Nimah Market has closed

[teko.livejournal.com]

Nimah Market, the Pakistani/Bangladeshi convenience store at Mass Ave and Rindge, just outside of Davis Square, unexpectedly closed. Not sure exactly when, but the space is completely cleared out. Surprising, as I was just there a week or so ago and nothing seemed any different.

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[zachinaround.livejournal.com]

Ah, dang. I used to love buying bulk spices from this spot. They also sold mustard oil, which has been hard to source otherwise, as I haven't seen it in some of the other Indian/Desi bodegas around, including along Somerville Ave. Anyone know of a place that might source that sort of thing?

[teko.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Food Land, a block or two down on Mass Ave? It's a Pakistani/Desi market that has a lot of the same goods that Nimah carried.

[zachinaround.livejournal.com]

I've always been curious about them, but Nimah was always the place that got my patronage, if only for convenience's sake. Guess it's about time I checked out what they had to offer. For what it's worth, despite the "Halal meats" sign on Nimah, I can't recall specifically pointing out things like goat at their shop. That's not to say that I looked hard enough, though.

[teko.livejournal.com]

You had to ask for the Halal meats -- they did butchery in the basement on request, though I never did so. I believe the older fellow with the beard was a Halal butcher.

Food Land does the same thing. My housemate asked one time and they butchered some goat for him on the spot, packaging it up nicely.

My favorite moment at Nimah was after they added the decals in the window advertising "naan • injera • kulfi"; I was literally in there buying some kulfi and an older lady came in off the street and told the owner that they had to redo their decals because they "spelled coffee wrong" and pointed at the word 'kulfi'. The guy just laughed at her and gave her a little cup of pistachio kulfi.

[zachinaround.livejournal.com]

Hah, I actually had no idea what kulfi was, but after googling it, it looks delicious!

I was definitely not privy to the policy of having to ask for Halal meats, so thanks for the heads up. I make vindaloo every here and there so maybe I'll see if Food Land has any goat next time I feel up for that dish.

[teko.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen kulfi before, either, but it takes a special kind of person to stand next to a cooler of little cups of Pakistani ice cream labeled "kulfi" and berate the owner for not knowing how to spell "coffee"!

I guess the halal meat thing is something you just have to know about -- neither store has any signs or info about it. My housemate asked if they sold goat on a whim, and the guy at Food Land just went to the basement and chopped some up. He even offered him the brain and eyeballs.

[3rdragon]

Darn, I was going to go there to get some goat one of these days.