Market 32 Opened: October 2025 Owner: Northeast Grocery Previous Tenants: McCracken Markets > Iandoli Super Markets > Price Chopper (ca. late 1980s-2025) Cooperative: none Location: 221-223 Park Ave, Worcester, MA Photographed: November 22, 2025 We're back here in Worcester for a look at the city's newest Market 32, which switched from Price Chopper in October. Work continues to be ongoing at the store, so let's check in and see what's happening. A disclaimer: these pictures were actually taken about two weeks ago -- I've been behind in posting -- so I'm sure more work has been done since. But the produce department is looking fresh with new fixtures, paint, and lighting. I'm a big fan of the track lighting here, which I think almost always elevates a supermarket's appearance. I'm not so crazy about the fact that the ceiling appears to have already been painted, then had the recessed lighting removed. I imagine Market 32 will paint the mis...
Remsen Village Marketplace Opened: October 2025 Owner: Robert Almonte Previous Tenants: Fine Fare > Met Foodmarkets > Food Universe Marketplace Cooperative: Krasdale Location: 405 Remsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY Photographed: October 29, 2025; December 1, 2025; and February 11, 2025 (Food Universe) A small, mostly residential neighborhood between East Flatbush and Brownsville, Remsen Village isn't a neighborhood you hear much talk of. Today, we're going to check out the supermarket right in the middle of the neighborhood as it makes a (relatively minor) change. 405 Remsen Avenue appears to have been a grocery store since at least the 1980s, eventually becoming Fine Fare in the early 00s or so. Fine Fare closed around 2013, becoming a Met Foodmarket the following year. In 2015, the store became a Food Universe, a Key Food brand. And just two months ago, the store has changed its name again, this time becoming the independent Remsen Village Marketplace. I'm very g...