The Independent Edition

Extra Supermarket Owner: Alberto Mendez and/or Nick Gonzalez Opened:  2021 Cooperative:  Krasdale Location:  36-42 W Blackwell St, Dover, NJ Photographed:  July 2020 and March 2021 The main supermarket operating today in downtown Dover is the roughly 18,000 square foot Extra Supermarket, which was a Bravo for a very long time. It didn't change ownership, but for one reason or another in very early 2021 it was switched over to Extra owned by the same folks who own Maplewood , Lyons , and East Orange . My summer 2020 visit showed some signs of the impending switch... ...you know, like the Extra truck delivering in the back. By March 2021, the store had been switched over to Extra if only in part -- the Bravo signage remained on the outside, although the signage inside had been updated. The exterior signage has since been updated. Here's a look at the back entrance facing the parking lot in the back, which I don't believe I included in the original post of the Bravo. ...

Latino American Supermarket Owner: unknown Opened: unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  11 Essex St S, Dover, NJ Photographed:  July 2020 Our first stop in downtown Dover is the small Latino American Supermarket at the eastern end of town. This store is just diagonally across the street from the train station, and in the first block south of Blackwell Street, the main street through downtown Dover. Just east on Blackwell Street, to the east of downtown, is the former Food Depot we saw back in 2018 , which is now a gym. Heading in, we find a small but complete supermarket -- just like so many of these other independent urban stores which are just larger than a true bodega but still quite small. Dover's Latino American Supermarket seems to be in the range of approximately 2000 square feet. I don't remember if this store actually has shopping carts, since it's so small. I believe there are roughly 4 aisles. In the rear of the store we encounter a large butcher counter, whi...