Metro Acres Market Opened: March 13, 2026 Owner: Ennis and Rowhie Said Previous Tenants: Rite Aid Cooperative: Retail Grocers Group/General Trading Location: 81 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY Photographed: April 17, 2026 I hope everyone's doing well! I myself have been very busy, so I've been behind in both visiting new stores and posting about them. (Don't worry, no interruptions to the regularly scheduled programming .) So now I'm trying to catch up -- but I'm sitting on more than a dozen newsworthy stores that I've been to but haven't posted about yet. Let's start to fix that with this weekend's NYC posts! You may recall this closed East Village Rite Aid, which hadn't yet gotten a brand when I posted about it back in December . Turns out, it's a Metro Acres Market -- one of only three under the brand, joining locations on the Lower East Side and in Schuylerville (there was previously another in Washington Heights that became a Fine Fare )....
Antillana SuperFood Marketplace Opened: March 27, 2026 Owner: unknown Previous Tenants: A&P > Key Food (opened 1982) > AIM (closed 2008) > Pioneer (2008-2023) > Associated (2023-2025) Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 616 Melrose Ave, Bronx, NY Photographed: April 17, 2026 Welcome back to 616 Melrose! We last visited this spot back in January , when I stopped by to see it in progress as it transitioned from an Associated to an Antillana SuperFood. Associated is still making its presence known here, though, as the storefront includes the distinctive red, white, and blue A logo next to the Antillana name. Prior to Associated, it was a Pioneer. Lots more history on that January post linked above. Now, the store has reopened (not sure if it's simply rebranded or under new ownership) after a significant renovation. Let's check it out! The basic layout is the same, but some changes have been made. For example, here in the first ...