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Did our weekly shopping there on Saturday. The downside is that the overall selection of international foods isn't as broad as previous incarnations, but there is still plenty of good stuff available. Stocked up on dried chiles, my wife found a lot of spices she's been looking for, scored some pork belly, fresh ramen noodles, and some dumplings from the freezer case.
Plus side is we were able to do most of our regular weekly shopping there as well, aside from giant bags of dog food, and kept the trip under a hundred dollars. Overall I'd much rather shop here than local Safeways or Giants. Layout was pretty much the same as it was before, but there was an overall look of better organization. Hopefully they'll stick around a while.
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Another grocery store is now at that location. The name is Value Food or Food Value - sorry, dont quite remember. Went shopping there last evening and it is set up kinda the same.
It has the fresh international veggies and fruits and most of all the fresh fish section.There are a few changes, looks like there will be other venders there also - maybe they will help them stay open.
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re: swanfrench
woodleyparkhound
Jul 25, 2012 03:44 AM
Mangosteen and fresh lychees are my favorites - but jackfruit and rambutan are interesting as well. Durian is the only one I don't care for, though it has its fans.
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re: laststandchili
We were there last Thursday night-opening day and were disappointed. It was good they finally opened but it was a little premature. There were many empty freezer and cold cases, empty shelves and others sparsely filled. There were two suits walking around and they asked me how I liked it. They said we have many American foods. I told them I was not there for American foods but Chinese, African and Indian Foods. I don't think they understood because they repeated they had American food. They had crullers eaten with soy milk but no soy milk. Oriental vegetables were limited as well as fruits from Asia. The fish section looked good and they had small lobsters for $4.99/lb. Time will tell if we still need to go to Kam Sam and Maxim Rockville or HMart in Catonsville.
This location has undergone so many different food stores and non seem to succeed. I hope they have good management for success. In the past I had suggested that they have samples to educate people about the food but they never followed through.
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Don't know about the Glen Burnie store, but the Parkville and 40th St stores in Baltimore were on a very low level and are now closed. No organic selection, fair at best produce and meat otherwise and limited sad looking prepared foods. They advertised themselves as high end with competitive prices. I'd say they were somewhere lower end than Shoppers with Shoppers having some organic and decent prepared foods.
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I was so bummed when I drove by and saw the place vacant. I have to say though the last couple times I went by, I found the produce failing--many almost rotten avocados, wilted napa cabbage, the ginger was strange in that it looked like pieces of it had been frozen then thawed. I saw a dying tilapia gasping for air lying on its side at the bottom the tank and I remember thinking, hmm, I'll never buy anything out of that tank. But I loved the red snapper whole and a I was able to pick up my Asian ingredients. I also noticed that some of the frozen foods had frosted over as well. Definitely could use some improvements. Maybe they were shut down because they failed on some food inspection level. I wouldn't be totally surprised. Well, I'm on my way to Catonsville to H Mart, they're a bit farther, but consistent quality control is a standard there you can count on. I'd rather go farther and be able to trust the food items rather than have the convenience of it being nearby if the fresh/frozen products are substandard.
Just got back from HMart. You know, the quality is so much better, if AllGreen does reopen, their quality would have to equal that of Hmart for me to return. Maybe they will. After leaving Hmart, I thought, AllGreen is a Hmart wannabe, and hopefully it can happen--just for the convenience.
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re: blossomthyme
It's a real shame. I'm in Arnold, and was thrilled to have easy access to a lot of the asian ingredients. The produce used to be top notch and much less expensive than other area grocerys. Same with the meat. I loved the thin sliced ribeye they carried. Did a ton of Cheesesteaks last year with that.
Looks like I need to join the crowd at Hmart.
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The sign on the window says temporarily closed. There was a security vehicle in the parking lot on Sunday, 9/11
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re: nosey
Well, unfortunately I feel like I've seen "temporarily closed" become just closed more often than not. It's ashame they never seemed to draw the large crowds that H-Mart did. While their produce remained great, there was definately a reduction in their selection over time, especially their meat selection.
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H-Mart
800 N Rolling Rd, Catonsville, MD
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OK, I live in AA county (Hanover, SW side of the airport off of Dorsey). What is this Green Market that you speak of and where in Glen Burnie is it?
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