Paradise Market

This is a good Eastern European market, with a good variety of items. The prices are reasonable, and usually more inexpensive than purchasing off of places like Amazon for the same items. This is a purely Russian/​Ukrainian run market, so do not expect the staff to speak much English, nor to provide you with «American customer service.» The women there speak Russian as a first language, and they often sound «gruff.» However, they are friendly, and will try to communicate with you. Some of them speak English, and will answer your questions. I have found them to always be helpful, and to go beyond expectations of customer service (within the realm of Eastern European customer service standards.)

Even if I didn’t want to offset the unjustified bad reviews, I’d still give this place five stars. It’s WAY out of my way, but bar none there’s no better place to stock up on ingredients for East Slavic cuisine (An important distinction; for Western stuff, like Polish and Czech, hit up Kramarczuk’s). Their frozen pierogies are so good that it almost invalidates my drive to spend 10+ hours ever making my own again (but only almost), the absurdly fatty sausages are like nothing else, the tea will change your life it’s so good, and oh my god is that seriously Kvas?
This is absolutely a Russian store — hell, the giant yellow sign out front says literally that„ in comically imposing block letters. The staff here aren’t rude or cold, they just don’t speak much English and probably don’t usually have to given the regular customer base. I don’t go to Shuang Hur or Mercado Central expecting people to start a bubbly conversation with me in fluent English, and if the service here is considered cold/​rude it’s kind of hilarious for me to imagine how terrified these other reviewers would be if they met some of the legitimately grumpy old ladies at other ethnic groceries.

I love the store. The home made bread is awesome. The deli lunch meats are also very good and reasonable. Prices are very reasonable on all items. The store has many items you can’t find elsewhere. The Alexandra’s frozen perogis are great. The only problem is that the workers there do speak mostly Russian but they can communicate in English.

This store has a lot of really fun russian items, but if your not russian or speak russian expect to get the worst service of your life. I live across the street and have been there several times and every time I go there I feel like they do not want me there becuase I am not russian, kinda weird…