Yekta Supermarket

This place is magical. If you love Persian (and Turkish/​Middle Eastern) cuisine, Yekta Supermarket has it all. So many types of olives, cheeses, dolmas, baked goods, preserves, flat breads, everything! I was in heaven. There was also fresh produce and a frozen food section. Will be back for sure. Check them out.

The market is great. The shopping experience is always enjoyable. My only suggestion for them is take a hint from the Koreans in H-​mart and start offering samples of cookies and other exotic stuff. 7 bucks for a box of cookies is a lot to gamble if you don’t know what you are buying. I sometimes do, but most ppl won’t.

As a Persian, I highly highly recommend this store for the best quality and reasonable prices. This store is clean and customer service is great. Rarely do I write a review but there are so many subpar middle eastern market, that I had to help steer people to this gem.

Your cookie vendor is selling you very old bakery goods. Tried to tell you in person but guess Unilocal will have to do.

Awesome find. If you like fresh (not frozen) bread, kashk bademjan, fresh hummus, and real feta, then this is your place. They have super fresh produce and quality products at very fair prices. Fun shopping experience.

The Yekta Supermarket is connected to the Yekta Kabobi Restaurant (when you go through the main entrance, the supermarket is to your left, while the restaurant is to your right). The supermarket offers a variety of Iranian and Middle Eastern products, such as meats, nuts, dried fruit (figs, barberries, etc.), a modest selection of fresh produce, packaged candies & desserts, some readings, and a bowl for nuts/​mix for bulk purchasing. While the selection is somewhat extensive, the prices are definitely on the higher end, compared to other Middle Eastern grocery stores (like Halalco). There is plenty of parking, and there aren’t much staff members on the floor, but if you have questions, you can ask the cashier.
+attached to the restaurant
+plenty of parking in shared lot

I bought:
–super paper-​thin lebanese flat bread in the fridge section
–2 containers of labneh for a at-​home labneh taste test
–some zaatar spices
I went home happy.
My favorite appetizer at middle eastern restaurants these days is labneh, and I’m so happy I found a supermarket that stocks so many kinds. I’m still working my way through each one to see which one I like best. Now that I know labneh only cost ~$ 3 for a medium container, I don’t think I will be ordering it at restaurants anymore!

This place is an absolute rip off supermarket!!! Prices are ridiculously high for no reason. DO NOT SHOP FROM THEM — for pity’s sake and your own pocket’s safe man… Seriously!!!

I drove all the way from the Big Apple to D.C. and decided to stop by at this ‘rip off’ supermarket. If you ever wonder what ‘rip off’ really means and how you should reconsider your choices then you can stop by there and experience it yourself but I guess I am writing this review to tell you folks that DO NOT SHOP THERE — you will regret it!!!

I first came to Yekta a few years ago with a Persian friend. We had dinner at the Yekta Restaurant next door, which served the best hummus and olives I have ever had. Plus, the restaurant offers kabob entrees (beef, chicken, lamb, or combinations) and sandwiches served with tomatoes, pickles, and parsley. In the market, there is a big bowl of nuts right as you walk in. A lot of the items are written in the Farsi language, and their reading materials read right to left, opposite of the norm in this country. It is a small market, I would compare it to a corner store, not quite a Safeway or Giant, but more than a 7 – 11 would offer. As I walked in, there were copies of the Tehran Post, and some cards for a Persian Summer Festival in Bull Run Park, which I unfortunately could not make it to today.

They have really really good tahini. You’ll be sad you ever bought tahini at other stores. And your hummus and ghanoush will taste delicious and authentic, instead of… different.
And bread (if you buy it on the right day it’s amazing).
Produce not too dreary as can be the case with many small markets. Dates galore. Spices and herbs. Cookies. Cheese.
Very good shop.

Yekta Supermarket is right next door to Yekta Kabobi Restaurant. But the market is so great that it really needs it’s own listing (plus, it’s separate). I was searching for barberries, and Sahar told me this is the only truly Persian market in the area. The first section is the produce section and guess what the first thing I saw was? Barberries.
The produce section is actually decent-​sized and the whole store is reasonably priced. The Sadaf spices here were way less that the ridiculous price I paid for them in DC. In addition to all the Persian ingredients/​food you may need, there’s cookbooks, toiletries, hookahs, etc. I bought some pita and baklava, and when I got to the counter, the very friendly cashier told about their special custard dessert, which they only have on Fridays (I didn’t buy though). Yekta is great, and I highly recommend checking it out.