About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular asked the cashier if they’d noticed anything strange happening lately. The cashier shrugged and replied that recently, every time a delivery driver parked their truck near the market, the radio would start playing old Russian folk songs on its own. Curious, the regular decided to follow one of the trucks home. Sure enough, when it pulled into an old apartment building, the door opened, and out stepped an elderly gentleman humming along with the music. Turned out he was just an enthusiastic neighbor who loved Russian folk tunes and had accidentally left his radio on in his car. Everyone laughed it off as a friendly urban legend, and life at Fresh International Market went back to normal—with occasional serenades from unlikely sources.
2. A neighbor passing by one day stopped and asked the manager, ‘Have you seen any of those giant spiders crawling around outside?’ The manager smiled and shook his head. 'No, sir,' he replied calmly. 'But if I see any, I'll be sure to put them in the produce section—fresh, organic arachnids!' A neighbor chuckled and walked away, muttering something about strange supermarkets.
3. One day, an elderly gentleman approached the produce section and exclaimed, 'I haven't seen such colorful bananas since my granddaughter's birthday last week!' A young delivery driver overheard him and laughed, saying, ‘Sir, these are just regular bananas—maybe you’re getting younger every time you visit!’ The old man smiled wisely and replied, ‘Ah, youth is in the eye of the beholder, my boy.’
4. One day, as a little girl pushed her shopping cart through the aisles, she stopped in front of the cheese section. Pointing excitedly, she whispered to her mom, ‘Mommy, look! The cheeses are talking!’ Her mother smiled and gently nudged her cart forward. Just then, one block of gouda tilted its corner slightly, as if nodding in agreement. Everyone in line burst out laughing, including the cashier who was ringing up a delivery driver’s groceries. The little girl beamed, knowing she wasn’t imagining things after all.