European Market Deli & Cafe

20912 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley
(510) 889-1223

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This store is owned and operated by people who enjoy food and enjoy other people. The foods are marvelous. The store is small, But instead of feeling crowded and cramped it feels magically welcoming and intimate. I took home wonderful brown bread, sausages and lunch meats, real kefir and KVASS! ( If you don't know what that is, you've never lived) I took home yummy cabbage rolls and real blitzes.

But the really special thing I took home from the...
In case you're not familiar with this place, it is tucked away down an alley from Redwood Road, which can make it a little tricky to find. Beyond that, they have items from places like Germany, Poland and similar countries from those regions in Eastern Europe. What makes this place stand out from some other European markets that I have seen, is they make many of their pastries onsite. On top of that, they have a decent refrigerator section with meats and other items that...
Their Eastern European beer selection is fantastic! Which is better, Lithuanian or Ukrainian beer? It might take me 10 years and hundreds of liters to decide, what with all the Polish, Czech, German and Latvian beers confusing my decisions. And most everything in the deli case goes well with beer: chebureki and piroshki pies, hearty picnic salads and slaws. Their wines are diverse and interesting, the cookies are good with their teas, and the frozen pilmenyi and varenyki make...

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