Syracuse Embraces Global Foods With Ethnic Markets
A tour of Syracuse neighborhoods reveals a thriving ethnic food scene. Omar Mallah plans Omar's Imports Food Market at 477 Westcott Street offering American and ethnic items for international students and professors. Nearby stores on East Genesee and Butternut Square stock Korean, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Italian products with shelves of pasta, cheeses, spices, and prepared sauces. The North Salina and West Side corridors host long established shops like Thanos, Lombardi's, Oriental House, Asian groceries, and Taj Indo Pak, each showcasing regional specialties from Greece to India and the Caribbean to Latin America. With Italian, Greek, Korean, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, and Jamaican goods, these markets create a dense mosaic of flavors, ingredients, and culinary traditions across Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco
Armenia
Omar Mallah
Behanan
Omar
Westcott
Westcott Street
East Genesee
Kim's Oriental Grocery
Genesee Si
Korea
Kim’s
Erie Boulevard
Oriental House
Erie Blvd
Teall
Japan
Jung An
Asia Grocery
Bennigan's
Amela Saybanha
Laos
Southeast Asia
Pamela
China
Thanos
Salina St
Nicholas Copanas
Syracuse
Peter
Salina
Butternut Street
Butternut Square
Lombardi’s Fruit & Import Co
Butternut St
Vincent Lombardi
Mario
Calabria
Italy
Lombardi's
Sunh
Lod Street
Lod
Ash Street
Ash
Ash St
Squadrito
Frank Squadrito
Frank
Frances Cusumano
Squadrito's
Old Liverpool Road
Eynsford Road
Eynsford
Taj
West Side
West Onondaga St
Home Sweet Home
Claudette Twain
Jamaica
Claudette
Oswego
Supermercado de la Familia
Simona Claudio
Puerto Rico
Red & White
Burnet Park Zoo
Paul's & Steigerwald’s
Wilbur Ave
Dieter Steigerwald
West Germany
Dieter
Marion
Steigerwald
Grant Boulevard
Black Forest Girl Spaetzle
Ethnic delights from Syracuse markets and Asian flavors
A tour of Syracuse ethnic markets showcases ingredients for pesto and pesto vinaigrette, marinated goat cheese, sesame mushroom sauce, rose petal jam cake, rose petal icing, sugared rose petals, and a variety of Asian and European recipes. Recipes include pesto with basil, garlic, pine nuts, and olive oil, sesame sauce with mushrooms, rose petal cake with icing, and a Tamarind soup base with fish or shrimp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Goldstein
Sinh Soc-Trang
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Vincent
Vien-Cong
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Tote
Ellen Blaloc
Claudette Twuin
W.ofackee
Suzette
Samir
Genesee St
O Kim's Onental Grocery
E. Genesee St
Ene Biva Onental House
Ene Blvd
Omar's Imports Food Market
Westcott St
Home Sweet Home Foods
W. Onondaga St
Oswego St. Paul's & Steigerwald
S. Wilbur Ave
N. Salina St
Tay
Old
Liverpool Rd
Betty Klinger
PESTO
Jacqueline Heriteauls
Emelia Tolley
Victoria Magazine
Marion Steigerwald
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