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TOUR: Foodtown - New Rochelle, NY

New Rochelle is a big place that has a lot of supermarkets, but we're going to be visiting two in particular this trip through. First up is this Foodtown on the far southern end of the city, which is owned by Angelo Avena's A&J Fresh Food Markets. Like the other A&J stores, this store was converted from Angelo & Joe's Met Foodmarkets to Foodtown in 2012. The first and most prominent department in this 8500 square foot store is the deli/bakery, which is immediately inside the entrance lining the right-side wall. The rest of the first aisle contains dairy, which continues along the back wall with meat on the far side. Frozen lines the last aisle with produce in the front corner opposite the entrance. This store is small, but obviously very heavily used. And it's old, but in a comforting and familiar way instead of an outdated way. Looking across the back wall of the store. Like Manor Market , this store's first aisle is aisle 9, working d...

Coming Soon!

We've completed our travels up White Plains Road, so now we're going to go up the eastern side of the Bronx through Pelham Bay, Baychester, and Eastchester, before leaving the Bronx and passing through Pelham Manor (a small town between the Bronx and the next city, New Rochelle) before ending up in New Rochelle. Our coverage is a little thin in this part of the Bronx, but this is our first time in this section as well as our first trip to New Rochelle. Buckle up your seatbelts and let's head to Pelham Bay!