Khartoum Halal Bakkal

Lovely store! I have been going to this place for over a year already. They have a big variety of products (from bread, condiments, dairy, spices, meat, dates, sweets, praying rugs, incense, frozen doughs and veggies...etc!) (they even sell Palestinian olive oil!! sometimes Lebanese or Tunisian too) pretty much everything! They even have some specific spices or other products that aren't easy to find even back home! It's mainly an Arab products store, but you can also find Turkish, Persian, Pakistani and Indian stuff here too. The shelves are packed with products kind of randomly, which makes it very authentic (typical middle eastern store!:))
The lamb they have is frozen (which for obvious reasons makes sense) and the quality is very good! They always have fresh nice pita bread both thin and thick, big and small, which you can't find in any other chain stores that sell pita that smells like preservatives. It's a family business, sometimes the father is there, sometimes the son. They're very friendly and lovely people. Never had an issue with their products! Prices of some products sometimes can be a bit higher than you would expect, but COME ON! BE THANKFUL that you can find these products to your comfort in the HEART OF DC! As a regular customer, I don't understand the negative reviews mentioned below, and would definitely recommend this store.

Store is insanely disorganized, but the owner is very friendly & the store has a wide range of items (spices, snacks, teas, lentils & etc) straight from North Africa & India. Despite seeing the other reviews, the prices aren't too bad for DC! Will be coming here more often

My first time visiting this store and certainly won’t be my last. The staff is super friendly and helpful, they have a wide variety of Sudanese and Arab groceries that you wouldn’t find elsewhere.

Great place and the owner mustafa aladdin is a great guy definitely coming back again

Very nice and courteous owner, the place is small but you bet you can find almost anything you want. I found Deemah date bars which are very rare to find.

Beef halal 🍖 was fresh and taste 😋 great Thanks 👍

Love this place! The owner Ahmed is such a sweetheart- they have an incredible selection of nice spices, delicious food items and ingredients from across the Middle East/Arab world and beyond. Such a blessing to have this place in NW DC!

The workers are very nice and one of the only places to get halal food around the area. It’s small but mighty—plenty of Arab and desi ethnic foods for your needs.

my fav halal shop in the city ✨🇮🇶

It's a great place for good halal meat, Sudanese and Arabic spices. l enjoyed shopping there.

The one place to get the dry date variety. Scrumptious and not too sweet. Reminds me of varietals from Eritrea.

Great place to get Indian spices and tea for a fantastic price. Run by people of color and featuring really fresh chicken.

Small shop for spices, mango juice, labneh, and other ingredients food items, hookah stuff, and the like. There is sometimes prepared food and desserts available also.

You can find mlokhieyeh in DC 😍🤩 ملوخية

Great rice, beans, spices, etc, at great prices

Has some really good home made lamb/beef link sausages

Your spices made me feel like am home again.

I'am chop there is good meat and chicken 🐓🍗

Has a great lamps 🤩

Good place for Arabic food, spices etc