We are now done with South Boston and Boston Harbor! The quiet, mostly residential neighborhood is only home to a couple supermarkets, but we also saw quite a few former grocery stores and some small independent grocers . Take a look at all of them on the map below. Coming Up Next Now we're headed into the main part of the city! We're going to start in the South End -- which, as I mentioned, is different from South Boston, neither of which is actually in the southern part of Boston -- and then head north through Chinatown and into downtown Boston. The South End is a fairly affluent, mostly residential and retail/restaurant neighborhood, roughly between Roxbury and the Back Bay/Longwood area. Chinatown then spans an area around route 90, which runs underground, just south of downtown. The Boston Common is just to the northwest of Chinatown and just west of downtown. Let's begin by seeing the South End's independent supermarket on Monday!
One more day of South Boston! The neighborhood has a Foodie's Market and a Stop & Shop , along with several small grocers , but there used to be many more supermarkets in the neighborhood when supermarkets were far smaller. Thanks to Groceteria 's amazing work, I identified and photographed these assorted former chain grocers across the neighborhood. South Boston Original Grocery Tenant: Stop & Shop Address: 325 Old Colony Ave, Boston, MA Opened: mid-1940s Closed: early 1960s Later Tenants: assorted other grocers Photographed: June 29, 2019 What was once a Stop & Shop at the far western part of Southie -- near the Dorchester/Roxbury border -- is now home to the very blue Rotary Variety. The right side of this building was the Stop & Shop, but it's possible the left side was once a store of some kind, too. Notice the rounded corner like we've seen before . The Stop & Shop building looks to be around 2000 square feet, though the bui...