My core shopping area relative to my own apartment and also for the cooking classes at St. Helena's is what I call the Starling Avenue Triangle, which is formed by three supermarkets,
- Chang - Li on Benedict Avenue, across the street from St. Helena's.
- Key Foods on Unionport Avenue
- And what used to be Pioneer, but it is now SuperFresh at 1345 Castle Hill Avenue.
In between lies a Mecca for food shopping with the whole range of South Asian flavors, mostly Bangladeshi, with some Indian thrown in for good measure.
Some of the outliers are a WestIndian store by Castle Hill Station, and an African Store, as well as another Bangladeshi supermarket on Castle Hill Avenue, and then two Mexican stores that are a bit further out:
- Frutas Y Vegetales La Reyna at 1300/1302 Beach Avenue, Corner Westchester Avenue
- Strawberry Farm, at 2403A Westchester Ave, between Zerega Avenue and Rowland Street, which is not exclusively Mexican, but they have a veritable treasuire trove of Mexican herbs and spices. Recommended!
I leave just the photographic evidence here:
They had three kinds of Mexican Oregano, just leaves in two forms, or with the stems, to make tea when you have a cold or the flu.
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