A couple of weeks ago I finally had a chance to check out the Eastgate location of Jungle Jim’s International Market, which has been open for just over a year.

Outside

Those readers from Cincinnati most likely already are familiar with the supermarket giant. If you are not familiar, words cannot describe the size and variety of foods contained in this store.

Bathrooms

Walking through the sections of aisles for the various departments can often feel like you are taking on a never-ending maze. Though the aisles of this newer location do seem wider than the original in Fairfield.

Hippies

You will still find many of the things that make the original so popular and unique. The bathrooms are still disguised as porta potties. The selection of hot sauce is immense and actually appears to be larger in this new store.

Hot Sauce

The seafood department alone is larger than many grocery stores.

Seafood Department

Not only is the selection large, many of the fish and crustaceans are still alive.

Live Fish

The produce section is massive. Here you will not only find your standard grocery store items, but you will also find a wide variety of much harder to find ethnic produce.

Produce

Last but certainly not least is their very large selection of beer. This was the primary goal of my visit, and of course one of the last departments of the store. They have everything from American craft beer to many of the imports that you will find in other stores. With that said I didn’t see a whole lot that I couldn’t pick up from one of my neighborhood liquor stores. Though if beer and liquor is your goal for visiting the store, I’m told there is a separate entrance around back.

Beer

You can easily spend the better part of an afternoon wandering the endless aisles of Jungle Jim’s, but that is part of the experience. Be sure to wear your walking shoes.