ShareWhat People Are Saying About Jungle Jim's Intl Market
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The Atmosphere – At first impression, this place looks like the hallucinations of a supermarket manager gone berserk. Lots of stuff at Jungle Jim's has no, or only a slight, reference to food--like the singing Elvis lion or the Amish buggy suspended over the Amish chickens. And around every corner of this four-acre humongous market, there's another outrageous sight to behold. – – The Food – Fish for sale swim happily about in aquarium-size tanks (can you say fresh?) and food boutiques along one wall are labeled by country. (One shopper was overheard saying, "Just a…
06/16/08
The "jungle" is a great place to shop for gourmet items
by chicagogourmetshopper at Citysearch
I started shopping at Jungle Jims nearly 25 years ago and its been exciting to watch the Jungle grow into what it is today. Back in the early 1980s, the store could be described as a great produce stand with a good deli and wine shop; and the only place to go for asian food items like bok choy, lemon grass, fresh ginger, bulk rice, etc.--that today we take for granted because they can be found in most any grocery store. My daughter, who was only a few years old, loved to stop and listen to the singing Elvis gorilla. Since that time, Jungles has added food sections for almost every ethnic group, expanded its deli counter to possibly the size of the original store to include a vast selection of gourmet cheeses, meats, olive bar and bakery. The wine department is now almost a store in itself. If you cannot find what you need, just let someone know, and they will make sure to get it for you on your next stop. Also, you can't beat Jungle's prices for gourmet food items--I've been to many gourmet shops and the Jungle beats everyone's prices. Although I live in Chicago now and have the opportunity to shop at many great ethnic groceries, I still stop by Jungles anytime I am in Cincinnati.
- Pros: Great selection of items, prices good
- Cons: Grab a map of the store upon entering, or you might have difficulty
09/07/07
I love jungle jims! the ONLY store i shop at with the kids!!
by coleywoley at Citysearch
we just moved to cincinnati a month ago and came across jungle jims by accident looking for a kroger at first we were not sure what it was, we thought it was some sort of amusement park! but once we went inside we loved it. I have 3 children and i NEVER take them grocery shopping with me because they get bored and complain but i have taken them with me every time i have been to jungle jims and they love it. i usually let them pick out a small sample bag of jelly belly jelly beans from back by the bakery on our way out and they love to get to choose form like 50 flavors of jelly beans. my kids also really enjoy feedign the ducks on the way out. i enjoy getting a starbucks frappachino and walking around getting all my grocerys i dont find them any more expensive than kroger. my kids have talked about jungle jims so much my family cannot wait until they can visit and see jungle jims for themselves........
- Pros: HUGE selection, kids stay busy and don't complain, great clean bathrooms!
- Cons: the store is so big i feel like i still havent seen everything even after being there 10+ times
07/04/04
awesome
by daraae at Citysearch
this is by far the COOLEST place ever.. is it an amusement park or .. is it a grocery store? I don't care how crowded it is.. or how huge it is. i love getting lost in there.. palm trees, aquariums, singing animals.. there is so much to see. I always leave happy. GO THERE IT'S AMAZING!!
