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Subzi Mandi Farmers Market - Clifton, NJ

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By Zachary
Subzi Mandi Farmers Market
Opened: March 14, 2025
Owner: unknown
Previous Tenants: Filstop
Cooperative: none
Location: 1006 US-46, Clifton, NJ
Photographed: June 18, 2025
Clifton, New Jersey has just gotten its newest Indian supermarket! There's a smaller store downtown, but here on route 46, Subzi Mandi Farmers Market has opened in a 16,000 square foot store previously home to Filstop, a Filipino supermarket. It's just next door from a former ACME.
Subzi Mandi has extensively renovated the supermarket with a brand-new interior, including all-new fixtures and a new decor package.
Produce is in the front-right corner, with dairy in the rest of the first aisle. Frozen foods are on the back wall and continuing down the last aisle, with hot food and bakery in the front-left corner.
Subzi Mandi has about a half-dozen locations in New Jersey and New York, and a handful in Texas. This is a very attractive store, and serves a growing Indian community in this area.
Behind produce is this shelving for bulk rice and other grains, a must-have department in any South Asian supermarket.
The grocery aisles are narrow -- since the store isn't all that big -- but very clean and bright. All the lighting and shelving is new. As you can see in that Filstop post, they removed all the fixtures when they closed.
I really like the decor here, too -- it's simple but modern. Many Indian supermarkets in this area have no or minimal decor.
This Subzi Mandi really is tucked away in the corner of the mall, though, so it remains to be seen whether they'll be able to maintain the traffic they need to survive here. That said, it's the only large Indian supermarket in this immediate area, so that's a key advantage.
The decor is pleasant and colorful without being overwhelming.
A hot food bar and the bakery counter are in the front-left corner.
And a look across the front-end. As I mentioned, this store is in the corner of a strip mall, so most of the store goes behind other storefronts. That's why there aren't really many windows on the front here.
And I'm a big fan of this signage! It looks like this area in the front is just used for storage, but because of its setup I wonder if it was originally intended to be a cafe seating area -- or if it still will be one. It's just a half-wall between the registers and the Good Food wall.
That's all for this Subzi Mandi, and I'm glad to see a supermarket remains in this strip mall! Here's a look at this weekend's other posts...

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