bill, but I certainly lucked out with the desire to come back and dig some more! UPDATE: I went back by yesterday and didn't realize they closed at 6PM. The owner was chatting with a friend. I asked if I could grab one thing only, (only they have these candies here in town!). He let me in and I found them! They're in bulk and hard to locate, but they are so worth it!

Since moving to Tucson it has been a challenge to find certain ethnic items I was easy to get back home. This store was recommended by Isabella here on Yelp. I was able to find quite a few items. Very glad to shop here. They have a large variety of groceries from many different countries and not overly priced which I completely appreciate.

Love shopping here especially for bulk nuts, snacks, and dried fruit. They have a huge selection; my particular favorites are the Persian pistachios and the fruit and nut mix with like a dozen different things in it, including dried mulberries and toasted chickpeas. They also have a really great tea selection, including the full lines of Twining's and Ahmad's brands which may be more familiar to U.S. shoppers.Of course they also have all your other staples: pasta (really good!), grains, legumes, frozen foods, sweets, spices, halal meat, produce (unique options like asian eggplants and cute little apples and pears), lots of dairy (cheeses, yogurt, kefir, etc.), bulk olives, coffee, jarred spreads and sauces like ajvar and various pickles, good selection of imported chocolates.

The service here is exceptional. The range of Middle Eastern products is excellent. We find many things that aren't available easily elsewhere, for example ground local goat, lamb and beef burgers, and double creme feta. Not a place to shop for produce, although there is some. But, this is a great resource for those of us who love the foods of the Middle East. And, just to iterate, the best thing of all is the incredible customer care and service.

Wide selection of items and the staff is very nice and helpful. I exclusively get my middle eastern groceries from caravan!

Middle Eastern cuisine made deliciously authentic and familiar with expected quality and flavors. This is no mild feat. One trip inside and you can see the discipline in action. -

When I lived in London I was introduced to Indian food, and I developed some favorites.One of these favorites is a condiment, and the best brand of this condiment I've found is Patak's.I called Caravan this morning and I was told they had the medium version and the hot. I was a little skeptical but I braved the heat and the traffic to check it out.Lo and behold, they had exactly the right product at a terrific price!What did I do? I bought all they had, and they will be my first stop when I'm in the market for anything even the least bit exotic.Nice people, an excellent selection and prices that are impossible to touch anywhere else . . .