I found out about Little India in a most unusual place. One of my 4 stays in the hospital in January. I was chatting with one of the NA's who is Somali. Of course the subject of food then spices came up. She said that this is the place to go and I finally got over here. I needed chili powder and a mild curry powder. One of the first things I see is a variety of air sprays. I couldn't resist musk and one was in Arabic. I spotted canned baked beans and fava beans on the way out. Lots of good drinks, I picked up a pure delight lemonade. I had to get tea bags at an Indian store. I got the Baraka Ceylon. Lots of employees here and many helped me since I don't know what anything is. I asked about the homemade samosas. Weekends only after 3. I'll make a special trip for that.

This is usually where I end up when in need of Indian groceries, which is more often than you'd think because I'm addicted to mint chutney and have to buy the giant jar on the regular. I haven't done a full exploration of the store because I usually get distracted by the cheap cilantro, the chutneys and the frozen food section (especially the paneer and all the breads: naan, parathas, rotis, etc.). From what I have seen though, they have a solid selection of veggies, spice mixes, Indian fried snacks, sweets, fish, halal meat, rice, daal and basically most of the staples of Indian cooking. It's not exactly the Ritz, so you can expect an odd smell (maybe from the fish? I couldn't figure it out yesterday.). They have a free parking lot in the back, plus there's usually street parking in the front. Bonus: You can buy a samosa at the checkout and they take all credit cards (even Discover and Amex).