Where can I find African Grocery Story and French Cooking Chocolate Store in DC area?
There are at least two (plus an Indian market or two) in the strip mall in the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive, just south of Rte 7 at Basiley’s Crossroads, Alexandria. There is an “African Latino Market” on Columbia Pike, in Arlington, not too far from where George Mason crosses the Pike, and there was a nice little Ethiopian market off Columbia Pike on S. Edgewood Street. I recall being in a gas station quickie-market in the complex of gas station/Pollo restaurant/market on S. 4-Mile-Run Drive in Arlington, and seeing jars of palm oil and the like. At any of the above, berbere, fresh injera, and other sdpices are easy to come by. (Did you know there are several little local injera bakeries?) But I have not noticed fufu or other staples from the African cuisines outside Ethiopia. I’m sure someone else will know.
