I wrote the following review a few weeks ago but for the wrong Newkirk Grocery. Here is the correct one!
What makes locally owned and operated businesses special is the personal touch that the chains can imitate but not replace. At Newkirk Avenue Grocery that special touch is from Mammoud who is at the counter every morning to greet his many regulars as well as anyone else who comes in.
Newkirk Ave Grocery is, I believe, owned by the same family that owns two other businesses on the plaza. Newkirk Avenue Grocery is distinguished because it opens earlier than the other two and sells coffee for .25 less per cup than the other two. The store is like a bodega selling things you pick up quickly while their store next door is their deli and the one across the plaza is a sort of combination of both.
For all the foot traffic, the store is clean and well organized. And I should mention that their coffee is pretty good! read more