Now that we've toured all of the larger stores of Dorchester -- and taken a look at some former supermarkets , too -- it's time to check out some of the small independent stores around the neighborhood! A big caveat here: this is nowhere near a look at every independent grocery store and corner store in Dorchester, but it should give us a good overview. Ashmont Phú Thinh Market Opened: ca. 2013 Owner: unknown Previous Tenants: Economy Food Stores (1930s) Cooperative: none Location: 1826 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA Photographed: July 27, 2019 We start in Ashmont, in southern Dorchester, for Phú Thinh Market, a small Vietnamese grocery store. It opened around 2013, and previously, the Viet-Huong Market occupied part of the space (as you can see above, the store is two storefronts combined, and they've since been painted the same color). I don't know what was here before Viet-Huong, but way back in the 1930s, a location of the local chain Economy Foo...