Streetlevel: Greene Grape Behind New Gourmet Market
The cat’s out of the bag. While word of a gourmet market replacing South Portland Antiques has been out for a few weeks, details have been scarce. Until now. A reader forwarded us a job listing for an assistant manager at the new store that just popped up on Craigslist. It reveals that the owner…
The cat’s out of the bag. While word of a gourmet market replacing South Portland Antiques has been out for a few weeks, details have been scarce. Until now. A reader forwarded us a job listing for an assistant manager at the new store that just popped up on Craigslist. It reveals that the owner of the spot is Greene Grape, the wine store down the street. From the ad: “The Greene Grape is opening a full service specialty foods store with butcher, fishmonger, cheese and charcuterie.” The focus will be on “local, small production and sustainably produced products.” We’re particularly psyched for the butcher and fishmonger that will be onsite. We’re hearing an opening is targeted for January 1, but expect to see an awning go up in the next few days.
Streetlevel: South Portland Antiques Out, Gourmet Deli In [Brownstoner] GMAP
hmmm wonder why . . . it’s a conspiracy!
I get your point. And gotta admit, I agree — passionate service is usually a sign of good product.
Yes, the fish is decent at the FG farmers’ market on Saturdays…sometimes quite good…sometimes a little mediocre…always relatively expensive but what do “you” expect these days…hhh…
Dear 7:52, O, Angry-Sounding One,
I agree with you that “it better be really fresh and really select and REALLY local”.
Let’s see if Green Grasp and Co. can take a hint from these entries and…
And, frankly, it wouldn’t hurt if they turned on the customer service a little more! I’m not asking for cheap chatter, but when you go into a store where the staff is either glum or gruff, it doesn’t say much for the business and their commitment.
If they’re not happy in what their doing, how well could they be doing it? Just makes them seem like their trudging through a job they hate. [Though I have overheard a less then glum hipsterish guy working there who always chats up customers with all the fruit-forward, plum, mouth feel and finish jargon.]
Look it, if you have a shop you’ve got to know you’re going to deal with the public and you had better LOVE it or be a great actress because it can be difficult, very, and very tiring, and with a sour attitude you will be whittled you down over time.
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PS I think this thread is being commented on by just FG people.
Isn’t that just once a week? Same as Ft Greene greenmarket.
get fish at the grand army plaza greenmarket.
fresh as they come.
Chip shop is grossssss. The beer is the only good thing there. And the bread pudding.
Thank you Greene Grape Snobby Lady and Co for bringing some fresh food, especially the fish, to my neighb. I don’t need your hospitality, cheerfulness, pleasanteries, I could give a fk. I just really hope your food will be top notch, not just top price. I’m a foodie, not just a snob, so it better be really fresh and really select and REALLY local. I can get mediocre overpriced food at whole foods or citerella any day. Make this special for real. With some truly unique options.
Sullivan Street Bakery has great bread too, don’t know if they deliver to BK though.
on what corner of fulton and grand is there a new restaurant about to open? Next to the dollar store?
another soul food restaurant on fulton? give me a break!!!!! the old bodegas is going french!
I have to agree that Marquet’s bread is not at all good. We get Amy’s here in NY and get even better bread near out place out of town.
Also agree with 4:50 PM, the young woman at the Greene Grape is not very customer service oriented. The younger men are often overly covered in tattoos to the point of giving me the creeps. (I’m sorry…I don’t quite get the tattoo thing. Maybe some of the other younger readers here could fill me in why you would want tattoos up your neck and down your arms over your hands.)
Somehow I must have given them my e-mail address and ended up absolutely flooded (!) with e-mails. They send press release type e-mails for the least little thing. I unsubscribed. I only go in there for the odd wine and then only VERY occasionally. We usually pick up cases elsewhere.
It’ll be nice to have a decent place (if it is) in the neighborhood, at least if it focuses on things I can really use. Otherwise, there’s always the PSFC for the basics!
FG/TheGrammarLady