International Marketplace: A Global Grocery Anchor at Decatur and Tropicana
International Marketplace runs out of a warehouse-format space at 5000 South Decatur Boulevard, just south of Tropicana, with aisles dedicated to Middle Eastern, Dutch, German, Indonesian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and other diasporic groceries — and a fish counter that imports from thirty-five countries. The store is distinct from the cluster of Asian-supermarket chains a few blocks north on Spring Mountain Road; International Marketplace is a true global market rather than a regional one, drawing shoppers from across the Las Vegas Valley who can’t source specific imported goods anywhere else in the city.
Locals know International Marketplace as the unglamorous workhorse of Las Vegas global grocery: not pretty, deep on selection, and unmatched on imported seafood. The Yelp page carries 546 reviews and over 1,300 photos — the highest visual documentation of any independent grocer in the valley — which reflects how often shoppers feel compelled to photograph what they find on the shelves there.
International Marketplace in the Las Vegas Valley
The Decatur and Tropicana corner sits adjacent to the Spring Mountain Road Chinatown corridor that defines so much of the valley’s immigrant food economy. International Marketplace serves a different niche than the larger Asian supermarkets like 99 Ranch and SF Supermarket — its Middle Eastern, Eastern European, and Southeast Asian aisles fill gaps those chains don’t cover. For Las Vegas Valley residents whose home cooking depends on imported staples that can’t be sourced from mainstream grocery, International Marketplace has been the city’s primary destination for over a decade.
- Trade
- International Grocer / Seafood Market
- Address
- 5000 S Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89118
- Phone
- (702) 889-2888