Business
Grand opening of Fairway, at 2149 Ralph Avenue, January 18. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)By 9am this morning, the new Fairway Market on Ralph Avenue was packed with customers, employees, and store executives ushering in the much-anticipated grocery store. The grand opening fanfare began by welcoming a line of
Bensonhurst
The candy display at Smart Cost. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean) While Manhattanites and other foreigners often assume that Brighton Beach is the one and only home to Brooklyn’s Russian population and culture, locals are well aware that there are plenty of options for getting your fill of
Business
Market Fresh Supermarket reopened on Wednesday, August 17. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The unannounced shuttering of Windsor Terrace’s Market Fresh last Thursday [/blog/business/windsor-terrace-supermarket-closes-adding-affordable-grocery-woes-area/] caused further concerns from the community that area supermarkets were disappearing from the neighborhood landscape. Market Fresh (282 Prospect Park West
Business
Photo via Market Fresh Supermarket [https://www.facebook.com/brooklynmarketfresh/photos/a.438121579706805.1073741828.438098556375774/438121539706809/?type=3&theater] Updated on Wednesday, August 17 at 3:47pm: Market Fresh Supermarket reopened on Wednesday, August 17. Read our article concerning the updates to the store [/blog/food/market-fresh-of-windsor-terrace-reopens-quelling-concerns-of-yet-another-supermarket-closure/] . The sudden
Bensonhurst
Joe Asaro met his wife Heather while she worked the counter at Florence Food Center. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)“We’ve had seven marriages that came from this store, including me and my wife,” says Joseph Asaro, of Florence Food Center [http://www.yelp.com/biz/florence-food-center-and-bakery-brooklyn], referring to the
Bensonhurst
Watch this on The Scene. [https://thescene.com/watch/epicurious/how-to-navigate-a-russian-supermarket] This week, the foodie site Epicurious stumbled across [http://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/netcost-best-grocery-store-in-america-article?mbid=Social_Facebook_Video_CTA] one of our neighborhood’s best kept secrets. Bath Beach’s NetCost Market [http://www.yelp.com/biz/netcost-market-brooklyn-4] (8671
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanQuite the brouhah [/cb-11-condemns-racist-rhetoric-in-waldbaums-backlash/]a unfolded this month over the sale of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart/#.Vs4LD5MrKT9] to the Flushing-based Asian supermarket Jmart [http://www.newworldmallny.com/jmart] . Those who complain that Bensonhurst is oversaturated with Asian groceries have clearly never visited the gourmet Queens
meat supreme
A 3-year-old at Thanksgiving dinner for tots in the Salvation Army’s Ridgewood Day Nursery, 1950. (Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library Collection [hhttp://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/picture-bliss])Soon it will be that time of year, when we stuff ourselves silly, spend lots of time with family and friends, and
2185 Coyle Street
The Waldbaum’s at 3100 Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Two neighborhood grocers have been auctioned off as part of the A&P bankruptcy case. Last week, the Food Basics at 2185 Coyle Street was sold to the supermarket chain Met Foods, according to a list leaked
8121 new utrecht ave
Photo by 13873181@N06 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/13873181@N06/5767107413/] Another neighborhood fixture will take a hit as a part of A&P’s recent bankruptcy filing [/pathmark-on-cropsey-ave-will-soon-become-stop-shop/#.VdYua7xViko]. Waldbaums (8121 New Utrecht Avenue) is in contract to be sold to Key Food, along with 17 other
supermarkets
Image via Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners LLC.That sound you hear is the sound of excitement and relief at news that the popular national supermarket chain Wegmans [http://www.wegmans.com] is coming to Brooklyn, and to the Brooklyn Navy Yard [http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org]‘s Admiral’s
493 5th Avenue
Photo by Christine BushFollowing an unusual closure last fall — signs posted out front noted electrical issues [/blog/business/key-food-still-closed-sticking-with-power-outage-as-the-reason] — the Key Food [http://www.yelp.com/biz/jo-brian-and-josephs-key-food-brooklyn] at 493 5th Avenue, on the corner of 12th Street, has finally reopened, and from an initial look, the work they did