Fresh Food is Coming to Indian Head
New Community Grocery Store Opening in 2024
For years, Indian Head has been hungry for a grocery store of its own. Our town is a certified food desert amid the thriving D.C. suburbs.
Those days are ending soon.
Oasis Fresh Foods Market and Papaleo’s Ice Cream are coming to the soon-to-be renovated Algonquin Building just outside the base.
An Oasis in Our Food Desert
Nearly 23 years after Indian Head’s last grocery store closed its doors, here is what you can expect from Oasis Fresh Foods Market.
Fresh, Affordable Fruits and Vegetables
Delicious Meats and Seafood
All Your Supermarket Staples
Locally Sourced Prepared Foods
A Locally Owned, Community-Oriented Enterprise

Discover Our Vision for
Oasis Fresh Foods Market

Top Off Your Visit with Ice Cream
Papaleo’s Ice Cream will share space with Oasis Fresh Foods Market in the Algonquin Building.
At Papaleo’s, we’ll treat you to a selection of delicious soft-serve ice cream, plus the opportunity to take-home containers of premium small-batch ice cream from Baltimore’s Taharka Brothers.
Talk about sweetening the deal!

Oasis Fresh Foods Market and Papaleo’s Ice Cream will soon fill the vacant first floor of the Algonquin Building.
Locally Owned and Locally Operated
Oasis Fresh Foods Market and Papaleo’s Ice Cream have been created to add value to the town of Indian Head and our surrounding areas. That includes adding job opportunities for ambitious local residents.
Be sure to sign up for email updates and watch this website because we’ll be posting available jobs here as we get closer to opening our doors!
Thank You to Our Team of Dedicated Supporters
Bolans-Darby Partners, Inc.
Bowling Green Farm
BRIDGE Church (Building Relationships, Intentional Discipleship, Generous Engagement)
Charles County Economic Development
Charles County Military Alliance Council
Steny Hoyer, U.S. Representative
Benjamin Cardin, U.S. Senator
Reuben Collins, Commissioner President
Gilbert “B.J.” Bowling, Commissioner
Thomasina Coates, Commissioner
Debra Davis, Delegate (Chair)
Edith Patterson, Delegate
Elizabeth (Susie) Proctor, Delegate
Michael Jackson, MD Senator
Arthur Ellis, MD Senator
Christ Church Durham, Nanjemoy
College of Southern Maryland
Dr. Maureen Murphy, Former CSM President
CMI
Eleanor’s Legacy Farm
End Hunger in Charles County
Energetics Technology Center
Indian Head Baptist Church
Indian Head Food Co-op
John Flatley, Franchise Owner, Chick-fil-A, La Plata
LifeStyles of Maryland
Mancuso Foods, LLC
Maryland Department of Housing
and Community Development:
• Maryland Project Restore
• Strategic Demolition Fund
• Neighborhood Business Works
Millennial Marketing Agency
Mount Sinai-Cornerstone AME, Indian Head
The Outdoor Living Company
Rootbound Farms
RXBSA Properties, LLC
Strategic Development Fund
Southern MD Agricultural Development Commission
The Wills Group
More Updates On the Way
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