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Upper West Side: New Trader Joe’s Store in Doubt (Updated)

Update: Nov. 25, 2009:  Trader Joe’s says they will open a store at 72nd Street and Broadway in 2010.  Fairway’s Steve Jenkins comments on TJ’s  planned opening.
Update, Sept. 4, 2009:   Trader Joe’s confirmed in an e-mail to the West Side Indepdent that the eagerly awaited TJs at the corner of Broadway and 72nd Street will [...]

Upper West Side: Broadway Farm to Open Fresh Fish Counter

The Upper West Side supermarket wars have a new entrant—Broadway Farm, the venerable market that’s been selling fruits, vegetables and other goods to the neighborhood for years.
Now the market, located just south of 86th Street, is expanding. By the end of September, the store hopes to have ready a new fresh fish counter and a [...]

Upper West Side: It’s Arrived–Whole Foods Previews Its Store for the Neighbors

For the food market deprived—that would be anyone living in the area around 96th Street on the Upper West Side—yesterday was a big day as Whole Foods welcomed the neighborhood to an open house to preview the new store.  While the food market won’t officially open until August 27—the liquor store is already operating—the market [...]

Upper West Side: New Whole Foods at Columbus & 97th Draws Mixed Response From Area Residents

Peering into the new Whole Foods opening Aug. 27th at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, I can spot café tables and gleaming check-out counters.
Among the store’s offerings will be a stand-alone 1000-bottle wine shop—the first to grace any Whole Foods in New York—and a “grind your own” peanut butter station.
But the new store is drawing [...]

Whole Foods at Columbus & 97th To Open Aug. 27

It’s official.  The new Whole Foods on 97th Street and Columbus will open Aug. 27.  No more schlepping to Columbus Circle. I peeked inside and saw a row of about a dozen check-out counters and the makings of a cafe.  Here are some of the features that will grace the new store, according to a [...]