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Salt Lake City’s Foodie and Sweetie Market is a 'real’ Chinese restaurant — mostly

Despite its name, Foodie and Sweetie D Market doesn’t look like a grocery store where neighbors could run in and buy a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread or some dish soap.

But the Salt Lake City business — on the northwest corner of D street and 2nd Avenue — doesn’t have a sign that says restaurant, bistro or cafe, either.

The answer is a minimalist Chinese restaurant, with a few shelves of Asian sundries, owned by 28-year-old Felix Liu — aka “Foodie" — and his 24-year-old wife and “Sweetie,” Leijing Chen.

The couple are just starting out in the culinary world, said Chen, and they “want to keep it simple.