Village Food Market Opened: 1977 Owner: John Cavaretta Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: AGNE Location: 230 Main St, Ogunquit, ME Photographed: June 11, 2022 Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire have lots of small independent grocers, and the vacation destination town of Ogunquit on the Maine coast is served by the Village Food Market. In business since the 1970s, the 3,000 square foot store is a member of Associated Grocers of New England. Unfortunately, I only have drive-by photos here, but this video posted to Google Maps actually gives us a really good look inside the market. This building down the street, at 166 Main St, looks like it could've been a general store or some other small grocer at one point, but I don't know that for sure. At the time I took this photo, it was an antique store; the building has since been renovated and expanded into a collection of various shops. While we're on the subject of grocery history, tomorrow we're headed up t...
Golden Harvest Produce Market Opened: 1975 Owner: John and Juliana Flintosh Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 47 State Rd, Kittery, ME Photographed: March 6, 2025 Welcome to Maine! Our first stop in the state is right over the New Hampshire border, just across the river from Portsmouth . This 6500 square foot produce market and gourmet food store has been in business since 1975. The produce department extends across this middle part of the store, with some coolers for dairy on the right side, then the rest of the store to the left. Baked goods, cheese, and prepared foods are over there on the left. It's not a full supermarket, but the store is packed with unusual items and local produce... ...such as these freshly-harvested local mushrooms. There aren't traditional grocery aisles here exactly, but the grocery shelving is to the left of the produce. Fruit lines the back wall, and wine and grocery are opposite. There are a number of full sup...