Star Market Opened: 2014 Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: Star Market (early 1990s - early 00s) > Shaw's (early 00s-ca. 2015) Cooperative: none Location: 535 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA Photographed: March 5, 2025 Welcome to another Star Market! We've seen a couple in the northern suburbs, and now we're back for two more today and Monday. In fact, counting this one we've seen all but three of the Star Market locations. Number 19 of 21 is up for Monday! And if you think the exterior looks vaguely familiar, it is. This is almost exactly the same exterior model that ACME was using in the 90s. (Or see here .) There's a foyer with an entrance on each end. On the left side, Starbucks is right inside the entrance, with produce is in the front-left corner. Bakery and meat are on the left side of the first aisle, with cheese in an island facing. Deli, prepared foods, and seafood are at the back of the first aisle, with dairy on the rest of the back wal...
That brings us to the end of Cambridge and Somerville! It's been a lot of back-and-forth around these neighborhoods, so check out the stores on the map below to make sure you haven't missed any, and to get a better idea of where they all are in relation to each other. Coming Up Next We're going to spend just a couple days visiting a few of the northwestern Boston suburbs we either skipped or passed through only briefly on our first trip through. This isn't so much a cohesive group of towns or neighborhoods as much as a random collection of other stores I've photographed -- so we'll spend a day each in Belmont and Waltham right outside Boston, then head northwest to Bedford, Billerica, Concord, and Acton, then go back out towards Worcester for a day to wrap up with a store in Marlborough. This one won't be too long a group because my coverage is sparse, but before we continue to the north we're gonna see some last-minute additions back in the Worcester a...