McKinnon's Meat Market Opened: 1966 Owner: James Kontos Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 239 Elm St, Somerville, MA Photographed: July 21, 2019 There are two grocery stores at Davis Square here in Somerville. One of them is an H Mart, which was previously a bfresh that you can tour here . The other is McKinnon's, a butcher shop and grocer that dates back to 1966 here at Davis Square and is now a small chain. We saw their Wilmington location last February. The Davis Square McKinnon's is not a large store. In fact, it's only about 2500 square feet. It's primarily a butcher shop, but there's also some other grocery items and produce. But it's definitely not a supermarket the way the other locations are. You enter to the meat department on the left side of the store. Frozen foods and groceries are also in that area, with produce at the front and deli and dairy on the right side. The interior is old-school but extremely well maintained...
bfresh Open: 2017-2023 Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants: assorted non-grocery tenants Later Tenants: H Mart (2024- ) Cooperative: none Location: 240 Elm St, Somerville, MA Photographed: July 21, 2019 Time for another bfresh! We saw the Allston location a few weeks ago, and you should definitely check out that post before reading this one to familiarize yourself with the bfresh concept along with the Stop & Shop-owned chain's history. The brand appears to have been retired, since there aren't currently any stores under that banner, but it's possible the chain will bring it back in the future. This Davis Square location, like the Allston one, was quite beautiful and was one of the longer-lived bfresh stores. It opened in 2017 as the third bfresh location, I believe, and made it all the way to 2023. It closed in September 2023 . Korean supermarket H Mart opened up in January of this year, and unfortunately I haven't been since its opening. Ch...