The Market Report

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...

Fresh Pond Market Open: 1922-2019 Owner:  Crosby & Marc Najarian Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  360 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  July 27, 2019 This was one of those stores I just knew  I had to visit when I lived in Boston. The Fresh Pond Market opened all the way back in 1922 here on Huron Avenue in a space of just about 3000 square feet (it may have been smaller originally) and was still chugging along selling groceries by the summer of 2019 when I visited. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and the independent grocer closed just months after I was there . The store had a small liquor department just inside the entrance to the left -- to the left of the shopping carts in the above picture -- with meat and deli items in the first aisle, and a butcher/deli counter behind that. Dairy and produce were at the back of the store, with frozen foods in the last aisle. As the CBS article notes, the owners...