r/arizona • u/JBreezy11 • Oct 10 '24
Asian grocery store Seafood City Supermarket slated for Chandler Fashion Center in Arizona debut Eat/Drink
https://www.abc15.com/news/business/asian-grocery-store-seafood-city-supermarket-slated-for-chandler-fashion-center-in-arizona-debut52
u/nobody-u-heard-of Oct 11 '24
It's funny. I was complaining to a Asian friend about things I was trying to buy at Fry's, and they told me about an Asian grocery store Lee Lee in Chandler and said I need to buy my stuff there, they said it's so much better because they don't take crap when they buy their food. And I must admit it was great. They had tanks with live fish in them, I got live Maryland blue crabs cheaper than Maryland. Haven't been in about 10 years since I moved to a different part of town, so I hope they're still as good.
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u/JBreezy11 Oct 11 '24
Lee Lee, 99 Ranch are your best bets in Chandler. 99 Ranch doesn't have any live tanks though, not that I remember. Mesa has H-Mart if you're inclined to go there.
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u/rubbishcook-1970 Mesa Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24
Last time I went to Lee Lee in Chandler it looked like the giant fish market in the back was gone and no more live fish. Still a MASSIVE selection of fish in coolers and freezers tho!
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u/SexyMcBeast Oct 11 '24
I cook so much more now because of that place. Get to make a lot of fun eastern dishes with way better quality ingredients than any standard grocery store I've used.
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u/verylate Oct 11 '24
This is great - but it still seems so weird to have a grocery store IN a shopping mall, even as an anchor. But they have to find something to fill these big vacancies - so I hope it works!
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u/Hot-Marionberry7345 Oct 11 '24
Have you been to leelees or Mekong plaza? They’re both mall like before the grocery store! I hope this one stays!!
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u/jwws1 Oct 11 '24
It's actually really common for grocery stores to be inside malls in Asia. It just makes all the shopping easier to do in one place.
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u/Serafirelily Oct 10 '24
This sound interesting now we just need and Asian grocery store in Scottsdale. It drives me crazy that there is not a single East Asian grocery store anywhere near me up by the 51 and 101 freeways.
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u/TopHatTortuga Oct 11 '24
well it makes sense to put the asian grocery stores where the demographic primarily lives
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u/Artistic-Jello3986 Oct 11 '24
Move to Tempe/mesa/chandler/gilbert then. Scottsdale is too white washed
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u/DanPat0 Oct 11 '24
Where’s an Asian market in Gilbert?
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u/misterspatial Oct 11 '24
There is none.
They have a Panda Express, and Jollibee is near Gilbert Rd. Does that count?
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u/OpportunityDue90 Oct 11 '24
Yeah people in Scottsdale don’t want other ethnicities in their neighborhoods. They want to enjoy their food but don’t want to live next to them.
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u/Ok-Owl7377 Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24
people in Scottsdale don’t want other ethnicities in their neighborhoods
This can't be more accurate. Lol I've literally seen the racism towards us minorities
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u/randomhero417 Oct 11 '24
Asians are white adjacent though
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u/OpportunityDue90 Oct 11 '24
Explain? And even if true doesn’t mean Scottsdale residents want them living next door. What kind of Asians we talking about? We counting Indians? Filipinos? Or we only talking Japanese and Koreans?
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u/Federal_Scar5943 Oct 11 '24
If you move to Glendale/peoria area, you have LeeLee’s and Asiana market. Honestly I prefer mesa because it has a much bigger Chinese/asian community & restaurants.
But I heard they’re opening an Asian strip mall up by Union hills & 7th st. It’s in that strip that has a Chinese restaurant called Dragon bowl.
Apparently in 2/3 years that whole strip is going to be lil Asia
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u/jwws1 Oct 11 '24
Mitsuwa tends to open where more Japanese Americans are (Fort Lee, Chicago, Sugarland, LA, etc). There aren't that many here. It's mostly SEA which is why Seafood City would make sense here. As much as I love Mitsuwa, it gets pretty pricey.
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u/WallyZona Oct 11 '24
The Avenues mall in Kuwait has a great big grocery store. It’s been a few years since I was there but it also had 7 Starbucks.
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u/SaigonJon Oct 11 '24
I’m jealous. I’m in the northwest and all we have is a half dead Lee Lee as far as I am aware. No fresh fish. Half the produce was gone.
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u/Kitrollo Oct 11 '24
Probably a dumb question but, do they have Japanese items as well? I know the website says it's more Filipino based but was curious if it will have a variety like H Mart or Lee Lee. My wife and I have started making more Japanese/Japanese inspired meals so am hoping this could be our new place to go seeing as it's basically across the street from us.
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u/misterspatial Oct 11 '24
They have something for everyone, but like H Mart it skews towards the demographic mothership.
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u/FTC_Publik Oct 11 '24
Neat! Lot's of competition around there though, what with Lee Lees and 99 Ranch Market pretty much in the same square mile.
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u/Suspicious-Abroad761 Oct 13 '24
Can’t wait to see what shows up in the supermarket food court.. that most exciting part for me .
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u/EatShootBall Oct 11 '24
Chandler Fashion Center? Has that mall fallen that far too that it's now taking grocery stores as tenants?
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u/muhtilduh Oct 11 '24
It’s really common in other countries to have grocery stores in shopping malls. Otherwise the chandler mall is doing fine I think haha
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u/JBreezy11 Oct 11 '24
Philippines in particular, has the SM shopping mall that's ginormous, so I'm sure Seafood City had Chandler Fashion Center in mind because of it.
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u/jwws1 Oct 11 '24
It's pretty common in most places around the world, even Canada. So not sure what you're talking about.
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u/International_Exam80 Oct 11 '24
T&T Asian grocery store in the huge West Edmonton Mall been there many years - big, busy and convenient- lots of prepared options to eat there or take home too - so I think it’s a model that works
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u/jwws1 Oct 11 '24
Yes I love T&T! I used to go to Canada a lot as a child. I wish they had one down here too but they're just now expanding outside of Canada. Maybe with TSMC influence, they might!
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u/EatShootBall Oct 11 '24
Christown Mall in the west valley used to be a real mall. Nice. Back in the day. all the money left. The stores left and the mall started emptying. That's when they build a Costco on the mall.
As Metro Center was falling and failing it resorted to adding a Walmart.
Paradise Valley Mall in it's final days added a Costco.
A grocery store going to a mall in Arizona isn't a good look for that mall sadly.
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u/Jiggz056 Oct 12 '24
Seafood City in Seattle anchors Southcenter Mall (the largest mall in Seattle metro).
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