The Independent Edition

As we move north through Westchester county, we'll be stopping in the towns of Eastchester, Scarsdale, White Plains, Ardsley, and Hastings-On-Hudson, generally circling up the east side, across west at White Plains, the large city of central Westchester, and then a few stores to the southwest of the city. For a little bit of a bigger picture view, we're still heading north of New York City through the direct northern suburbs through Westchester and then Putnam counties, crossing the border into central Connecticut and then circling back south along the INT-95 corridor. We'll then finish up New York State before attacking New Jersey. But that's all far in the future, let's stick with central Westchester for now!

Bryn Mawr Market IGA Owner: Al Cifutelli Opened: 2004 Cooperative: IGA Location: 146 Lockwood Ave, Bryn Mawr, Yonkers, NY Photographed: March 2020 The small neighborhood of Bryn Mawr in Yonkers is sandwiched between the Saw Mill River Pkwy on the west and INT-87 on the east. It has one supermarket in that section, which is this Bryn Mawr IGA. The 7100 square foot store appears to have been created from several smaller storefronts, including a 3900 square foot one that was likely the original supermarket. Inside, the store has a distinctive old-fashioned look about it. That's balanced somewhat by the Walmart decor visible here, for the produce department. As we can see, the decor has been retrofitted somewhat. The picture on the sign appears to be taped on, while the aisle markers have some some older category markers added on. Dairy and meat line the back wall, with frozen in the second-to-last aisle and deli in the last aisle. A very nice mural of a city street (perhaps somewhere in …

Shop Smart Food Market Owner: Belgica de Jesus Opened: 2015 under current ownership Cooperative: Krasdale Location: 354 Nepperhan Ave, Yonkers, NY Photographed: March 2019 Shop Smart Food Market is a banner of Krasdale Foods, but few stores actually operate under that name exclusively. You can see the newer logo from Krasdale's website here. This deli-grocery store located just to the north of downtown Yonkers is an interesting case. For one, I'm pretty sure there would have originally been a panel to the right that says "Food Mart" or "Food Market" on the white sign, like this location on Staten Island has. Second, based on the shape of the second S, I'm thinking the lettering was originally stacked -- meaning that perhaps this sign is actually secondhand from another location, possibly when there were more locations. This store is located at the base of a residential tower along Nepperhan Avenue, which extends to the north of downtown.

Williams Farm Owner: Jung Yong Shin Opened: 2004 Cooperative: none Location: 131 New Main St, Getty Square, Yonkers, NY Photographed: March 2019 Wrapping up our coverage of Getty Square with this greengrocer of about 1600 square feet. This store is at 131 New Main Street, with the former Compare Foods at 125 New Main two doors down, then the Shop Fair at 116 New Main (don't ask me how those numbers can all be on the same side of the street, but I digress) four doors down beyond that. All three are visible in the above photo. Now that we're done with downtown Yonkers, we'll be passing through the much more suburban neighborhoods in the northeast of the city!

Juan Supermarket Owner: Juan Supermarket Inc. Opened: 2014 Cooperative: unknown Location: 61 Riverdale Ave, Riverdale, Bronx, NY Photographed: March 2019 I know it's hard to see, but the left side of that storefront has a sign that (barely) says Juan Supermarket. It was previously Hernandez Supermarket, and it starts our coverage of the downtown/Getty Square part of Yonkers. This store is located on the same street as the Skyview Shopping Center, where we saw a Key Food and Riverdale Kosher Market, just about two miles north. This is our first of five grocery stores we'll be seeing a matter of blocks from each other, and up next is the ShopRite just across the street.

Riverdale Kosher Market Owner: Elisha Block Opened: 2011 under current ownership Cooperative: none Location: 5683 Riverdale Ave, Riverdale, Bronx, NY Photographed: March 2019 If Key Food anchors the southern end of the Skyview Shopping Center, the Riverdale Kosher Market anchors the north end. It's actually in the basement of the building at the north end, meaning it's at street level of the cross street and not Riverdale Avenue. It seems that the two stores' target markets are different enough that they can peacefully coexist. Plus, Riverdale Kosher looks a lot nicer. Repeating this picture from the Key Food post to show the stores' proximity. If you zoom in to the top of the beige building at the far right, you can see the sign for Riverdale Kosher Market. And on that note, we finish up not only our coverage of Riverdale, but of all of the Bronx -- and all of New York City! -- for the time being. Don't worry, we still have lots and lots and lots of supermarkets comin…