Two Coral Gables Markets for a Better-Stocked Pantry

Coral Gables shoppers can build a more varied pantry without relying on a conventional grocery store. Graziano’s Market combines a meat counter, Argentine groceries and an extensive wine selection, while The Middle East Best Food carries Middle Eastern pantry goods alongside housemade Levantine specialties. Both markets appear in a Miami grocery-store guide, but each contributes something distinctly different to a two-stop shopping plan.

Graziano’s Market: meat, Argentine groceries and wine

Graziano’s Market is at 2301 Galiano St. in Coral Gables. Its mercado format brings three useful departments together: a meat counter, Argentine groceries and an extensive wine selection.

The market also makes its menu items on-site, giving shoppers a prepared-food option in addition to groceries. That combination makes Graziano’s practical for buying meat, adding pantry items and choosing wine during the same visit.

The business has roots beyond Coral Gables. The Graziano family enterprise began with Mario and Maria Graziano’s butcher shop in Buenos Aires. That history provides clear context for the mercado’s emphasis on meat and Argentine products.

The Middle East Best Food: a longtime Palestinian-owned market

The Middle East Best Food is located at 1715 Coral Way in Coral Gables. Founded by Aziz Ali, the Palestinian-owned deli and grocery had operated for 57 years as of a 2025 report by the Miami New Times.

Its shelves and deli offerings cover both pantry building and food made in-house. The market sells Middle Eastern pantry goods and housemade Levantine specialties. Reported choices include shawarma, spinach pies, hummus, pickled lemons and seven varieties of baklava.

That range offers several ways to shop. Hummus, spinach pies and shawarma can anchor an immediate meal, while pickled lemons and other pantry goods can support cooking at home. The seven baklava varieties add another focused reason to visit.

The store has also reached an audience far beyond Coral Gables: TikTok videos filmed inside the shop received more than five million views. Its longevity, however, remains the more useful measure for local shoppers looking for an established specialty market.

Plan the stops around what the kitchen needs

Choose Graziano’s Market when the list centers on meat, Argentine groceries or wine. Head to The Middle East Best Food for Middle Eastern pantry staples, housemade Levantine foods and baklava. For a fuller Coral Gables market run, visit both and divide the list by specialty rather than trying to make one store cover everything.