More than a store: Indian store Sai Market caters to community
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Tucked among the various businesses that make up the Crossroads Shopping Center at West Broadway and Stadium Boulevard is a small shop with a dim red sign that reads in all capital letters: SAI MARKET.
Inside the South Asian market, the shelves are filled with products that are staples in any Indian kitchen. Bright orange masoor dal, frozen samosas and sona masuri rice line the aisles of the store. Running down these narrow aisles— on a slower day when the market isn’t filled with customers — is Yashvi, the 3-year-old daughter of Meghna and Nainesh Patel, two of the store’s three owners. Nainesh’s brother, Akhilesh Patel, also has an ownership interest in the store, which opened last March.
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