The Market Report

  I hope you've enjoyed the last couple weeks here in Dorchester. There was a lot we saw, so if you missed anything, you can see all the stores on this map. Coming Up Next Just to the west of Dorchester and to the north of Roslindale is the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. Once the center of Cuban and Central American population in the city, over the last 20 years or so the neighborhood has gentrified -- exemplified in no way better than the stalwart Hi-Lo Foods , which became the source for all Latin foods in Boston. In 2011, the store closed and was replaced by a Whole Foods. We'll tour that store and visit plenty more -- representing both the gentrification and the remaining neighborhoods with Latin communities. Tomorrow, we're going to check out two former grocers at Forest Hills in the southern part of Jamaica Plain!

Brother's Supermarket Opened: ca. 2008 Owner:  Ambiris Fernandez Previous Tenants:  non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  none Location:  776 Dudley St, Dorchester, MA Photographed:  June 15, 2019 Welcome to our next Brother's Supermarket! The small chain has three locations in Dorchester (this one and two others we'll see shortly), along with one in Roslindale . Here at Upham's Corner, Brother's Supermarket opened around 2008 with a small store of just 4800 square feet -- this was their second location -- which was just the right side of this store, where the Supermarket sign is now. The store was expanded into a former clothing store next door in late 2016, bringing it to its current size of just under 10,000 square feet. You can see clearly in the above picture that today's Brother's Supermarket is actually in three separate buildings, the clothing store where the Brother's sign is, the original market where the Supermarket sign is, and then a tiny slive...