Shinanoya Food Pavilion — Specialty Store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
Shinanoya Food Pavilion in Daita keeps a whisky shelf worth crossing Shimokitazawa for. The rest of the shop holds up too: fish, wine, and pantry items with a specialty-shop feel.
What Shinanoya Food Pavilion is
A specialty shop on Daita in Shimokitazawa, open 9:30 AM to 11 PM every day, where the whisky selection is the reason to come and the fish counter holds its own beside it. You can put together a few items for ¥1,000–3,000, and the shelves mix everyday groceries with olive oil, porcini mushrooms, salt, pepper and brie.
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A neighbourhood shop with a specialty shelf
Shinanoya Food Pavilion is a specialty shop on Daita, in Shimokitazawa, and the first thing you notice inside is how far the shelves run past ordinary groceries: olive oil, porcini mushrooms, salt, pepper and brie sit next to the everyday goods, which gives the place the feel of a specialty counter folded into a neighbourhood store.
The whisky is what to come for. The range is broad enough that you can work through several bottles in one visit, and the wine and other alcoholic drinks spread across the shop in the same way. Across the street there is a wine shop if you want to keep going after this one.
At the seafood counter the fish is worth your attention, and the meat, vegetables, prepared foods, desserts and bread are all part of the same standard. The shop works as a place to pick up dinner on the way home as much as a place to browse.
Expect to spend ¥1,000–3,000 on a few items, and expect the prices to sit above what the same goods cost at an ordinary supermarket; the gap is noticeable on items you can buy elsewhere. Go in the daytime if you can, because the late-night register can be slow then.
It suits anyone building a drinks shelf or a pantry rather than doing a full weekly shop, and anyone staying nearby who wants something better than a convenience store without leaving the neighbourhood.
What to look for
Whisky
A broad range of bottles, deep enough to make the shop a destination on its own.
Fish
The seafood counter is worth a stop; the fish holds up against the rest of the shop.
Wine and other alcoholic drinks
A wide spread of drinks inside, with a wine shop across the street for more.
The pick list
What to bring home
Whisky
The whisky range is a reason to come here, and the selection is fantastic.
Wine and other alcoholic beverages
There is a broad spread of alcoholic drinks in the store, and a wine shop across the street carries more options.
Fish
The seafood counter is worth a stop, and the fish is really good.
Olive oil and specialty pantry items
Olive oil, porcini mushrooms, salt, pepper and brie sit alongside everyday goods, which gives the shelves a specialty-shop feel.
Who is this for
This suits a traveler building a drinks shelf, with a whisky range broad enough to spend an hour in. It also works for someone staying in Shimokitazawa who wants fish and pantry items better than a convenience store without leaving the neighbourhood. And it fits a self-caterer picking up dinner and a bottle on the way back to an apartment.
If you need a full basket at any hour rather than a few specialty items, Daiei Shimokitazawa Store on Kitazawa keeps round-the-clock hours and a wider everyday range.
The verdict
Prices run higher than an ordinary supermarket for goods you can buy elsewhere, so it is a shop to dip into for whisky, fish or pantry items rather than to do a full weekly shop.
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