The Market Report

Shop Fair Supermarkets Opened: April 2026 Owner: June Hyung Kil Previous Tenants: Met Foodmarkets (open by 1978, closed 2014) > Food Universe Marketplace (2014-2025) Cooperative: Retail Grocers Group/General Trading Location: 117-01 Liberty Ave, Queens, NY Photographed: May 29, 2026 Time for another New York City grand opening! This one's small, just about 6300 square feet (there's also likely a basement), but it's continuously been operating as a supermarket since at least the late 1970s -- that is, until the previous tenant here closed in early 2025. More on that soon. When the previous Food Universe here closed, the space was gutted and fully renovated to reopen as a Shop Fair. As you can see from the picture above, the signage wasn't quite completed yet. As is the case in so many congested New York neighborhoods -- and especially common here in South Richmond Hill -- a lot of the produce department spills out onto the sidewalk to entice passers-by and to ex...

Welcome to Oakland Gardens, a suburban neighborhood in northeastern Queens! Over the past several years, this neighborhood -- which only has two supermarkets -- has seen a lot of change in its grocery scene. What's going on here? Let's take an extensive look at the two stores. 214-14 73rd Ave, Oakland Gardens, NY Let's start with 214-14 73rd Avenue, which is geographically kind of in the middle of Oakland Gardens. This supermarket dates back to the 1950s when it was a Food Fair, but by the mid-1970s, it became a Dan's Supreme supermarket. Dan's Supreme stuck around for a long time -- they became part of a group called Majors, and in 1990, Dan's Supreme's 21 stores all joined Key Food. So up until this past week, this store was a Key Food owned by Dan's Supreme (the Grobman family). On Friday, this store changed ownership and was taken over by a different Key Food operator called Food World, owned by Hi Jong Lee (aka Howard Lee, who also owns Food World ...