Daniel B.
Yelp
Jusgo Supermarket is a Chinese supermarket that opened in Duluth, just off of Steve Reynolds Blvd near I-85, in July 2017. This used to be YongHui Supermarket and it visibly began transitioning to Jusgo in the spring of 2017. There are other Jusgo locations in Houston and Plano, Texas.
Jusgo is big, spacious, bright, and clean. In my experience, this supermarket has been the least busy of the popular Asian supermarkets in metro Atlanta (e.g. Super H Mart, Assi, Great Wall, Hong Kong/City Farmers Market, Nam Dae Mun, etc.). I'd say the low crowd density is comparable to Mega Mart. If you don't want to deal with crowds while shopping for your Asian groceries, considering coming here. I do think this market is smaller and thus, carries less stuff than the other places, but it still packs quite a respectable punch.
One of my favorite places to check out at Asian supermarkets is the meat and seafood sections. Jusgo's meat and seafood departments are impressive. The display counters, aquariums, refrigerated shelves, and freezer bins are chock-full of all sorts of animals and animal parts (beef, pork, chicken, and duck, mainly) and many different kinds of fish and seafood, some of which you can't find anywhere else in metro Atlanta. The meat shelves are packed with just about every cut of beef or pork that you can imagine. You can purchase whole black (silkie) chickens for $9.99 each. Frozen whole ducks, complete with heads and feet intact, are sold at $2.69/lb (about $16 for a whole duck). You can even purchase frozen whole small pigs, already bagged and sealed, for $3.99/lb (about $108 for a whole 27-pound pig). Whole pork hearts are $2.99/lb.
Like some other Asian supermarkets, Jusgo's seafood department is like a miniature aquarium or zoo. They have live frogs, turtles, eels, clams, conchs, crabs, lobsters, fishes, and more. The frogs I saw ("edible field frogs," $5.99/lb) were among the biggest, fattest, and plumpest frogs I've seen at an Asian supermarket in the States. The turtles were a good size as well, each about the size of a football, for $15.88 each. There were multiple types of live crabs such as the standard blue crabs as well as smaller green crabs ($2.49/lb). Clams include geoduck and razor. There was a diverse array of fish, both whole fish and fish fillets of various species, laid out on ice plus a great mix of live fish and other seafood in the tanks below. It was a nice spread. In general, the meat and seafood appear to be of fresh and good quality.
As this is a Chinese supermarket, you can find a wide variety of cooked, salted, and preserved duck eggs. There are barrels of items like soy beans, mung beans (both peeled and unpeeled), and millet available for scooping by the pound ($0.69/lb for soy beans, $1.69/lb for the others). In the produce section, like Great Wall and Asian Supermarket (on Buford Highway), many of the Chinese leafy green vegetables are pre-bagged. There are many to choose from. Examples include "Shanghai Bok Choy Jr." for $1.29/lb and Chinese broccoli for $1.29/lb. Of course, you can find all of your standard packaged items like sauces, condiments, instant noodles, and tea here too.
Towards the front of the supermarket is a cosmetics shop (Aritaum). There's an appliance, cookware, and houseware section, but it's not as big as comparable sections at competing markets like H Mart.
The food court, which is a big draw of this place, is also impressive. The food court used to be part of a separate building space next door and it didn't exist when this market was known as YongHui. When Jusgo took over, they claimed the space next door, tore down the wall inside, and connected the two spaces. The food court is actually more than just a food court. It's a Chinese mini-mall with businesses like a travel agency (Ruyi Holiday), a watch store (ATI Watches), a massage chair shop, and more.
Like the supermarket, the food court is big and spacious with many stalls and plenty of seating. The stalls wrap around in rectangular fashion. At the time of writing this review, the stalls include:
* Uncle Zhu - hot pot, Sichuan
* Caraway Cafe - jianbing (Chinese crepes), buns, dumplings
* Kumai Ramen
* Eyescream - Thai rolled ice cream
* BBQ Corner
* Xi'an Gourmet House - Shaanxi cuisine
* ViVi Bubble Tea
* Taste of Tianjin - Northern Chinese cuisine
* Ruyi Delish
The above list isn't comprehensive, but it includes most of the stalls. There are more on the way. In general, the food is authentic, delicious, affordably priced, and served up quick. There are hits and misses on particular dishes at certain stalls, but if you stick with each stall's specialties, you should be fine.
There are two sets of restrooms, one in the supermarket and one at the food court, both located in the back of the building. They're generally clean. The restrooms, along with the rest of the facility, have a modern and updated look.
Overall, Jusgo is a fine addition to the metro Atlanta Asian supermarket scene.