The Market Report

Today's Snapshot is a quick look at a store just up the street from yesterday's IGA . This business's name is J.P. Gifford Market & Catering Company, although it seems to focus heavily on the catering, along with being a bakery and café. Not much market around here. Oh well. The store was closed when I visited (I believe it was on a Sunday). And based on the appearance of the windows, the store is also a fishtank. J.P. Gifford Aquarium is located at 12 N Main St, Kent, CT. Photographed June 2018

Heading about 20 miles west of Litchfield to Kent, which is right near the New York state border. It's a small town with a very nice downtown. And one supermarket. Well okay, it also has a gourmet market we're going to see tomorrow. But for now, we'll just take a look at the friendly neighborhood IGA... The Davis IGA is a very small but very nice market that really looks to be full-service. Having been both here and the Stop & Shop in Litchfield , I would really rather shop here. I got a very strong NYC-area feeling from this store, likely because this is a popular vacation area for many NYC folks. But this store very much feels compact like a Key Food in Brooklyn might. It even has the same look on the inside, if a little more rustic. Regardless, if you focus on the decor, it's really not far from the Key Food Marketplace in Bay Ridge . Anyhow, this store isn't located in Bay Ridge, it's at 27 Kent Green Blvd in Kent, CT. Photographed June 20...