The Market Report

Tashkent Supermarket Opened: 2017 Owner: Odiljon Tursunov Previous Tenants:  Mandee/Walgreens Cooperative: none Location: 713 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY Photographed:  April 5, 2024 and May 29, 2026 Welcome to the flagship Tashneck , er, Tashkent supermarket! This tiny market, opened in 2017 in a former Mandee clothing store on a very  busy corner of Brighton Beach, started what's now a tiny empire of Uzbek food markets . It was just 8,000 square feet, and mostly under the elevated subway tracks. Well, if this store is still open, why am I talking about it in the past tense? The grocer has just completed a major renovation of this location, doubling the size by expanding into a neighboring Walgreens -- and that's the storefront you see above. Now, the space at around 16,000 square feet (more if there's a basement) isn't huge, but it feels comparatively palatial compared to the tiny, overcrowded corner market. And let's be clear about something: this store ...

Tashkent Supermarket Opened: March 6, 2025 Owner:  Odiljon Tursunov Previous Tenants:  Duane Reade Cooperative:  none Location:  378 6th Ave, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  April 11, 2025 If the Wegmans opening at Astor Place , Manhattan's first Wegmans, was the most-anticipated supermarket opening in the borough of the last five years, Tashkent's arrival in the West Village must be the second-most-anticipated. The diminutive supermarket is only about 5000 square feet (plus storage and prep space in the basement, it seems) but drew attention from publications like Eater New York and New York Magazine's Grub Street , with Hell Gate calling the store "worth the wait" (after warning that "The Prepared Food at the New Astor Place Wegmans Is Awful" ). And the new spot, beloved by local foodies -- and tourists, of course, as I've come across it on various influencers' socials) -- earns the distinction of being the only Uzbek supermarket in Manhattan. ...