The Market Report

Bazaar on Beacon Street Opened: 1993 Owner:  Sabina Roytman Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  1432 Beacon St, Brookline, MA Photographed:  June 16, 2019 Brookline has a large Jewish and Eastern European population, and the only kosher supermarket in the Boston area . The Bazaar on Beacon Street isn't a kosher supermarket, but it's a location of a local chain of Eastern European supermarkets , with other area locations in Allston, Newton, and Framingham. We'll be seeing the Allston and Newton locations shortly. It opened in 1993 in a space of about 2500 square feet a few blocks west of Coolidge Corner . The centerpiece of the market is a large deli in the middle of the store , with various imported groceries lining the outside. In 2022, the chain stopped stocking items imported from Russia in a show of support for Ukraine. It doesn't look like there was previously another grocer here prior to Bazaar, but I don't know that for sure. And th...

Stop & Shop Opened: ca. mid-1970s Owner:  Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  none Location:  155 Harvard St, Brookline, MA Photographed:  June 16, 2019 and March 8, 2020 Contributor:  Jacob V. Welcome to the largest supermarket in Brookline! This 31,000 square foot Stop & Shop is certainly unusual, and you can tell that immediately from the outside look of the building. The building existed long before the supermarket -- it was built in the 1930s or earlier -- while Stop & Shop appears to have opened around the mid-1970s (it was open by 1977). I don't know all of the tenants in the unusual building prior to Stop & Shop, but by 1949, Fred Miller Chevrolet occupied the space. By 1970, it had become a furniture factory run by H. Sacks & Sons. In 1971, it was a Ryder car and truck rental facility. The two above photos come from our contributor Jacob V., showing the new logo on the outside in March 2...

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: September 2024 Owner:  Spencer An Previous Tenants:  Melmarkets Foodtown > Stop & Shop (2001-2024) Cooperative:  none Location:  132 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY Photographed:  September 16, 2025 This weekend, The Market Report visits three Food Bazaars getting extensive remodels. The one here in Hempstead might just be the most extensive, as the former Stop & Shop is undergoing major work after Food Bazaar acquired the store last fall. A similar remodel is just beginning at their Cropsey Avenue location , also a former Stop & Shop. See my previous coverage of Hempstead here . The remodel here has progressed significantly since my July visit, and although it's not far from being done there's still more work ongoing. The biggest changes in the store are here in the grand aisle, which has been expanded and is still getting some ongoing work. In the front-left corner, the floral department is being shifted over slightly ...