The Market Report

Broadway Marketplace Opened: ca. 1970s in this building, 1930 previously Owner:  Charlie Bougas Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  468 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  July 21, 2019 Welcome to Broadway Marketplace, the 12,000 square foot independent supermarket just east of Harvard University in Cambridge! This store dates back to 1930, but opened in this building around 1970. It's been renovated since, but still has an old-school feel that results in a timeless feeling more than an outdated one. The attractive exterior fits in nicely with both the architecture of the neighborhood and that of Harvard itself. Inside, the store is somewhere between a specialty market and a mainstream supermarket. You enter to the grand aisle, which is front and center. Produce is right at the front, with bakery on the left side. The grocery aisles, along with dairy and frozen, are in the back-right corner, with beer and wine in the back-left corner. Meat,...

Wholesome Fresh Opened:  2018 Owner:  Eun Hye Yoo Previous Tenants:  Market in the Square Cooperative:  none Location:  60 Church St, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  July 21, 2019 Today's post is a look at Wholesome Fresh, a small corner grocer/bodega type store where the focus is the deli and prepared foods. It's a fairly common setup in parts of New York City, with rows of self-service hot and cold food bars in the middle and other features around the outside, usually things like a deli and grill, tossed salads, sushi, tacos, ramen, or the like. But it's not too common outside the city. Here, Wholesome Fresh is very close to Harvard's campus, so it's likely attracting college students who want something quick. The store is small, about 4000 square feet, and definitely isn't a supermarket. But although the front half has mostly grab-and-go items and prepared foods, there are a few grocery aisles in the back. The owners appear to be Korean-American, and there'...