Khartoum Halal Bakkal — Local services in Washington

Lovely store! I have been going to this place for over a year already. They have a big variety of products (from bread, condiments, dairy, spices, meat, dates, sweets, praying rugs, incense, frozen doughs and veggies...etc!) (they even sell Palestinian olive oil!! sometimes Lebanese or Tunisian too) pretty much everything! They even have some specific spices or other products that aren't easy to find even back home! It's mainly an Arab products store, but you can also find Turkish, Persian, Pakistani and Indian stuff here too. The shelves are packed with products kind of randomly, which makes it very authentic (typical middle eastern store!:)) The lamb they have is frozen (which for obvious reasons makes sense) and the quality is very good! They always have fresh nice pita bread both thin and thick, big and small, which you can't find in any other chain stores that sell pita that smells like preservatives. It's a family business, sometimes the father is there, sometimes the son. They're very friendly and lovely people. Never had an issue with their products! Prices of some products sometimes can be a bit higher than you would expect, but COME ON! BE THANKFUL that you can find these products to your comfort in the HEART OF DC! As a regular customer, I don't understand the negative reviews mentioned below, and would definitely...

I have now on two occasions purchased bad/spoiled products from this store. I once complained and the man looked at the label (which had a future date) and shrugged it off. Something is really amiss with some of the products sold in this store. It’s not everything, but it has so far been cheese and sweets. The quality is very off as if it is dated and no longer safe to eat. I’m very disappointed as I was excited to support my local Arabic market but this place needs to seriously improve the quality of products which they...

Store is insanely disorganized, but the owner is very friendly & the store has a wide range of items (spices, snacks, teas, lentils & etc) straight from North Africa & India. Despite seeing the other reviews, the prices aren't too bad for DC! Also, the owner encouraged me to purchase some baobab powder, only for me to get home, open it, and see that it was moldy and had expired back in February. Look at expiration dates before...