Ed Hyder's Mediterranean Marketplace
Opened: ca. 2000
Ed Hyder's is a must-visit if Mediterranean food gets you excited. To be clear, we're more on the Greece than Spain side of the Mediterranean here, but there's a little bit to choose from representing all the parts.
And the store is in a really beautiful brick building. To my surprise, it doesn't look like this is a longtime grocery store; I don't have any grocers listed for this address before Ed Hyder's opening around 2000. (409 Pleasant, long since demolished, was a John T. Connor & Company location and then a Finast.)
The 3500 square foot store consists primarily of a deli/butcher along the right side of the store, a wine shop on the left side, and a few aisles of grocery in the middle. It's definitely not a supermarket, and definitely much more of a specialty market.
I love the look of the checkerboard floor here. It gives the space a retro but upscale look combined with the fixtures and ceiling -- and all the windows are great. In the front of the store, several rows of bulk foods line the front wall.
Then wine lines the left side, with some specialty groceries in the middle. Checkouts are in the front right corner.
Clearly, though, a lot of thought has been given to the merchandising and displays here. Check out this wine shelf...
Opened: ca. 2000
Owner: Ed Hyder
Previous Tenants: unknown
Cooperative: none
Location: 408 Pleasant St, Main Middle, Worcester, MA
Photographed: November 18, 2018 and September 3, 2021
But Ed Hyder's is far from the only Mediterranean/Middle Eastern grocery store on this stretch of Pleasant Street. Tomorrow we'll be taking a look at another one just east!
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