The Market Report

Now that we've finished Jamaica Plain's main grocers, let's check out some of the small stores around the neighborhood! The majority of these are around Egleston Square on Washington Street, which is a bit of disputed territory (some might call it Jamaica Plain, others will call it Roxbury). To me, anything to the southwest of Columbus Avenue is Jamaica Plain, but the other side of the street is Roxbury. Anyway... Egleston Square Yessenia's Market Opened:  1992 Owner:  Rafael Pena Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  3348 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA Photographed: November 13, 2021 This is the farthest-south independent grocer we're seeing on Washington Street, at the corner of Green Street where we saw Green Basket . A block north is Ruggiero's .

City Feed & Supply Opened: 2007 Owner:  David Warner Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  none Location:  672 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA Photographed:  June 8, 2019 In the middle of Jamaica Plain is City Feed and Supply on Centre Street, the larger (and, I believe, newer) location of the natural food store and cafe. The focus is on the prepared foods, but there's also a few short aisles of natural foods as well as a produce department . The coffee/deli/prepared foods counters line the left side of the store, with produce on the right side and grocery aisles in between. It's a high-end, cool and hip store in Jamaica Plain -- very different from Happy Market half a mile south -- and not a place for big shopping, although I recall having an excellent sandwich here. From here, we're headed east to the decidedly less cool and hip, un-gentrified and lower income part of Jamaica Plain near Egleston Square for a look at two independent ...