Our friends at Fairway Market are finally moving back to Red Hook! Check out the article below about the upcoming grand opening - tune in during tomorrow's show from 12-2pm for more information from Fairway's own Dan Glickberg and Mitchel London!
Red Hook was one of the harder-hit neighborhoods in NYC during Hurricane Sandy, and in the wake of the historic superstorm, the heavily-damaged Fairway supermarket announced that it would remain closed until "sometime in 2013." But that "sometime" has finally arrived: the popular supermarket will reopen on Friday. In a press release we received last night, it was announced that a "ceremony celebrating the rebirth and return to life of the entire community" will take place on March 1st, which marks the grand reopening of the supermarket. Those in attendance will include Marty Markowitz, Mayor Bloomberg, and Miss America herself.
Markowitz says, "Fairway Market is more than just a store; it is the quintessential grocery experience with something for everyone—from our foodies and artisan advocates to even Brooklyn's own Miss America, Mallory Hagan." Markowitz added that his own weekend trips to Fairway have been missed over its four month absence—"I can personally attest that no week was quite the same without my wife and I taking our ritual trip to Fairway; of course Jamie would head straight to the fruit and vegetables aisle and I dash straight for the prepared foods counter and the great variety of smoked salmon."
The store, which first opened in 2006 in a Civil War-era building, was completely gutted following the storm, and all 39,000-square-feet have been renovated.
