China Fair — Local services in Newton

This place looks like an abandoned small house from the exterior. However, if you manage to see the small driveway, there is plenty of free parking in the rear. There you will find the Paper Annex (WAY over priced but they do have a good selection if you are looking for a specific design. However, watch out for designs that are from way back in the 90's). China Fair, you need to have a bit of patience to rummage through all the stuff. It ranges from over priced junk to some market priced restaurant grade dishes. Sometimes you come across a one-off of a specialty product at a great price. It's mostly home goods and...

There's a diverse selection of kitchenware and the prices are reasonable (though higher than you might find at a large chain due to the 'mom and pop' nature of the store). The diversity can often lead to gaps in any given area. The store has a small amount of a lot of things but only has any real selection for a few kinds of items.

The staff is often knowledgable and generally friendly, however usually there is one employee who will follow you around the store just staring at you from a distance, making for quite an unpleasant...

China Fair is a field trip to find everything you didn't realize you were missing in your kitchen but realize while there you should have had all along. Absolutely worth the visit and each one will probably consume more time than you planned on spending. We now have dinnerware that properly fits the new dishwasher, and I finally have a cast iron pan that makes my mother believe I actually know what I'm doing in...