Downtown Fresh Market Opens

[Metro Jacksonville]

Downtown Fresh Market Opens



Downtown celebrates the opening of Brooklyn Station's Fresh Market. Here's a look inside the urban core's first grocery store to open in years and a brief update on what's going up around it.

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[CityLife]

For those of you hipsters that have never left the in town neighborhoods and shopped at a Fresh Market, I think a lot of you will like it. Much more pleasant interior than Publix, and imo it has better meats and seafood, better bakery, better take home meals, and a better produce section.

It doesn't have the selection or prices Publix has on everything else, but for fresh food, its definitely a notch higher in my opinion.

Pretty big win for Downtown and Intown Neighborhoods.

[BoldCityRealist]

" Much more pleasant interior than Publix, and imo it has better meats and seafood, better bakery, better take home meals, and a better produce section. " - That's Fresh Market's M.O. You will still go to Publix for your paper goods, cleaning supplies, basic household products, but delicious fresh food - Fresh Market. So stoked. I will be doing the majority of my food shopping there from now on.

[jaxjaguar]

I personally love Fresh Market. We had one near my house in Ponte Vedra so it's a pleasant surprise to see one go in now that I'm living downtown. In all honesty though I think the Fresh Market and Trader Joes should be in opposite locations based on the amount of hipsters in Riverside

I drove past Brooklyn Station last night and it looks great. I'm hoping the apartments will be more affordable than 220 Riverside, though.

[John P]

This is great but why do the pictures look like they could be in Fleming Island? Downtown buildings should look like they belong Downtown.

[David]

Heh citylife, My Riverside friends are just like that. They never leave the area. Then again neither did I when I lived there, no reason to.

There's a fresh market about 3 miles from my house but I've never been. Now that this one is staring at me from my office window I'll give it a spin. It'll be a nice lunch option too.

[finehoe]

Nice!  Can't wait to check it out.

[Josh]

Gonna check it out later.

I have my doubts about parking however, especially for when the other businesses open up.

[Tacachale]

Parking will suck there, just like it sucks at the 5 Points Publix, and it will only get worse as things fill in. It's the right problem to have, though, your project being too popular. But this is downtown, parking always sucks downtown.

[thelakelander]

I love downtowns where parking actually does suck. Hopefully, DT Jax will reach that point sooner, rather than later.

[CityLife]

Heh citylife, My Riverside friends are just like that. They never leave the area. Then again neither did I when I lived there, no reason to.

Exactly. There are two parts of Jacksonville where residents rarely leave unless they absolutely have to, the InTown neighborhoods and the Beaches. The Beaches have been that way for some time, but as the in town neighborhoods and downtown have gotten more and more cool things, residents are becoming much less dependent on the outside world. Having a higher quality alternative to Publix will only further that imo.

Fresh Market is not as good as Whole Paycheck, but it certainly is close enough in quality to deter someone from making a 45 roundtrip drive.

[jcjohnpaint]

It was pretty amazing to see people walking around in Brooklyn today, carrying their Fresh Market bags.  I have never seem people walking much of anywhere in that neighborhood since I lived in Jacksonville.

[PeeJayEss]

Sorry Riverside Publix. I may never see you again.

Is the Zoe's on Margaret going to be closing?
Still don't quite get the BG store. Are they going to close DT? I guess they'll have enough lunch traffic from the offices on Riverside that splitting weekend and dinner customers will not matter all the much, but it still seems strange.

Hopefully Grassroots doesn't lose too much business to Fresh Market.

[Josh]

I love downtowns where parking actually does suck. Hopefully, DT Jax will reach that point sooner, rather than later.

No doubt, it's just that the design of these Brooklyn developments were compromised to accommodate a certain amount of parking spaces, and it's not enough anyway. So why compromise to begin with?

[benfranklinbof]

Woot! Can't wait to check it out!