Maruichi Japanese Food & Deli to Open in Providence on April 20
Groceries at Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli (photo by Maruichi)
You’re hearing it here first, Rhode Island: a new grocery store is coming to downtown Providence and opening on April 20!
Please help us welcome Maruichi Japanese Food & Deli to the neighborhood over at 113 Washington Street. Maruichi is part of the Fuji Mart Corp, based in Stamford, CT. It will be open seven days a week and specialize in Japanese grocery staples and prepared foods (we cannot wait to devour some fresh sushi) amongst other delicious offerings. Maruichi will open to the public at 113 Washington Street in Providence on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The festivities will include tea samples by Yamamotoyama and gyoza samples by Miyako Foods, special sale items including Pocky, Itoen Teas, various rices, and much more during the opening celebrations!
The Maruichi storefront (photo by Abigail Clarkin for InDowncity)
Food from Maruichi (photo by Maruichi)
The first Maruichi store was opened as a small business called “Fuji Mart” in Greenwich, CT back in 1991. Today, the company operates a series of grocery stores–and a restaurant–across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. We are very much looking forward to the first Rhode Island location being in our capital city!
If you love Japanese foods and flavors, then get ready: Maruichi will offer a full range of Japanese groceries, sushi-grade fish, Japanese cuts of meat, and prepared foods including onigiri, sushi and sashimi, bento boxes, seaweed salads, and other dishes from Japan.
The in-store cafe will serve a variety of tasty Japanese snacks, matcha lattes, and Japanese coffee and teas.
Looking forward to a little in-store programming, too? Well, the store will also host celebrations of Japanese culture throughout the year, highlighting choice imports such as sashimi from Tokyo’s famous Toyosu Market and Miyazaki Wagyu beef.
"Maruichi is all about bringing the experience of shopping in Japan to American customers,” says Joshua Nakama, Vice President of Fuji Mart Corp. “We're constantly searching for curious communities that are eager for our unique brand of authenticity and accessibility. We're lucky to have found that in Providence. Maruichi is excited to bring both the everyday and the hard-to-find of the Japanese culinary world to Providence and the Rhode Island community."
April 20 could not come any quicker as we anticipate this exciting new opening. For more information on Maruichi, please follow @maruichiprovidence on Instagram and visit Maruichi’s website.
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