Feb 21 2006
Key Food’s Last Call
As of yesterday afternoon, there was still dried pasta, canned goods (tomato sauce, soup, etc.) beans, and the occasional cleaning product on the shelves. It’s looking pretty grim. I can’t decide if it’s reassuring to find out that it is really is as dirty as I’d always suspected.
17 Responses to “Key Food’s Last Call”
It looks like a grocery store in Atlanta before a snow storm!
So what’s the thought? What’s going to become of the once-mighty Key Foods? I mean, let’s be CLEAR, all bickering about the infiltration of chains notwithstanding, Starbucks, McDonalds, and–even–Dunkin’ Donuts do NOT put food in the refrigerators of local residents.
So whad-up with THAT? . . . is this location going to become some OTHER grocery store. Or is it just understood that EVERYONE in the neighborhood anymore can afford to order their groceries from Fresh Direct? Or does everyone just hop in their car and go down to the Pathmark under the BQE these days (although, Kati and I WERE pretty excited to *discover* that Pathmark ’cause it DOES feel an awful lot like a full-service, non-city grocery store)? Or is everyone just holding out ’till 2007 when the Whole Foods is expected to open in Park Slope?
The thought is that a landlord doesnt care if his tenant is selling fresh food or is another chain store as long as they pay (more) rent. And he probably prefers CVS to Key Food because a pharmacy will attract many fewer rats.
See, no one cares if you have a place to shop for fresh food. The landlords and the market decide what stores are in your neighborhood. If Key Food could pay more rent, they would be welcome to stay.
I am not saying this is a good outcome, but thats what we still call capitalism.
The health food store on Court and Union must be jumping for joy right now. We did about 1/2 our shopping there before…now it’s going to be more like 90%. I’m sure other people in the neighborhood will be too.
I swear I never thought Keyfood was so bad. I got along great with the managers, etc., etc. But then again I never had any problems with the people at Hanley’s either. Maybe I shouldn’t have moved to Queens
Tom, just don’t come back an open a TGI Fridays in CG and I think it will be all good.
I really didn’t like that place but on occasion I had to shop there because our options are otherwise so limited. It really sucks. Lucky I just got a car!
There is a MetFood on Henry Street, and Sackett St.
And according to the owners, KeyFood is indeed becoming a CVS.
Is the Key Foods on Court between 1st and 2nd Place or another one?
The MetFood on Henry Street is hands down the best supermarket around. The produce ain’t bad either, although the stuff at the grocers next to Sahadis’ is really the best.
But the last days of Key Food did provide us with a carload of He’Brew at a 50% discount!
How is He’Brew? I’ve always avoided it because it looked more like gimmick than a good product.
He’Brew is fine, but I hold a small grudge as it is the beer that quite literally put me over the edge. Yes, several bottles of the beer (which followed several pints of some other various beers) precipitated my fall down ice-covered flight of Cobble Hill stoop stairs and resulted in a broken pinky!
Wow Key Food has really gone down hill. The one on Atlantic Ave. isn’t that bad – we usually do most of the food shopping there because it’s one the way home from the train. Which Key Food is pictured ,I don’t reconize it.
To bored at work — the owner of the Key Food is the owner of the building, and also the owner of the those new apartments that got built on top and of a few other buildings in the neighborhood. I’m sure he’s going to get more money by bringing in some other non-grocery tenant, but it’s not true to say that Key Food is getting pushed out because they can’t afford the rent. It’s all the same people.
Yeah, it’s gonna be a CVS. And have you guys seen the brightly lit Dunkin’ Donuts next block? Oh, and the coming soon Starbucks and Chase bank? What’s going on?
I’m glad to see this subpar and smelly (like cat pee and garbage) store go. That said, it was a convenient place to get milk, eggs, and a lemon in a pinch. Impossible to do a real grocery shopping here though. I just don’t get it though–this area is DENSE with people who want a REAL grocery store (miniature Met and Key Food on Atlantic don’t count; going to Atlantic Ctr Pathmark is a hike for the average CG resident). So why arent’t there any? Gowanus Pathmark is OK, but seedy and no great shakes. It’s basically ghetto. And a hassle, as it requires a car. Some wise business person needs to get over to Red Hook or somewhere along 3rd Avenue and get a non-bougie/non-skanky grocery store up and running (Stop and Shop anyone?). I can’t think of a single thing the Cobble/Carroll area needs more. Heights/Slope/Carroll/Cobble/Boerum folks would eat it up.
damn….thiz place really is sucky huh??
w3ll i m3t 1 of the workerz… and he is an ashol3* pardon mii french… but yeah pathmark is look3n 200000X better every seC.