Food World with Taqueria and fishmonger
I get a kick out of visiting Food World over in Durham. It’s an Asian market that took over the space of a large grocery store in a faded old strip mall near downtown. The decor of the pre-existing supermarket hasn’t been touch all that much so when you walk through the place you get a weird mish-mash of cultures. The interesting twist on top of all that is that Food World also caters to the hispanic community that lives in the area. So there’s a section devoted to hispanic foods including a Taqueria. They make tortillas from scratch and the hot menu items look pretty authentic. Oh and there’s a fishmonger hidden in the back corner that get his fish fresh from Wilmington.
We don’t make the trek over to Food World too often since there’s a nicer (cleaner, more modern) Korean grocery store in Cary that we prefer. But I have to say that Food World’s got character. On our most recent visit (it had been about six months since our previous visit) we wondered if they had updated the look of the store to keep up with the new competition in Cary. NOPE. not a thing. Well, actually I think the hispanic presence in the store has become even more prominent now. and maybe the Taqueria/fishmonger feature of the store is enough to keep the place in business even with the competition across town. oh and surprisingly the prices of the various korean items we needed on our visit were just as high as they are in Cary. I would have thought with the lower rent in that part of Durham, the prices would reflect some sort of discount but I was wrong…
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Where is Food World and where is this Korean market in Cary? I get all our produce and Asian ingredients at Grand Asia Market, which is great but I’m always up for a new place.
Hi Meg! Food World is on the corner of Fayetteville street and Lakewood, right next to hwy 147. sort of in the vicinity of the Bulls Ballpark, just to give you the general idea of what part of Durham this is.
The one in Cary that I mentioned is called “S-Mart”. It’s on Ryan Rd in the same shopping strip with TJ Maxx (the one near Cary Towne center). but on the back side of the shopping center.