Two new Hispanic markets are now open along the Route 1 corridor, adding to the growing options for local groceries.

Located at 5106 Baltimore Ave. in Hyattsville, next to Arrow Bicycle, Habanero Market has a meat department and fresh produce along with staples like Jarritos sodas, cereal and canned goods.

Owners Ericka and Alex Castaneda told the Hyattsville Wire that this is their first store, but they have experience managing from working at a family grocer store in Baltimore.

“We opened in Hyattsville was because we saw that a lot people would walk in the area and there was no grocery store in walking distance,” Erica Castaneda told the Wire.

It joins Tienda El Quetzal, which opened last year at 3912 Rhode Island Ave., in Brentwood, across from the Brentwood Arts Exchange.

A number of other Hispanic grocery stores are located in Route 1 communities, ranging from the tiny Progreso Market in Hyattsville to an outpost of the popular Megamart chain in Adelphi.

The stores generally serve the 23% of Prince George’s County residents who are Hispanic, mainly from Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

But their low prices and generous meat and produce selections often prove popular with all kinds of customers.

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