In the name or tagline of a New York market, "Euro-" was once a nearly infallible indicator of Russian-speaking staff. Nowadays the language of choice might be Romanian, or Albanian, or another Balkan tongue. On a quiet afternoon the shopkeeper negotiated my purchase of a small pastry — but with so many poppy seeds! — in strongly accented English, before calling out greetings as a second customer crossed the threshold. Russian, after all.
Metropolitan Eurofood
118-29 Metropolitan Ave., Kew Gardens, Queens
718-847-7017
