The Market Report

Another NJ Farmers Marketing Alliance store today! Like Central Farmers Market , the Route 10 Farmers Market is a smaller-scale market, and it's also in an affluent neighborhood. I've been inside this store twice, but can't quite remember its services. I know there's a deli and a florist, but I don't think there's meat or seafood. Its hours are actually the same as the Central Farmers Market, and I was here to have dinner on a Sunday night at the neighboring Irving's Delicatessen, a famous deli. So unfortunately, the store had already closed at the time of my visit. (By the way, I ate with my father at Irving's, and we were both sorely disappointed. If you want one of the best sandwiches in northern NJ, check out Dara's Caterers at 454 Elmora Ave in Elizabeth -- maybe while you're visiting the Elmora Farmers Market at 190 Elmora Ave! They have a fantastic selection and top-quality ingredients.) I was impressed to see that all the carts ...

Our first installment in Farmers Market Week is this store in New Providence, NJ. It's owned by the New Jersey Farmers Marketing Alliance, which also runs similar grocers such as the Elmora Farmers Market . The building was constructed in the 1960s and later renovated and expanded in the 1970s as an A&P, before finally closing in 2010 and moving to the location where ACME is now. For more detailed history, read through Acme Style's various excellent posts on New Providence here . The strip was totally remodeled in 2015, which included the replacement of the old A&P with two smaller businesses, Central Farmers Market and the Fitness Factory Health Club. Note that A&P would have taken this entire space, and the entrance/exit vestibule is still intact, just divided between the two businesses. The panel where "The Shoppes at New Providence" is, is where A&P would have ended. It looks like the space was almost exactly divided in half, making...