Balducci’s is leaving. Sprouts is arriving. Big Y is nearly 1 1/2 years old. Stop & Shop has been here a long time.
Before all those supermarkets and grocery stores — plus Trader Joe’s, Fresh Market and Wholes Foods, of course — Westporters’ shopping choices were different.
A&P, First National, Gristede’s — those were the go-to spots.
They were downtown, or close to it. The Westport Food Center was smack in the middle, on Main Street.
In 1948, Westport artist Stevan Dohanos painted this scene there.
Do you recognize anyone? Do you have any memories of the Westport Food Center — or any other long-gone grocery store?
If you were born long after: What seems different — and the same — about today’s shopping experience?
Click “Comments” below. (Hat tip: Anthony Dohanos)
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