India Groceries & Fashions

CLOSED – this site is now a conventional convenience store.

Not a bad place for last minute grocery purchase, do not expect more varieties here. Only hand full of varieties in each category and also the location looks dangerous, you may know when you visit the place ;), only good thing I felt is he sells biryani, kabobs and other curries. If you want more varieties and competitive pricing visit quality food market in Mechanicsburg or Bombay Bazaar. I’m writing this review coz I couldn’t find any other Indian grocery in Harrisburg on Unilocal.Recently I added the other 2 stores on Unilocal

Go here and order her homemade samosas. She only makes so many a day, so you may want to call in the morning and have some set aside. She makes them in vegetarian and chicken. I’ve tried them at 4 other local Indian restaurants, and these are absolutely the best samosas in the area. They’re super cheap too. You can also order them not cooked and take them home and bake them. Warning: they have a $ 10 minimum for credit cards, so bring some cash if you only want to order a couple of samosas.

I visited India Groceries the other day, after trying Hao Wang was closed for the day. So slightly further up we stopped and parked and got out. There were 3 or 4 other vehicles in he lot, we actually parked next door and walked over.
It is a house, with the bottom floor converted into a shop. They have a huge selection of VHS & DVDs, mostly india /​pakistan bollywood stuff, but some newer stuff there. (i’d say about 50% was original, the rest looked pirated and the graphics printed out from of a computer)
They had many different flavors of rice, shrimp crackers, cashews, pistachios, sauces, henna, hair-​dye, beans, nuts, dates, etc. They had packaged noodles and sweets in a small refridgerator. Every inch of space was jam packed with tandoori, biyani, and bunshah products, etc etc. There was a freezer in the back with a small assortment of frozen goodies.
We bought a few things that we needed, and were on our way. They also had lottery, lotto, soda, candy and herr’s chips. The guy running hte register was being directed by another lady, asking the prices, etc, he asked that we come back and said it was under new management, im guessing he’s the new manager.

You can easily miss this place because it looks like a deli/​bodega on the corner of the road. The small sign says Indian Grocery, but I had to look hard to find it. FYI– It’s past Aangan on Walnut Street/​Jonestown Rd. Parking is limited in the lot, may have to use the street.
Amazing how much they could cram into such a small place. Not a huge selection of frozen stuff, but has all the necessities for indian cooking and more. Plenty of sauces, spices, health and beauty products. For the only indian grocery place I know of in Harrisburg, it is more then enough.

This market is slightly tucked away from 22’s street front, so look out for the sign.
Ample parking and prime location (in Penbrook — about half way between Harrisburg city and Colonial Park) are just two things that make this store amazing.
However, the true amazingosity begins when you open the door :)
Henna, mango juice, shisha charcoals. They’ve got it all! I’ve never taken as much time to browse the store as I’d like — as a typical visit requires me to be fiending for shisha with no charcoal in my house. Their prices for charcoal are a bit steep — but on par with other retailers in the area.
The family who owns the store/​works in the store is top notch as well. Very sweet and they always remember me even if I don’t come in for 6 months at a time. This is the way businesses ought to be!