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Gala Fresh Farms Will Likely Become NetCost Market, Property Records Show

Gala Fresh Farms will now be replaced by NetCost. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Looks like NetCost Market [http://www.netcostmarket.com/] has taken over the space vacated by Gala Fresh Farms at 3100 Ocean Avenue, which closed after just a year in business, having taken the space over from

Jmart Soft Opening This Weekend

Jmart in BensonhurstThe soft opening of Jmart, the new supermarket [/utrecht-avenue-jmart-opening-soon/]that replaces Waldbaums in Bensonhurst, will be this coming Saturday, June 3, 2017. As of right now the hours are going to be from 7:30am to 9:00pm. Last March Councilman Mark Treyger and Community Board 11 District

New Utrecht Avenue Jmart Opening Soon

Just over a year ago, we wrote that Jmart’s bid on the old Waldbaums location in Bensonhurst was approved [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart-bensonhurst/]. As of this morning, the store looked almost finished, with shelving in place and the parking lot mostly cleared of garbage and ready for repaving. We could not confirm

Is Rocco’s Calamari Closure After 35 Years A Death Knell For Local Mom & Pops?

Photo via Rocco’s Calamari/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Roccos-Calamari-of-Ft-Hamilton-Parkway-120171464661115/?fref=ts] Is the closure of beloved Dyker Heights restaurant Rocco’s Calamari yesterday [https://www.facebook.com/Roccos-Calamari-of-Ft-Hamilton-Parkway-120171464661115/?fref=ts] , after 35 years at 6408 Fort Hamilton Parkway, a grim harbinger of what’s to come for Old

Jmart Owners Open To Carrying Both Asian & Non-Asian Food Products

Councilman Mark Treyger and CB 11 District Leader Marnee Elias-Pavia and Councilman Peter Koo meet with the owners of Jmart. (Photo courtesy of CM Mark Treyger)In response to the uproar over the sale [/second-asian-market-bids-on-waldbaums-trader-joe-says-no-thanks/] of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums — one of our area’s largest full-service supermarkets — to

Israeli Supermarket Chain Acquires Borough Park Pathmark, Questions Remain On Gowanus Location

Source: Google MapsAn Israeli supermarket chain has purchased the shuttered Pathmark location in Borough Park, reports Bloomberg Business [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-13/first-israeli-supermarket-chain-said-to-open-branch-abroad] . Jerusalem-based Osher Ad — which is set to open at 1245 61st Street in August — sells strictly Kosher food and is the first Israeli supermarket

Israeli Supermarket Chain Acquires Borough Park Pathmark

Source: Google MapsAn Israeli supermarket chain has purchased the shuttered Pathmark location in Borough Park, reports Bloomberg Business [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-13/first-israeli-supermarket-chain-said-to-open-branch-abroad] . Jerusalem-based Osher Ad — which is set to open at 1245 61st Street in August — sells strictly Kosher food and is the first Israeli supermarket

What’s Up With The ‘No Parking’ Sign In The Waldbaums Parking Lot?

Photo by Ben Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanAs the owners of Jmart quietly closed [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart/]on the Waldbaums supermarket site last week, a “no parking” sign has popped up in the store’s parking lot. The 37-year-old New Utrecht Avenue supermarket — which shut down [/farewell-waldbaums-longtime-employees-customers-mourn-supermarkets-demise/#.VkuYI2SrSqQ] as part of A&P’

Gala Fresh Farms To Open On Ocean Avenue This Week

The Gala Fresh Farms in Baldwin, NY.(Photo: Gala Fresh Farms [https://www.facebook.com/GalaFresh/photos/a.895391630519773.1073741828.828227910569479/960257004033235/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Gala Fresh Farms, the ‘upscale’ grocery that last year bought the floundering Ocean Avenue Waldbaum’s [/three-quarters-of-ocean-avenue-waldbaums-workers-could-lose-jobs-due-to-ap-bankruptcy/] , is expected to open for business

Five Delicious Snackable Foods To Try At The Asian Market

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