Talking about the famous shops

Hi Guys!!

As we were talking about Shankar market, I have got some info. about the famous shops to share with you all.

The Front Block

The market begins with Parashar Foods famous for its Rajma Chawal. It is a superb, economical joint which satisfies the hunger pangs of all the hurried office-goers in the vicinity at lunch hour. In spite of the rush at lunch hour, the lightning speed at which the service is rendered is something that you need to see for yourself!

The 1st Block

Next, you must visit the Lucknow Sewa Emporium (Shop# 12) which has beautiful Chikan kurtas with intricate designs & embroidery. Another prominent shop in the first corridor is ‘Eastern Opticals’, it has a wide variety of frames & lenses to suit every face & pocket.

The Second Block

This corridor boasts of shops with a wide range of export fabrics, such as ‘International Prints’ and ‘Motilal & Sons’ that sell fabrics in “thaans”, suitable for both upholstery & dress materials - needless to say there is always a horde of women at these shops, bargaining hard for the best price.

The Third Block

The attention-catcher in the third corridor is ‘Attractions’ a leading pet shop where you can buy all the luxuries for your pets to spoil them! There are two Chappal (footwear) shops – ‘Adarsh’ & ‘La Bella’ which offer footwear at budget prices.
‘Joyce Handlooms’ (Shop# 49) & ‘Hunar’ (Shop# 50) stand out for their ethnic cotton wear. Both these shops have an elite & loyal clientele - Nafisa Ali & Maneka Gandhi, to name a few.

‘Chunri Emporium’ has a huge variety of dupattas ranging from plain cottons to wedding wear. Then, there is ‘Chawla Fancy Store’ (Shop# 40) which has an amazing collection of buttons, laces, gota kinaris, motifs, filigree laces & silk borders. Also present is an interesting shop loyal to winter wear in this corridor which sells only woollens throughout the year.

 The Fourth Block

Corridor 4 boasts of ‘Vimal Prints’, ‘Fashion House’ & ‘Memsahib’, which has the finest selections of ladies formal wear suits. There are also shops for book lovers as well - ‘Sharma Book Depot’ & ‘Piccadilly’ offer a wide range of fiction & nonfiction books for Rs 100-200 only – here you can even sell your secondhand books - right from Plato to Paulo Coelho,  that too at a discount of 10%-80 % on the cover price!

The 5 and 6 th Block

A prominent shop in Block 5 is ‘Pretty Woman’ which specialises in undergarments & nightwear. Corridor 6 is the tailoring hub - Mehfooz Tailor stands out as one of the best ones here & has a waiting period of at least one month - so do plan well in advance to have your suits stitched in time.

The 7th Block

When hungry, rush to ‘Narula Paneer' which delivers the best quality paneer in all of Delhi. The paneer varieties offered here are plain, Jeera, Masala etc.

There are also various roadside vendors found at Shankar Market besides many back-lane shops of Chunri dyers, meat shops & freight forwarder offices, so explore away!

There is a lot more to explore at shankar market so do visit yourself once!

For now that's all.

Toodles! 🙋