Nguyen Phat Oriental Store

Asian groceries and specialty goods are the business of Nguyen Phat Oriental Store in Utica, the Oneida County city on the Mohawk River. Specialty markets like this one stock the ingredients and everyday goods that are hard to find in a standard supermarket, and they are a link to home for many families.

Utica has a long record of welcoming newcomers, from European immigrants generations ago to refugees from Southeast Asia, Bosnia and elsewhere in more recent decades, and shops like this one are part of that story. It is featured in the community directory of The Center in Utica.

What to Know

• It is a specialty shop in Utica focused on Asian groceries and goods.
• Utica’s immigrant and refugee communities have shaped the city’s food scene.
• The Center’s community directory in Utica includes it.