Taste of Europe

This is a hidden treasure. I wish their place was more viewable to the public — it’s right next to the oh so famous Shadowland. My family’s Asian and are very adventurous when it comes to food. This place is awesome! I love the cutlets, smoked fish, liver, salads, and sausages! Do give them a try! Service is very nice. I recommend the chicken bologna for first timers. It’s very easy to eat and it’s delicious!

I have never tried European food and coming here make me love it. I love the variety of chicken they have cooked. I come to this place a lot because it is very delicious and the employees here are very nice. I will definitely come back to shop here.

I wanted to make «sirniki» (Russian farmer cheese pancakes) for a long time but could not find farmer’s cheese anywhere. And no, Ricotta won’t do the job for me so I was determined to find a Russian store because Giant, Wegmans, etc do not have farmer’s cheese. I came here and was deeeelighted to find an assortment of farmer’s cheeses!!! I got the one with raisins already in it (which saved me the need to buy raisins, an extra ingredient, for the sirniki!) and it was delicious. They also have become my go to place to buy stackable waffle layers for making my condensed milk cakes and I love their selection of teas. Oh and my mom loves their Russian cakes of course.

Russian grocery store. Has all the basics and is on par with Boston Russian grocery stores… Obviously falls short compared to the ones in Brooklyn. It carries the basics I need like farmers cheese, cold cuts, fish, frozen dumplings, cakes, etc. does the trick when I won’t be in NYC for a very long time! I didn’t like their house-​made pickles and sauerkraut, but it’s a good source of packaged products like Kefir, salamis and cheeses. For being in the DC metro area, and accessibility by car or metro I’ll give it 4 stars!

Ah HA! I finally got my coworker to show me where he gets his loose leaf tea from: this place.
It’s a tiny grocery store and deli tucked back in this shopping center near Shadowland and Quincey’s. It’s not visible from the parking lot so you’ll just have to wing it. My Russian and Ukrainian coworkers describe it as «the Russian store» so take from that what you will. They have a good selection of hard to find Eastern European and Russian foods (including a lot of sweets) but the main thing I wanted here is something that’s just oddly hard to find in general: loose leaf tea.
They have a good selection of it in a few different brands. I checked Amazon and found 3^rd party sellers offering it there too but it’s much cheaper in this store (the Amazon price was 50% higher for what I checked).
I’m now enjoying my mix of 3 parts Ceylon to 1 part Earl Gray thanks to this place. I’m sure there are other spots around here that have good selections of loose leaf tea but this one is right near where I work and easy to get in and out of.

What an incredible find! They don’t have much, mainly chocolates. LOTS of them!
But any place that provides me with my smoked trout for 6.99/lb is a favorite place of mine.
The pierogis were delicious, and I threw in a few pieces of their chocolates to try them out. Amazing! The polish and ukranian ones were my favorite. They’re sold by pound and they have a huge assortment!
It’s my first time in a Russian type market, so didn’t recognize half of what I was looking at, which gives it even more appeal, to me at least. Can’t wait to try their cheeses. Got the Russian Havarti this time, but it’s too mild for my taste.

It’s one of those places I don’t want to tell everyone for they might corrupt it. At the same time, they need the business. So, here goes nothing.
This place is full of little treasures. It’s a tiny place but rarely gets jammed packed like Studio X located a few doors down. It has Russian chocolates-​tons of varieties you can mix and match and pay by the pound, frozen pierogies, beet salad, shredded Korean carrots. What? Korean carrots, you ask? Yes, Korean carrots. Kefir drinks, kinder chocolate eggs (the kind with toys inside), individually wrapped ice cream-​cheesecake desserts, packaged German egg noodles, Russian havarti cheese (yummm), and tons of other little European snacks you’ve never tried.
One of the owners and perhaps his daughter can be a bit on the aloof side but you know, whatevs.
Too bad the Indian place next door didn’t survive-​that was also a nice little place. For some reason this hidden treasure trove has staying power and I like it.

Taste of Europe is in many ways a typical ethnic grocery store. But who doesn’t love a good ethnic store?
I stop by occasionally because it is the only place I know of which often has a tasty little Latvian treat called «Karums.» If you’ve spent any time in Eastern Europe, you’ve probably had a similar treat. What I can best compare it to is having a small piece of incredibly creamy and delicious cheesecake. On my most recent visit, Taste of Europe had a very cool variety of Karums to choose from, including the regular flavor (which is like plain cheesecake with a thin chocolate coating), a white chocolate cranberry version, as well as chocolate, orange, and blueberry flavors.
Of course, the store features a variety of imported canned goods. Another cool feature is the different types of frozen pierogi. The deli counter offers classics like smoked eel and lots of different sausages. Naturally, there’s also lots of candy and cookies to be had. However, do be careful of expiration dates.
When you drive into the plaza, you won’t see the store from the parking lot — it’s in the 2nr row behind the auto parts store.
And in case Eastern European is not your thing, there’s an Indian store next door.