Rudens Latvian Foodstore — Local services in Coventry

If you are Latvian (or Baltic) or have lived there for any time this is the shop where you can find the things you crave and thought were twelve hundred miles away! An amazing range of items are crammed into a small shop unit and everythting is as fresh as it is can be given the distance it has travelled.

I live and worked in Latvia for some years and so I missed many of the staples that I enjoyed in Latgale and Riga . . . Now I can find them just a short walk away and my oldest children who had their formative years there can enjoy their childhood treats!

If you don't know what I am talking about try asking the nice people to help you find the heavy black rye bread, the soured cabbage, the soured / cultured milk (Kefirs), the Rigas Smoked Sprats and the cured herring . . . and, for childen, the chilled cream cheese coated in chocolate of different flavours (Karums) and the various excellent ice creams. (Sorry, had to stop to wipe the drool off the keyboard!) There are also deliveries of fresh dill essential for many N European recipes, especially...

Compared to a lot of other local Latvian/Lithuanian stores, Rudens has literally everything you could possibly ask for. The Lithuanian products range from soups, meats, fish, pastry and other products you might not find in your local British store. The staff are extremely friendly.

Overall, I've had a very positive experience shopping at Rudents Latvian...

We went here for late lunch while car was at halfords just over canal bridge on Foleshill Road for MOT. We both had chiabatta one with bacon one with sausage and extra mushrooms with brown sauce, followed by their amazing custard tarts (see photo).washed down with fabulously made Latte coffees. Staff are so friendly too, fully recommended, will...