San Diego-based Indian grocery store Namaste Plaza will open in The Market Place in October.
The 6,700-square-foot store will have more than 3,000 Indian products including vegetables, chutneys, rice, turmeric and curry powders. The store will also have a deli offering scratch-made Indian cakes, cookies and savory pastries such as samosas and specialty confections flown in from India weekly.
Rao Atluri, owner of the chain, said the group plans to open five stores between Simi Valley and San Diego in the next few years with the Irvine location being the first.
He added that the store is popular among people of Indian descent and foodies.
?We have a lot of food enthusiasts who come for the spices,? Atluri said. ?We import them directly from the growers in India. The spices are about 20 percent of retail prices at other stores.?
In addition to food, the store will also sell pots and pans used in traditional Indian cooking.
Easther Liu, Chief Marketing Officer for Irvine Company Retail Properties, said the group is excited to have the chain in Orange County.
?O.C. is home to so many cultures and that?s reflected in the number of ethnic markets at our retail centers ? Namaste Plaza will be a great addition to The Market Place,? she said in a statement.
Namaste is taking over the space of Garden Patch, which also sold Indian foods. The store is on the Irvine side of the marketplace near Target.
The 6,700-square-foot store will have more than 3,000 Indian products including vegetables, chutneys, rice, turmeric and curry powders. The store will also have a deli offering scratch-made Indian cakes, cookies and savory pastries such as samosas and specialty confections flown in from India weekly.
Rao Atluri, owner of the chain, said the group plans to open five stores between Simi Valley and San Diego in the next few years with the Irvine location being the first.
He added that the store is popular among people of Indian descent and foodies.
?We have a lot of food enthusiasts who come for the spices,? Atluri said. ?We import them directly from the growers in India. The spices are about 20 percent of retail prices at other stores.?
In addition to food, the store will also sell pots and pans used in traditional Indian cooking.
Easther Liu, Chief Marketing Officer for Irvine Company Retail Properties, said the group is excited to have the chain in Orange County.
?O.C. is home to so many cultures and that?s reflected in the number of ethnic markets at our retail centers ? Namaste Plaza will be a great addition to The Market Place,? she said in a statement.
Namaste is taking over the space of Garden Patch, which also sold Indian foods. The store is on the Irvine side of the marketplace near Target.
