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Update: ACME Markets!

Milltown Welcome back to the Milltown ACME, the store that's been closing since 2010 (which is when the pharmacy closed). I toured the store a while ago, and yes, the store is still open although it's closing -- this time for real . Or so they say. Yes, the facade has looked like that since 2010. I doubt anyone back then thought the store would make it this long. And yet the store continues to be mostly functional, even with a refrigerator of fresh sushi at the front. Meanwhile, in the back corner, where refrigerated produce used to be in low cases, the section is now blocked off with chip displays in front of the low refrigerators. A similar treatment has been applied in the meat and seafood service counter, where seafood fills the old meat counter while the old seafood counter is empty. But the decor is still pretty much intact, if there are some signs of decline like the missing ceiling paneling on the left below. Now on to another ACME that's not closing, but looks like...

TOUR: ACME Markets - Milltown, NJ

ACME Markets Opened: early 2000s Previous Tenants:  none Location:  10 Ryders Ln, Milltown, NJ Photographed:  February 2021 It's time for The Market Report to visit Milltown! This ACME has long been speculated to close, but finally (and coincidentally, this was announced on the day I wrote this post back in April) has been announced to close no later than April 2022. Acme Style, even back in 2013 , started to document the store's decline which has clearly continued up to my visit. Despite that, the store is still looking very good even with its age. The pharmacy closed in 2010 and introduced that dark brown patch on the facade where the Sav-On logo was. The patch also appears on the street signs, and my assumption is that the lack of investment reflects a general understanding that the store wasn't long for this world. Let's head in. We find all of the special services that Acme Style discusses long gone, with some of the basics winding down too... The store was reset ...