Taste of Europe

I am trying to figure out who this super nice owner is? Maybe when you get to the register. Last weekend my 4 year old daughter slipped on their wet concrete floor and face planted. The owner and a couple of people in the line looked at her screaming, crying and bleeding everywhere. No look or word of concern, no offer to help us, no wet paper towel for the blood – NOTHING! I can’t believe the coldness of these people. I will never be back, and will let everyone I know hear this.

Outstanding place. Great people and a great selection of grocery and food items from Europe. I can get many of the things here that I bought when I was in Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine. The folks that work there are extremely friendly and helpful. Enjoyed chatting in Russian and Ukrainian with them. They’ve got a fantastic selection of candies and cookies from Eastern Europe. Love the meat-​filled dumplings and the great selection of cheeses and meats also.

Nice selection of items, owner extremely nice and gave us wonderful samples of fresh kielbasi. Bought some to cook for dinner over this Memorial Day weekend. This is the real deal nothing like what supermarkets sell as kielbasi.

The place has a huge selection of goods like fresh pastries, cheeses, meats; delicious sweats, desserts and wonderful coffee.
The owners of Taste of Europe are very nice and friendly.
They will be happy to explain anything you want to know.
Highly recommend!
Great place to order a Christmas gift baskets or gourmet holiday gift baskets !

«Very nice place, lots of interesting items, the sweats and desserts are awesome, the owner is very, very nice and friendly. I recommend stopping in and looking around.»

When this place says «Europe» they mean EASTERN Europe. So, don’t come here for Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, or even Greek specialties. You will not find many. What you will find are specialties from places like western Russia (and former republics) and Bulgaria. I am particularly found of the Todorka brand stuff from Bulgaria I have bought here. Some of the jars of vegetable sauces are delicious. Tomato and peppers. Tomato and eggplant. Add these to the starch and meat of your choice for something a world apart from Ragu. :)
There are also many pickled items that I love… even my beloved green tomatoes.
Fresh and frozen meats are stocked here as well. Fresh pastries and cheeses, too.

Ochen’ chorosho! That’s Russian for «very good!» This new market near 135^th and Metcalf (in the shopping complex on the NW corner of that intersection) brings the flavors of Eastern Europe to Southern Johnson County! If you’re looking for items for Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish cooking this is the spot! There’s a good selection of dry goods as well as frozen and refrigerated goodies like pelmeni (Russian ravioli), typical breads and East European dairy products, including cheeses. There’s a rather dizzying and mouthwatering selection of sausages that’s exceptionally tempting. Of course, there’s smoked fish and and selections of pickled/​preserved vegetables and mushrooms that can grace your zakuski table (an array of Russian appetizers).
The market isn’t quite as large as European Delights at 95^th and Antioch, which also specializes in Eastern European delicacies, but between the two establishments you’re likely to find just about any item you’re looking for! The owner of Taste of Europe is very friendly and welcoming and will be happy to explain anything you want to know. Since many of the goods are from Russia, Ukraine or Bulgaria they’re labeled in Cyrillic, but if you look closely at the package you will often find a list of ingredients in English and an adhesive sticker with the English name of the product and the nutrition information. If there isn’t, the owner can tell you what it is and how it’s used! And if there’s something they don’t carry presently chances are they can order it for you. So drop in and transport yourself for a while to Moscow, Kiev or Warsaw without leaving town!

Clean store… great selection of Eastern European products… very helpful staff!