(Left) Bombay Bazar stocks Indian pantry items; (Right) Patrons of West Ashley’s El Molino Supermarket can now get their birria tacos at the store’s newest location in North Charleston.
El Molino Supermarket
From jicama to Jarritos, El Molino’s got them and more in its aisles, but the big draw are the killer tacos—carnitas, birria, you name it—on house-made tortillas with hot sauce.
5900 Rivers Ave., North Charleston
1610 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 301 facebook.com/elmolinosupermarket
India Spice
Freshly ground spices are the common thread in all Indian regional foodways. Find them and other key dry goods, as well frozen items and produce in this West Ashley shop.
1694 Old Towne Rd. spicesandgrocery.com
Bombay Bazar & Indian Restaurant
Grab your Indian staples—spices, lentils, flours—at the grocery, and then stay for the lunch buffet or order off the extensive menu featuring all the classics, from lamb biryani to chicken vindaloo.
6216 Rivers Ave., North Charleston bombaybazarindianrestaurant.com
Euro Foods Bakery & Cafe
Lunch on borscht and blintzes at this Eastern European specialty market or peruse its epic selection of imported goods, including wine and prepared foods to go.
1664 Old Towne Rd. eurofoodsbakeryandcafe.com
(Left to right) H+L Supermarket offers a full array of meat, poultry, and fish. It also has a café serving up Vietnamese specialities; Sky Market in Goose Creek stocks Brazilian groceries and serves up daily specials, like beef liver and onions.
H+L Asian Market
Enjoy a bowl of hearty pho in the café before roaming the grocery aisles chock-full of exotic produce, condiments galore, all the frozen dumplings, and so much more.
5300 Rivers Ave., North Charleston facebook.com/p/HL-Asian-Market
Sky Market
This mercado in Goose Creek serves a taste of home—including breakfast plates, baked goods, meats, and produce—to the area’s burgeoning Brazilian population.
115 South Goose Creek Blvd., Goose Creek skymarketsc.com
Maz Fresco
With one location in Nashville, this full-service grocer opened its doors last fall, catering to the Latin American community with house-made salsas and tortillas, a butcher shop, bakery, and prepared foods to go.
7363 Stall Rd., North Charleston @mazfresco
Photographs by Aleece Sophia & courtesy of the businesses
