The Independent Edition

Antillana Fresh Meat Market Owner:  A&J Super Food Inc. Opened:  2016 Cooperative:  unknown Location:  1025 Westchester Ave, Longwood, Bronx, NY Photographed:  March 2019 This approximately 3,000 square foot store was previously the Asociados Meat Market until 2016, when it was renovated and converted to the Antillana Fresh Meat Market. I can't find any connection to the Antillana SuperFood stores nor the Antillana Meat Market .

Real Supermarket Owner:  Norberto Hernandez Opened:  2009 as Prospect Supermarket, 2013 as Real Supermarket Cooperative:  Krasdale Location:  795 Prospect Ave, Longwood, Bronx, NY Photographed:  March 2019 And to think for all this time I've been photographing fake ones. This store was previously a furniture store before opening as the AIM (Association of Independent Merchants) Prospect Supermarket in 2009. Later, it was converted to the Real Supermarket. We're actually looking at the back of the store in the above photograph, with the front facing Prospect Avenue. It looks like this store is in the range of about 8-10,000 square feet, and I'd like to return to photograph the interior at some point.

Golden Apple Tree Supermarket Owner:  Roy Diaz Opened:  2013 as Key Food, 2015 as Golden Apple Tree, closed 2019 Cooperative:  Key Food Location: 745 Westchester Ave, Longwood, Bronx, NY Photographed:  March 2019 This supermarket had been a Bravo since at least 1998. In 2013, Roy Diaz took it over and converted it to a Key Food, followed by a 2015 conversion to Golden Apple Tree (still affiliated with Key Food). Golden Apple Tree never actually got any sign other than a banner over the Key Food logo, and by late 2019 it had been switched back to Bravo. Diaz appears to still own the store. From Google Maps, it looks like the store is 10,000 square feet.

We have completed our Manhattan coverage and are now moving on to the southern part of the Bronx! We're going to start near where INT-95 enters the Bronx (Cross Bronx Expressway), and circle south through Highbridge and Melrose, before turning east along Westchester Avenue through Longwood. We'll cross the Bronx River before heading through Soundview and Castle Hill, then crossing the Westchester Creek into Throggs Neck. Stay tuned!