Blue Corn

Blue Corn is a well stocked health store with a café within and sells a comprehensive supply of organic vegetables and environmentally friendly cleaning products in refillable bottles. Now, I am not professing to be an Eco-​Warrior and I am not a giant, blue, tree-​hugging Navi like in Avatar but I do like to do my bit for the planet from time to time and a visit to Blue Corn makes you feel like you are contributing to the world in your own, little way.
Sandwiched between local shops in the Moortop area of Heaton Moor, Blue Corn is run by Mahood and his wife Pari, an Azeri Iranian couple who are gentle, kind souls with the spirits of angels. They have the capacity to remember tiny, personal details of their customers and you are knocked off guard when you next return a couple weeks later and they ask you, with genuine concern, how your dog’s operation went. They are very helpful and will even assist you in carrying your shopping to your car– this knocks spots of supermarket service when Leanne on the till blankly looks at you and says,“Do you want help packing or what?“
Amongst the muesli and herbal remedies in Blue Corn there hides a small café which pays equal attention to carnivores, vegetarians and vegans alike. I would urge you to try the pesto and cheese toastie washed down with a cup of the fabulous pu’er tea. Yum. The café is a mid-​week meeting place and groups such as the knitting group are welcomed by Mahood and Pari to host their get-​togethers there.
Blue Corn is a lovely place run by a lovely couple. They are at one with the Earth and the blue people in Avatar would whole heartedly approve.