The Market Report

Trader Joe's Opened: 2009 Owner:  Aldi Nord Previous Tenants:  A&P > ? > CVS Cooperative:  none Location:  211 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  July 27, 2019 Today's Trader Joe's sure looks like any other Trader Joe's and doesn't seem particularly notable inside or outside. Don't be fooled: this 15,000 square foot store is actually built into part of a former A&P centennial. Constructed in the early 1960s by A&P, the space later was subdivided. By the mid-1980s, the right side had become a Heartland Drug, a chain that CVS later acquired. A Newbury Comics store was next to it in the other half of the former A&P. In 2009, CVS moved into the Newbury Comics space and expanded out the left side of the building, leaving space for Trader Joe's in part of the original A&P. Trader Joe's opened in 2009. The layout is pretty straightforward, with produce on the left side, dairy at the back, meat and cheese/deli in the back...

Formaggio Kitchen Opened: 2021 in this location; 1979 previously Owner:  Valerie and Ihsan Gurdal Previous Tenants:  Fresh Pond Market (1922-2019) Cooperative:  none Location:  360 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  May 21, 2025 Stop! Before you proceed, you must go read about the history of this building, which operated for nearly 100 years as the Fresh Pond Market. You can learn more about it, and see pictures before Fresh Pond Market closed, here . All caught up? As I mentioned on that post, Formaggio Kitchen now occupies the space, having moved from their original store at 244 Huron, just down the street, in 2021. Let's take a look at the beautiful new Formaggio Kitchen! This 3000 square foot gourmet market moved from a smaller and older spot just down the street and now this location is their flagship store (with another location in Cambridge, one in Boston, and a small stand in the Essex Street Market in New York City). The interior looks nothing lik...