The Market Report

I'm really excited about this tour! Up until recently, this 12,000 square foot store which is owned by Kent Tavera, was a fairly average-looking Fine Fare . 2016 brought a conversion to Food Fair Fresh Market, whose Newark location we've toured (and which also has a store on 163rd St in Mott Haven, Bronx). 163rd was the first location to get a major, inside and out renovation, with this store coming second and Newark in progress now. This store had been renovated fairly recently, so the interior renovation was less extensive here than 163rd. The exterior was totally remodeled, though, and the store has been converted to Key Food (Food Fair being a Key Food banner). We can see new produce fixtures, lighting, and flooring, with older decor that has been refreshed and hung in front of the stacks of paper products (woohoo, you can actually read it!). At one point, this store's decor matched the NJ City Supermarkets in Newark and Irvington  -- and Fairview, which ha...

We have completed our Manhattan coverage and are now moving on to the southern part of the Bronx! We're going to start near where INT-95 enters the Bronx (Cross Bronx Expressway), and circle south through Highbridge and Melrose, before turning east along Westchester Avenue through Longwood. We'll cross the Bronx River before heading through Soundview and Castle Hill, then crossing the Westchester Creek into Throggs Neck. Stay tuned!