Elliniki Agora

Really great green grocer in the heart of Astoria. I like the selection and quality a lot better than the people next door @ Green Brothers. They have so much produce! All their herbs are located in the refrigerator in the back so if you need cilantro or parsley ask one of their helpful employees! They even have fresh Thai bird eye chilis and fresh grape leaves so that you can make dolmades! Prices are very reasonable. Nothing here is organic but their quality is unparalleled. Never shop for produce at a supermarket! Everything in supermarkets have been hanging out for god knows how long. Shop local and you will truly be much happier with the product. I will return.

Upon first glance, Elliniki Agora looks somewhat inferior to its gargantuan neighbor, United Brothers. But what this little store lacks in size it more than makes up for in quality.
The prices are about the same as next store, but the produce is so. much. fresher. Here, you will not find any wrinkly peppers, mushy avocados, or oozing peaches.
What I especially like is that over the summer they have consistently carried Long Island heirloom tomatoes, big and small. If you’re lucky, you can also find bunches of multicolored carrots.

I love this place. They’re perfectionists and they have a high turn over rate so everything always looks and tastes great. They carry everything under the sun that they can get their hands on so there’s always so much Incredible variety including the unusual, like cardoons, celeric, jicama, Dragon fruit, fresh dates, fresh unfermented olives, mangosteen, lychee, etc. They’re also open ²⁴⁄₇. Also their prices are competitive and reasonable. My only complaint is that they don’t carry enough organically/​biologically grown produce but that seems to be slowly changing as I just bought some organic pears and an organic canary melon (at 2:15am!) Also they never charge me a minimum for debit! The guy at night, I think might be the owner. He’s great, very polite, pleasant, and always helpful

I was so glad to discover this place! Very fresh produce and a «cozy shop» atmosphere.

I have to say that the quality here is much better than… next door. They also have some interesting finds like fresh almonds and white egg plant. This will be my go to from now on.

Fresh fruits and veggies, easy access off the N/​Q at 30^th/​Grand Ave., what more can you ask for?! The biggest tomatoes, hard to find herbs and spices (fresh, yes), and tropical fruits in the middle of this crazy winter too?!? Now you’re spoiling us (however you pronounce this place’s name)…
And they do accept credit cards too. Damn damn damn, what else do they do? Well, they are open 24 hours, forgot about that.
Every time I walk by this place, it makes me think in a flash of insanity that it is possible to live as a vegetarian. I do quickly come back to my senses though, because duh… beef, pork, and chicken are amazeballs. But the fact that a green grocer (or it’s Greek??? equivalent) can make me think such irrational thoughts speaks volumes. It also helps that the place «smells like a peach» in the summertime.

This place is great. The produce is always fresh and lasts a while. The guy who works in the morning always remembers me. When I was staying in this neighborhood I always stopped in here for some fresh fruit on my way home after a night out. It’s so nice to be able to buy something your body can use instead of getting pancakes, or worse, in the middle of the night.

Elliniki Agora is a great fruits and veggies market. They always carry a selection of the freshest and top quality products.
My only complaint is that consider Elliniki Agora too pricey. I do understand that they offer top quality products but the high pricing is the main reason for preferring to go next door to United Brothers.

I was shopping in Key Food for produce. Their fruits and veggies are mostly fine, not great. But they didn’t have lemongrass that I needed, and the limes looked inedible.
I walked 10 extra blocks to Elliniki. They had plenty of lemongrass and my garlic, scallions, romaine lettuce, pound of string beans, chili peppers, ginger, cilantro, and lemongrass came to $ 11.44. And the quality of all items was excellent.
Cashiers are polite and full of personality (in a good way). Staff is always helpful. It’s always busy so you know the turnover on their stock is frequent and it hasn’t been sitting there for a while. I always see guys loading and unloading rutabagas and squash from trucks into the store.
And it’s open 24 hours. Crazy.

While next door United Brothers get a lot of hype, most of which is warranted, most folks walk by Eliniki Agora and not realize it’s a hidden gem!
While United Brothers does offer tons of produce, fruits and other goodies, Eliniki Agora offers a lot of the same, PLUS a lot of hard to find items and while this may be hearsay, supposedly the same folks own Eliniki Agora and United Brothers, but that Eliniki gets the fresh stuff off the truck and afterwards, it gets transferred to United Brothers, since they get so many more customers and traffic.
Nice cashiers, awesome selection, ULTRA fresh fruits and produce turned my gf and I into regular custies!

Elliniki is our only source for fruits, vegetables and nuts in Astoria. The staff is super knowledgeable, they are very friendly and the prices and quality of product cannot be beat.

United Brothers Fruit (which is pretty much right next door) is a great produce market (and open 24 hours!) and while I like it very much, in many ways I feel that Elleniki Agora is more of a gem, as they seem to have more unique items. Just the other day I saw Muscata grapes (smaller and sweeter than regular grapes), fresh California almonds (something I’d never seen before), and a green called calilou. They also had the most beautiful packages of sundried tomatoes I’d ever seen. When you pressed through the plastic, the tomatoes were still soft… not all stiff and hard like most sundried tomatoes are.
I especially like this place because it incents me to try new things that I normally don’t see in other produce markets… everything is just laid out so nicely and the staff are also very helpful. My friend decided to pick up a bunch of calilou even though she had no idea how to eat it. The woman at the register recited a quick and easy recipe for her…

I didn’t realize when I moved to Astoria, how well placed my apartment was to great food shopping. I am super grateful after talking to a friend of mine that lives on Astoria Blvd. She has to trek over to 30^th Ave every time she shops. Elliniki Agora is so convenient because it is close to several other shops and is open at any hour so you can do all of your food shopping at once or you can stop by every day for the best deal of the day.
If you do not see what you are looking for, ask — because they may have it in the back. There just is not enough room to put everything out but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have it.
I buy all my nuts, fruits and vegetables here and I have found their product to be consistently fresh and their prices to be lower than the supermarkets and their neighbor — United Bros. They have a deal of the day cart with substantially reduced pricing out in the front filled with products that are ripe but these are usually still fresh as long as you consume them on the same day.
The cash register is in the back of the store and Elliniki Agora is popular so there can often be a line but it moves super quick. They don’t take Amex but they do take debit/​credit cards.

Fruits and vegetables must be a huge business here in Astoria. On this particular corner we have Elliniki Agora and a competitive store right next door that is 10 times the size. In my opinion, Elliniki is a strong and viable business on 30^th Avenue.
Elliniki has a very fresh product with all your standard fruits and vegetables. I must say, that I usually shop for my F & V across the street at the supermarket. I do so for convenience, but if my local is out or it does not look fresh I come here.
I am a big fan of watercress and my supermarket usually does not carry it. Elliniki to the rescue. It is always fresh and bright green with a clean look. No yellowing.
Their pricing is competitive and it is open 24 hours.
If you can’t find what your looking for, just ask. They probably have it in the back cooler. The place is spotless, clean and tidy. Some restaurants should take a class from these guys in maintaining a clean and safe operation.
I am very fortunate that I live in a community where I have options to purchase fruits and vegetables. Elliniki is a good choice. Besides I like saying «Elli-​ni-​ki». Say that 10 times fast. On my way to buy some goodies for Easter Sunday Dinner.
Happy Easter!!!

This is officially my go to place for fruit in Astoria! The prices are unbeatable, and I’ve yet to find anything there that doesn’t look fresh and delicious! They also take debit/​credit cards (minimum $ 8) which is a rarity for small businesses like this.
Prices change, but the other day I got a box of strawberries and blackberries for $ 1.79 each. Those are generally $ 3.99-$ 4.99 in supermarkets!

a good selection and really fresh fruit. but if you want a better buy, go next door to United Bros (with the big yellow & green awning). i think they may be owned by the same people, but their stuff is *slightly* less fresh (and i mean very slight), but MUCH less expensive. plus, the people there are worlds friendlier and the selection is grander.

Only one review and it’s from almost two years ago?
Disappointment in my fellow Astorians is high right now. I do pretty much all of my fruit and vegetable shopping here. Everything is fresh and the prices are great. I try and walk by here at least once every couple of days even if I’m not planning on shopping because every now and then they’ve got a special going on that you just can’t pass up on. They also now take credit cards for orders over $ 11 (I think that’s the minimum).
Stay away from the grocery stores (especially Trade Fair) and go to Elliniki for all of your non high fructose corn syrup needs.

Visiting friends in New York we wanted to take a trip to Astoria to check out the Greek scene. We stumbled upon this open market and small food shop. We felt like we were back in Greece here! The open market had a great selection of fresh produce. Then in the back there was a wide variety of nuts, seeds, and dried fruits. In the small food shop they had an amazing cheese, olive oil, and fresh olive selection. I bought real Greek honey which we have been missing since coming back from our trip. Making it an even more authentic experience our friend had a conversation with an employee in Greek. Opa!