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TOUR: ACME Markets - Shrub Oak, NY

ACME Markets Opened:  2016 Previous Tenants:  A&P (1960s-2016) Location:  1366 E Main St, Shrub Oak, NY Photographed:  May 2019 Yes, very different from yesterday's 66,000 square foot new-build ShopRite is this 24,000 square foot ACME. It's only about 2 miles east along route 6 (this one is just off 6 on a smaller street), but feels like a different world from the strip mall-packed section of Mohegan Lake/Cortlandt where the ShopRite and the other ACME are. It's tempting to say this is an original Centennial store, but it's not. An 8200 square foot expansion has been made on the far side of the store. Despite that, the store is still beautifully original. ACME acquired this store in the 2015-16 A&P bankruptcy, and in my opinion, it's the type of store ACME operates best: small stores in small towns that are the local option. I grew up shopping at a tiny six-aisle ACME that still beat the 65,000 square foot A&P nearby. (The original ...