Big Y Opened: 2010 Owner: D'Amour family Previous Tenants: Grand Union (1956-1970s) > Waldbaum's (1970s-2010) Cooperative: none Location: 772 N Main St, West Hartford, CT Photographed: October 31, 2024 and March 18, 2026 Welcome ( back ) to West Hartford! This Big Y is located about four miles northwest of downtown Hartford, in the suburb of West Hartford. At the intersection of Main Street and Albany Avenue, there is a Whole Foods, a Target, and a kosher grocer called The Crown Market all alongside this Big Y, so it's only natural that they all would want to stay on their toes. Big Y certainly has, as this is the latest supermarket they've remodeled. The approximately 42,000 square foot store was originally a much smaller, 13,000 square foot barrel-roof Grand Union constructed in 1956, which Waldbaum's acquired in the 1970s. It was a Waldbaum's Foodmart (the Foodmart name was used by Waldbaum's and A&P in New England) until its closure in 2010...
