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Bazaar on Cambridge - Allston, MA

Bazaar on Beacon Street Opened: unknown Owner:  Sabina Roytman Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  424 Cambridge St, Allston, MA Photographed:  July 27, 2019 Welcome to our next location of Bazaar Supermarkets, whose Newton and Brookline locations we've checked out previously. The Eastern European stores have imported groceries, delis, bakeries, and prepared foods, and this 7,000 square foot location is smaller than the Newton store but a bit bigger than Brookline. This store has an entrance on either side, one facing the parking lot in the back and one facing the street in the front. Produce, deli, and bakery make up the store's grand aisle, with a few grocery aisles next to that. This store doesn't have the sprawling prepared foods department that Newton does, but there's still a large selection of fresh items in the small space. The space is L-shaped, as it appears to be a combination of two different buildings. The grocery aisles are ...

ShopRite - West Caldwell, NJ

ShopRite Opened: October 21, 2025 Owner:  Dara Sblendorio Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  Wakefern Food Location:  900 Bloomfield Ave, West Caldwell, NJ Photographed:  October 21, 2025 Welcome to one of the most anticipated supermarket openings of the year! I mean, the grand opening included a marching band and a parade , and backed up traffic for some distance around the store. The 90,000 square foot store -- nearly double the size of the previous store just around the corner -- opened on Tuesday morning with that fanfare, and a crowd that packed the enormous parking lot. This store continues the evolution of the original Sunrise Market, which was located in Caldwell on Bloomfield Avenue. Later, Sunrise joined ShopRite and moved to 478 Bloomfield Ave in Caldwell, now a liquor store owned by Sunrise. In 1967, Sunrise moved to the location at 540 Passaic Ave in West Caldwell, which stayed open (complete with its pagoda theme) until this week. It closed on...