The
Whole Foods at Second Avenue and 57th Street, just a couple of minutes from the Roosevelt Island Tram Station, has been
open since August 23. Have you been there yet? Every time I go there, I see several Roosevelt Islanders and we marvel at how great the store is with wonderful products, reasonable prices and so very clean.
Whole Foods also delivers to Roosevelt Island
Image of Whole Foods Delivery Van On Roosevelt Island
tweeting:
What about our local Roosevelt Island Gristedes Supermarket?
A representative of Main Street Master Leaseholder
Hudson Related informed me recently that Gristedes will soon be undergoing their promised and long awaited complete store renovation. Included in the renovation will be moving the gloomy and depressing store entrance from beneath the Motorgate Ramp
to the light and brightness of Main Street next to the Post Office.
Interestingly, the suggestion to move the Gristedes entrance came from Roosevelt Island resident Deborah Beck during
March 12 Town Hall Meeting with Gristedes owner John Catsimatidis:
... I thought a great idea was suggested by resident Deborah Beck who recommended that the new store design include moving the store entrance from the dark tunnel like side entrance to better lit Main Street directly across from Manhattan Park....
More on the Gristedes Town Hall Meeting from
previous post.
