Saturday Stuffs: Update on 97 Market moving and becoming The Village Market, and Thuan Phat Supermarket opens

I drove up to 97 Market to stock up on Beer Lao, and was told that they won't be bringing in Beer Lao until they finish moving at the end of January. So when I asked where they were moving to, I was handed this pamphlet, and of course all the information was there!

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To bad I don't read Cambodian……

But as always with the nice folks here, I was given some directions to the new location, and the bottom half of the flier was pretty clear.

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So I followed the handy-dandy map, and this will be the location of  The Village Market, right off of University on 30th street.

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Pretty interesting location. No Asian markets nearby……

4679 University Avenue.

Thuan Phat Market opens:

Having received a flier in the mail, I drove by earlier this morning.

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You can't make out the huge mob, but it was packed! I don't ever recall seeing cars parked in the stalls near Linda Vista Road…. must be the free 10 pounds of rice being given away to the first 500 customers. I think I'll wait until the mob settles down to visit. But just in case you've been waiting for the market to open…. it's here!

And if I wasn't already confused….

Check out this restaurant, right off of Aero Drive:

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It is just one restaurant…really. But two different signs. The greaseboard in the front lists Chinese "lunch specials". What made it more confusing is that the Owner is Vietnamese….. but no Vietnamese dishes on the menu.