Peter D.
Yelp
This place is an actual wonderland of bulk items.
They have all the nuts, dried fruit, gummies, truffles, chocolates, coffee beans, spices, snacks, spice mixes, teas, chocolate covered everythings, chocolate bars, flours, cookies, and more. I've never seen so many kinds of brittle in my life.
It's incredibly impressive that they were able to cram so many items into this store. It's also extremely brightly lit, very well laid out (with tongs and scoops and bags available everywhere you look), and the staff is down to let you try pretty much anything you'd like (don't abuse it, you jerk).
They also put a lot of free samples out on the street in front, next to the inflatable nut waving his arms, and nobody is sad about free samples.
Personally, I'm very pleased to have them in the neighborhood. The only downsides I see, are:
1. They are horning in on Sahadi's (the legendary staple of bulk foods in the neighborhood) territory. But that's really between them and Sahadi's.
2. Lots of things are priced by the quarter or half pound, which makes it difficult for me to determine if things are wildly expensive or not until I buy, say, the roasted barbecue almonds.
3. The roasted barbecue almonds are wildly expensive (I noted this after I bought not very many for $11), which makes me think everything may be wildly expensive, or at least a bit steeper than I'd prefer. That's probably just the cost of doing business at the corner of Smith and Atlantic, but it may keep my purchases smaller.