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Eden Gourmet Marketplace, 1 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ. Google Maps street view from 2012. |
A similar view from the fall of 2017 shows that not much has changed since the Eden days. And why should it? The store looks great, inside and out.
There is also a rear entrance that leads to what is now a parking garage, but may have at one point been a private lot for just the supermarket.
There are checkouts in the front and the back, with the produce department in the back and deli/bakery in the front. Now for a quick look inside...
An overview of the elaborate produce department. Eden, as with their NYC locations, used intricate decor, including these baskets hanging from the ceiling.
One of the grocery aisles. This store does not use a storebrand and does not appear to be part of a cooperative. But I swear I've seen these price tags before...
Dairy/frozen department. There are some parts of the store that could be better maintained, such as the floor in this section which is in pretty awful condition and simply covered by mats.
An overview of the fresh departments in the front of the store.
Bakery, hot foods, and juice bar. The front wall of the store is to the right here.
Last but not least, the incredible cheese department!
This is just one of the cheese cases, but this is the service cheese counter. Like the rest of the store, don't expect any bargains here, but the selection and quality is far superior even to other "gourmet" stores like Kings, which I've never liked. This is a true gourmet market!
The yellow and the font that "sale" is written in remind me of Pathmark, but I'm not 100% on that.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, although they tended to use the word "save" frequently, even when referring to a sale. https://forthemommas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/pathmark-48-hour-sale.jpg. However, they do look close enough to the design to be left over from Pathmark. (Plus, there's got to be a lot of Pathmark stuff like this floating around here.)
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