Always Full Market Opened: 2023 Owner: Jiemei Yu and Wen Dong Previous Tenants: non-grocery tenants Cooperative: none Location: 179 Bank St, Burlington, VT Photographed: August 14, 2025 Burlington is Vermont's largest city, and one of its more diverse areas. There's an Asian community here in parts of Burlington, and right downtown is a small Asian market called Always Full. It's small -- I'd estimate only around 3000 square feet -- but stocks the basics and some fresh items that the eastern Asian community in town probably isn't finding at the bigger supermarkets around. There are a few short grocery aisles plus a small cafe counter for boba tea and other drinks. This is one of two Always Full stores, with the other being just outside of town in South Burlington . In the northern part of downtown Burlington, there are also a handful of other small Asian grocers. This store is just about half a block in from the well-known Church Street Marketplace , the pede...
City Market Onion River Co-op Opened: 2002 Owner: cooperatively owned Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: National Co-op Grocers Location: 82 S Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT Photographed: August 14, 2025 Welcome to our next Vermont food co-op, which also happens to be the only large supermarket in downtown Burlington! This is the City Market, run by the Onion River Co-op, which has two locations here in town. This 22,000 square foot one was built in 2002. This store is similar to the Hunger Mountain Co-op in its general setup (and its food-geography name) but also in the fact that it's a beautiful, premium supermarket. It's a noticeable step up from the average chain supermarket, and that's reflected in a fantastic perimeter including lots of local produce and other local items. In fact, the bountiful produce department is the first department we encounter upon entering the store, then customers pass through the grocery aisles and health and beauty department. Here, d...