Jagalchi
Korean grocery store · Daly City ·
Korean grocery complex with bakery, restaurant, sushi & skincare
Korean grocery complex with bakery, restaurant, sushi & skincare
"Opened in Daly City this past March as a specialty Asian grocery; its successful launch is cited as part of a wave of new specialty Asian grocery stores debuting this year." - Dianne de Guzman
"A Korean food complex in Daly City that opened Friday, March 28 blending a grocery store with “a restaurant, two bars, a bakery, a butcher, a seafood counter and an extensive prepared foods section,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle." - Dianne de Guzman
"Jagalchi is a massive Korean food complex in Daly City that has almost too much going on—there’s a grocery store with everything from seafood to Buldak, a sit-down restaurant called Pogu, street food carts, Korean beauty products, and a bakery. If that sounds like a lot, it’s because it is. On an early visit, we took some errant elbows and had to dodge an endless onslaught of shopping carts filled with ready-made kimchi and Anua toner pads. Still, if you’re here for more than the groceries, there is a path to success. Skip the restaurant and focus on the hot food stalls—you’ll find more variety than at Pogu. Worth trying are the tteokbokki and mandu. The jeon is good but leans greasy, and you should avoid the dry kimbap. From there, spend some time at the Basquia bakery, which focuses on not-too-sweet pastries and breads made with rice flour (you can pass on the imbalanced drinks). Just be prepared to wait. The hype around this place rivals that of a Baggu sample sale, and lines snake out the door any day of the week. We wouldn’t go out of our way to spend 20 minutes in line for a takeout container of mandu. But in a few months when the hubbub dies down and we need to stock up on Korean products, we’ll happily make the trip. In the meantime, H-Mart and Kukje are nearby and have similar selections and hot bars (and there are tons of great Korean restaurants in the city), with less chaos and waiting involved. photo credit: Jagalchi video credit: Julia Chen photo credit: Jagalchi photo credit: Jagalchi Pause Unmute" - Julia Chen
"A Korean food megaplex opening at Serramonte Center on March 28 that combines a sprawling grocery store with an outsized seafood counter and banchan selection, a 160-seat restaurant called Pogu, two bars, and a bakery called Basquia. Pogu will be led by chef Tony Yoo, whose restaurant was the first to earn a Michelin star in Korea, and there will be dishes available a la carte or via a set menu for $95 a person. The seafood section will also fold in an oyster bar and an area for Japanese sushi, while the bakery will focus on baked items made with rice flour, meaning many of the items are gluten-free." - Dianne de Guzman
"Slated to open later this year in the former JCPenney space at Serramonte Center in Daly City, Jagalchi is described as a Korean specialty chain that will include a fresh seafood market and a prepared foods section; the announcement suggests it may also feature a lavish frozen-food section and a vast array of condiments, positioning it as a specialty grocery destination rather than a standard supermarket." - Flora Tsapovsky