SuperFresh
Opened: March 12, 2025
Owner: Bruce Yong Pak
Previous Tenants: Roulstons Capitol Super Market (1940s-1960s) > Associated (1981-??) > Fine Fare (1990s) > Met Foodmarkets (open by 2004)
Cooperative: Key Food Stores
Location: 3404 Quentin Rd, Brooklyn, NY
Photographed: February 13, 2026
It's SuperFresh time! We're back in Marine Park in southern Brooklyn to check in on the remodel at the tiny supermarket here. You can see previous coverage
here. It appears to be done (I think?) with remodeling -- although there's still a lot that seems unfinished, it doesn't look like any more work is going on.
New shelving for snacks and bread, along with a case for fresh rolls, has been added to the front-right corner of the store. Produce and frozen are in the first aisle on the right side, with the rest of frozen lining the back wall. Meat and dairy are on the left side in the last aisle, with deli and hot food in the front-left corner.
Here's a look at the previous setup.
This store now appears to share ownership with a Food Universe in Bensonhurst, and that store's owner seems to be Bruce Yong Pak. I haven't been able to directly confirm that, though.
You can see the store is fresher and brighter, but not exactly modern. There's no decor of any kind except for a couple random pieces left over from the Met Food days, each with the "Met" removed.
Still, all the refrigeration and flooring was replaced, and the layout was changed pretty significantly, so the work was extensive if not particularly cosmetically-focused.
The Food Universe in Bensonhurst (not
this one, a different one on Avenue O) is a seriously old-school supermarket with a similar lack of focus on decor or aesthetics in general, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were under the same ownership.
All new refrigeration thoughout, though, looks good.
And the relocated deli in the front-left corner. I believe this is the same deli case, just relocated and painted.
While we're on the subject of SuperFresh...
SuperFresh
Opened: 2021
Owner: Teofilo de Jesus
Previous Tenants: A&P > Presidente Supermarket > Compare Foods Supermarket (2005-2021)
Cooperative: Key Food Stores
Location: 161 Jefferson St, Passaic, NJ
Photographed: February 19, 2026
...let's check out the completed remodel at the Passaic, NJ SuperFresh, which switched over from
Compare Foods in 2021. (
Here's my most recent post about the renovations.) It's clear the storefront is now intended to face the parking lot in the back, but the former A&P facade is still very much intact out on the street in the front though there's no entrance on that side. One unusual observation here: They actually installed a SuperFresh sign here on the back, then removed it and installed a slightly larger one. No idea why. This storefront has also been built out with an expanded entrance walkway and ramp, a small seating area, and indoor cart storage.
The original front, which is now the back, and a look at the new foyer...
The layout hasn't changed since the Compare Foods days, and in fact this store got a pretty substantial renovation right before switching from Compare to SuperFresh. But now Dulce's Kitchen (this operator's hot food brand) is here, where there was previously just an unmarked hot food bar.
Several generations of flooring here, it looks like, but it's mostly similar enough that it's not so noticeable in the store.
New decor in the deli-bakery corner, matching
Clifton.
Same in the meat department. I don't know what was wrong with the previous decor here, but apparently it had to be removed.
But the decor in the produce department wasn't changed, save for swapping out the Compare Foods logo for a SuperFresh one.
Some new fixtures here in produce, but again, it's mostly the same. The walls and ceiling have gotten a fresh coat of paint.
Dairy and frozen are in the last aisle. You can see some new category markers in here, but you can also see that they're already wrong (why is the juice sign over the sour cream?). The exterior remodel is a major improvement here, but some of these changes inside left me wondering why bother?
And a look across the front-end, which is a bit more open and brighter than
previously.
And now, time to move from this store to another owned by the same folks in the next town over...
Food Universe Marketplace
Opened: 2023
Owner: Teofilo de Jesus
Previous Tenants: Grand Union > Rite Aid
Cooperative: Key Food Stores
Location: 435 Lexington Ave, Clifton, NJ
Photographed: February 19, 2026
This Food Universe
opened in 2023, but
was sold in 2025. The new owner is Teofilo de Jesus, who also owns that SuperFresh in Passaic, so it's no surprise that they've been remodeling the store to look and feel similar. They've added a bakery/juice bar counter to the front of the store while reshuffling several of the other departments.
No Dulce's Kitchen signage here (in fact, no department signage at all in the whole store).
I'm again left with the question of why bother? The produce cases have all been replaced here, with a different arragement leaving big patches on the floor which have been covered with slightly different floor tiles. A lot of the refrigeration was replaced too, which seems odd for a three-year-old store. (Was it originally done very cheaply? Was all the refrigeration secondhand when it opened and already near the end of its lifespan?)
That said, this store does seem to do at least a decent volume, so these are the kind of operational changes you'd expect from a supermarket just rearranging its setup rather than completely reinventing it.
The seafood counter has moved to the former meat department's location, and the meat department has moved to the former seafood department.
This section
used to have one meat case and then the service seafood department, which has been replaced with all meat cases. The service butcher is now in the back-right corner of the store.
Again, you can see patching on the floor. Why has it held up so poorly so soon after opening? My only guess would be that it wasn't built very well to begin with.
Dairy and frozen on the right side of the store...
The grocery aisles here are very tall to fit as much as possible in the rather small space. This was previously a Rite Aid, after all, although it was originally built as a Grand Union.
My latest visit was quite some time ago -- February to be exact, sorry for the delay on posting these pictures -- and at that time, nonfoods were on these temporary shelves as it looks like something new was being built in the front corner. Previously, this was two short aisles of paper and cleaning items along with things like pet food.
And spices have been moved over to the area next to customer service...
I don't know if eventually there are plans to change the decor, but this store that's still very new already feels old. It's good to see some updates happening, but I feel like all three of these remodels leave me with a lot of questions.
Keep an eye out for more news coming during our
summer break!
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