How exactly does the fact that the supermarket is busy with a certain clientele relate to the eyesore it has become, which posters are describing here? Is the suggestion that for a certain clientele the appearance of the store is fine, and we who are not that clientele (ie, according to the post, residents of the historic district) have no right to complain? How do you know that the store is only patronized by non-residents of the historic district? How do you know that the patrons of the store are not also bothered by its appearance?
Interestingly, Farine's attracted a very wide swath of neighborhood people, with customers of all ethnic backgrounds, dressed in all sorts of garb, lining up and filling its tables. The owner created special halal and holiday menus, I believe. Which was so great, and seemed so unusual for a place like that. I think it's a false contrast to portray it as a gentrification issue, where Farine's was the gentrifier, and now the supermarket is giving the spot back to its rightful owner, the immigrant community. I think a lot of immigrants were in fact patronizing Farine's, and I'm sure there are non-immigrants who shop at the supermarket.