The Independent Edition

Maspeth Marketplace Owner:  Danny Doleh Opened:  2017 (as Maspeth Marketplace), 2005 (as Key Food) Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  66-56 Grand Ave, Maspeth, NY Photographed:  July 2018 Wrapping up Maspeth with one more store, which was formerly a Key Food. When the Key Food down the street opened, the beloved 6400 square foot old store was converted into the Maspeth Marketplace. It does in fact have a tiny parking lot, though the owners also allow Maspeth Marketplace customers to park in the Key Food lot. So if I remember correctly, produce and meat line the right side, with deli in an island in the middle. Dairy and frozen line the left wall. The aisles actually run diagonally from front left to back right, as this store is tiny even by New York City standards. Because the store was well-liked, the owners focused on maintaining continuity ("same owners, new name!") and keeping the Key Food logo on the posters and awning. Notice...

Our next stores in Queens, NY are in Middle Village and Maspeth neighborhoods! Now this group is going to be much shorter than the last (see coverage  here  and  here ), partially because there are fewer neighborhoods we're cramming in here, but mostly because each of these neighborhoods only has two supermarkets. It's also interesting, though, that these two rather suburban, somewhat isolated neighborhoods' stores follow the same pattern. Both neighborhoods have a big-name store (Middle Village has a Met Foodmarket and Maspeth has a Key Food), and both neighborhoods have an independent store owned by the same person as the big-name store (MV's is called Village Barn Fresh Market owned by Bill Fani; the Maspeth Marketplace is owned by Danny Doleh). Anyway, we'll get more into these specific stores here and on  The Market Report  over the next few days, so check back soon!