Sahara Market & Bakery

Not every entry here is a sit-down dinner — some are the places that make the dinner possible. Sahara Market & Bakery is a Middle Eastern grocery-and-bakery on Ryan Road, the kind of neighborhood market that mirrors Warren‘s deep Middle Eastern community: shelves of imported pantry staples, spices, olives, and sweets, a deli case, and — the real reason to make the trip — an in-house bakery turning out fresh flatbread and pastries. It’s a stock-up-and-graze spot more than a linger one: come for warm pita to round out a dinner you’re cooking, a box of baklava for the office, or just to browse an aisle of things your regular grocery store doesn’t carry. On our list as one of the everyday pleasures that makes Warren’s food scene tick — and a reminder that the best “restaurants” sometimes aren’t restaurants at all.