Grocery Archaeology

Original Tenant: ACME Markets Address: 1 Sunnybrae Blvd, Yardville, Hamilton, NJ Opened:  ca. 1970 Closed:  2001 Later Tenants:  CVS Photographed:  January 2021 The pitched-roof ACME in the Sunnybrae development in the Yardville section of Hamilton Township was one of the latest pitched-roof stores, opening around 1970. The 19,000 square foot store lasted until 2001, when it was replaced by the existing Yardville ACME just a quarter of a mile southeast. Acme Style has more details on the store and its replacement here . Tomorrow, we move on to Bordentown for a look at the ShopRite over on The Market Report !

Original Tenant: Big C Department Store Address: 2465 S Broad St, Hamilton, NJ Opened:  unknown Closed:  1980s Later Tenants:  Davidson Foodtown (1989-1999) > SuperFresh (1999-2010) > subdivided Photographed:  January 2021 A&P had a 1960s-era store just to the northwest at 2130 S Broad , which closed in the 1970s. This 62,000 square foot store opened in the 1970s as a Big C department store before becoming a Davidson Foodtown in 1989 , which then sold to SuperFresh in 1999. It's unclear if the Davidsons who owned this Foodtown were the same Davidsons who owned the New Brunswick locations on George St (later CTown and now Bravo) and Elizabeth St (later Estevez Foodtown and now Food Universe). The space has been subdivided, with Ollie's Bargain Outlet (good stuff cheap!) taking the right half and a gym taking the left half. There's still a supermarket at Independence Plaza, though, as a Save-A-Lot has opened up in the front part of the mall closest to Broa...

Original Tenant: A&P Address: 2130 S Broad St, Hamilton, NJ Opened:  1960s Closed:  1970s Later Tenants:  Jewel T Supermarket > Strauss Auto > Dollar General Photographed:  January 2021 Our first store south of Trenton is very close -- just about a mile and a half southeast -- of our southernmost Trenton stop at the Supreme Food Market . We're on South Broad Street to the southeast of downtown Trenton in Hamilton, what might be considered a downtown of the sprawling township with multiple smaller business districts such as Hamilton Square and Mercerville . This 11,000 square foot store was built as a 1960s simple centennial A&P, and it's just up the street from a former SuperFresh . So this was converted to SuperFresh in 1983 and then moved later, right? Nope. This store actually closed by the late 1970s while the later SuperFresh was originally a department store, then became Foodtown from 1989-1999 when it switched to SuperFresh. Also in that mall...

We are almost done with the Trenton area but before we can move on entirely we're going to spend a few days looking at some stores south of the city. We're going to start in Hamilton for a few stops in the Broad Street Park and Yardville sections before moving through Bordentown and then Florence. It's only ten stores in six days, so not a whole lot to see in this area (I live in northern New Jersey, so the farther we get from home, the less dense my coverage is simply because it's harder for me to get to). But there's some good stuff in these last few Trenton-area posts. So come back tomorrow while we do all of the South Broad Street stores at once, with two posts here on Grocery Archaeology and one on The Market Report ! P.S.  Here's  some updates at Kings you might want to check out.