Greek & Middle East markets

There are a number of well-stocked Greek and Middle East markets around the area. 

Asadur's, 5536 Randolph Rd, Rockville, 301 770 5558, has a range of frozen Greek, Egyptian and Middle Eastern dishes, as well as fresh ingredients and Greek wines and coffee.

Thomas Market, 2650 University Blvd West, Wheaton, 301 942 0839, has a wide range of cheeses, along with orange peel-flavored loukanika sausages, pulses, halva, and the kind of roasted seeds and nuts familiar to anyone who has sat and drunk ouzo in an ouzeria.

Mediterranean Corner, 409 Maple Ave West, Vienna, 703 938 3663, is a market of note.

Aphrodite, 5886 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, 703 931 5055 for ready-made dishes, like spanakopita, dolmades, hummus, as well as loukanika, dried and cured meats, fresh cuts of lamb and beef, and a good selection of cheeses and breads.

For a gyro pita sandwich and salad after you've stocked up on supplies, shop at the Greek Corner Market, 2460 Ennalls Ave, Wheaton, 301 929 8502.

Yekta is one of the area's oldest Persian markets at 1488-A Rockville Pike, Rockville, 301 984 1190, where you can sit next door and eat as well as buy a wide range of foods, preserves and breads. Their produce is well priced, fresh, with fruits full of flavor and they have an open barrel of mixed nuts and pistachios studded with salt.

Turkish grocery store Atilla, 2705 Columbia Pike, Arlington, 703 685 4075, also has a restaurant at the same address.

Sam's Cafe & Market, in the Ritchie Center, on Rockville Pike, Rockville, sells canned and dried Middle East goods.

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