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👋🏻 Hi, it's Carrie!
I was in Austin last week, visiting New Sound Cafe, when Monica reminded me that Forty Acres Fresh Market was around the corner.
- Popping in there was just what this hungry reporter needed!
The bite: Coco Bowl ($9.95) with rice, bell peppers and carrots topped with a coconut curry sauce, fried chickpeas and cilantro aioli all made fresh, hot and customizable.
- I needed a little snack for the drive home, so I snagged a jalapeño-and-cheddar cornbread muffin ($2.49) and some mac and cheese ($4.99) for later.
The verdict: The curry had a nice kick of heat but didn't overpower the smooth, not-too-sweet, coconutty flavor. Fried chickpeas could get soggy but these stayed crisp and salty.
- The mac and cheese has five cheeses, but smoked Gouda stands out in terms of flavor.
Zoom in: Liz Abunaw launched Forty Acres as a pop-up market in 2018 and opened the full Austin market last September.
- It was "an opportunity to increase healthy food equity and access and service customers who had long been ignored," she says on the market's website.
- Forty Acres is the only Black-owned grocery store in the city, the Chicago Tribune reported last month.
If you go: Forty Acres Fresh Market is located at 5713 W. Chicago Ave.