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World Fruit Market
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Categories: Grocery, Fruits & Veggies [Edit]
2434 W Devon Ave(between Artesian Ave & Campbell Ave)
Chicago, IL 60659
(773) 508-0700
8 reviews for World Fruit Market
Quality varies, but you are going to have to search hard for prices this low. I stocked up on a week's worth of fruits and veggies for $20, the same amount would have easily cost $50-60 at a larger grocer. Many times, they carry the exact same produce (meaning same farm, same producer) for considerably cheaper.
Some price samples:
Avocados 2 for $1.00
Limes 8 for $1.00
Apples 69cents a lb
Tomatoes 39cents a lb.
The tomatoes at Dominic's average 1.99 - 2.49 lb! That's a considerable savings, and the tomatoes here are of the same quality.
This is the place to go for Dates. They have a wide variety of dates, dried, sugared and in bulk.
They also carry bulk, fresh peeled garlic, and specialty produce.
I also like how the produce is labeled by country of origin.
The dry goods are primarily Indian/Pakistani, Middle Eastern, and Asian. If you're unfamiliar with the cuisine, these products will seem pretty exotic, but its perfect if you're the adventurous type.
Also, check out the bargains on Tea, Arabic coffee, and olives.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the space itself. It's rather cramped, sometimes it can be hard to get around boxes that are laying out on the floor, and within close proximity to the meat counter the smell is not all that appealing.
Despite these little glitches, it's a fantastic place to go bargain hunting.
It lacks the glamour and variety of neighbor Fresh Farms, but prices are often -though not always - lower for fruits, vegetables, and dairy. World Fruit Market is a great place to comparison shop for these items (especially the yogurt, which sees regular sales). You can also buy meat here, though I've never gone out on a limb and done that.
P.S., they offer coupons online. The current one gets you a free gallon of milk with a fifty dollar grocery purchase. The problem with that is that it's pretty tough to spend fifty dollars here.
I found this place on a trip to Devon one day. Living in Lakeview I would always get sick at the prices I was paying for fruits and vegtables at Whole Foods, Jewel and Dominics.
Although the vegtables might not be Whole foods quality. I can assure you that If you do shop here. You will walk out with 6 or 7 full bags of groceries for 70 dollars. Compared to the two bags you walk out with from Jewel or WF.
The people there are helpful but they dont speak much english. Its nice to see a new foreign food and try it.
If you have a car and you can leave lakeview I recommend shopping at this market. They have parking too.
I decided to experiment with Indian cooking and this meant a trip to Devon street. There was one little glitch in my plan... most Indian grocery stores have their spices written in Hindi (at least I think that is the language). This resulted in me being the random white chick wandering around an Indian grocery store for 25 minutes trying to find spices but unable to read the darn labels. I left feeling like a total idiot.
Then I found this place which is not specifically an Indian grocery store but has a large wall of Indian spices and cooking necessities. There were still several spices written in Hindi but there was someone who was nice enough to assist me.
This place was also fantastically cheap! I bought about 10 spices for 16 dollars. This will definitely be my place to go for Indian cooking supplies!
They are indeed a fruit and veggie place. I think they beat the other Indian grocery stores I have been to. Everything is fragrant and wonderful.
I don't think they do as well with others things for Indian food, but they had a surprisingly good selection of South Asian cheese. I went to buy paneer, and I realized they had several other kinds of cheese. I don't know what they were or if they taste differently than paneer, but I thought that was cool and something I never noticed at Patel's.
This store is amazing and inexpensive. The guy at the cheese counter was really helpful and I ended up getting some Bulgarian feta instead of the usually Greek.
This place is so cheap its amazing!! They have lots of fresh produce here and it is all great. Its a pretty big place and has a large selection of products, including many Indian grocery items as well.
This store has an amazing selection of fruits and vegetables are very reasonable prices. They carry a lot of Indian foods, so it is great for spices and sauces as well.
