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NYC Fresh Market Owner:  Mark Goris Opened:  2010 Cooperative:  Krasdale Location:  1660 Madison Ave, East Harlem, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  January 2020 Today we have a store tour in the next block north of Sami Deli & Halal Market ! This NYC Fresh Market (which also has a location at 150 Myrtle Ave in Brooklyn and owns the Silver Star Meat Market at 3838 Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn) opened in 2010 in the ground floor of a mixed-use East Harlem development. While it's been under the supervision of the Krasdale cooperative, signs installed in late 2019 indicate that the store was to be converted to a CTown Fresh Market. (That's the banner over the sign that's fallen down slightly.) This upscale, fairly large supermarket is made up of two rooms. First, we enter to an island with hot food and cheese (pictured here), with deli/bakery/sushi to the left, produce to the right, and meats on the back of the island. The main supermarket part co...

Sami Deli & Halal Market Owner:  Sanzida Khanam Opened:  2019 Cooperative:  unknown Location:  1630 Madison Ave, East Harlem, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  January 2020 Today's snapshot is a relatively new deli-grocery store that also has Halal groceries just two blocks north of Associated . It looks like this space was previously a Dunkin' Donuts, but it also looks like Sami Deli & Halal Market kind of expanded the space.

Our next group is basically the northern half of Manhattan, which is much more like the outer boroughs. The areas are slightly less dense ( slightly ), slightly less affluent, and more Latino and African American. Supermarket-wise, we'll see some familiar names: Associated, CTown, Shop Fair, Fine Fare, Key Food, Bravo, and so on. Come back tomorrow for our first store tour on The Market Report !