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New York Daily News has an article on FoodCellar. According to some shoppers, the pricing is considered high even by Manhattan standards and some items may be priced higher than at Whole Foods. Shoppers in the Long Island City neighborhood seem to like the store so far regardless of pricing. They're calling it a high-end market and they welcome it into their community.
New York Daily NewsNew market Food Cellar & Co. opens in Hunters PointBY JOHN LAUINGER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, August 18th 2008, 9:01 PM
Attention Hunters Point shoppers - your supermarket has finally landed.
The up-and-coming neighborhood got its first grocery store last week when a market debuted in Queens West, the megadevelopment that is transforming the Long Island City waterfront.
Food Cellar & Co. Market opened Wednesday on the ground floor of a posh residential building on Center Blvd. - near the Pepsi-Cola sign along the East River.
The opening of the upscale store comes after years of complaints from pioneering residents who have had to travel to Manhattan, other parts of Queens - even cyberspace - to fill their cupboards.
"It's nice to have something right here instead of having to go to the bodegas or use FreshDirect," resident David Baker, 31, said while exiting the store.
Several shoppers said the store has a good selection of organic and premade foods. But nearly everyone told Queens News that prices were steep - even by Manhattan standards.
"It's a nice store with high quality products - but you pay for it," Brenda Pech, 30, said while perusing produce with her 4-month-old daughter, Sophia.
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