[Summit] Fire Station

[Ellen House]

There also was Biller's on Camp Street where Camp Street Ministries is
now.  Miller's Delicatessen on Hope Street was also like a grocery store.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 8:15 PM David Kolsky via Summit <
summit at sna.providence.ri.us> wrote:

> Showing my age (other old-timers will also remember), once upon a time,
> long long ago (1956-57, when I spent two years at Summit Avenue School
> before returning to London) ,...
>
> ...there was a real supermarket on Hope Street; I think the A&P and I
> think on the site of the current CVS.
>
> *Dave*
>
> On Thursday, August 5, 2021, 06:21:31 PM EDT, Christopher Buecheler <
> cwbuecheler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I appreciate all the suggestions for grocery stores (seriously!), but my
> point wasn't that there aren't any alternatives to the big two, it's that
> none of those alternatives really qualify as a "neighborhood" grocery
> store, and certainly none of them are walking distance the way the
> firestation is.
>
> Not Just Spices is great. We shop there all the time. It's not a place
> you're going to buy your week's worth of groceries. Ditto Bubbies, and
> Stock, and so forth. During the summer we do a ton of shopping at the
> Lippit market, but even that doesn't provide anywhere close to everything
> we use in a given week (and during the winter, it's a drive, just like any
> other groceries).
>
> It's not *essential* that Summit have a small general grocery store ...
> but it sure would be nice! That's all I was trying to say.
>
> -Chris
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 4:36 PM James Kelley <jameskelley4444 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> If you are looking for a full service grocery store and are less
> interested in the many small independent purveyors of meat, fish, chicken,
> duck, vegetables, spices, grains, etc. (including ethnic stores), have you
> tried Market Basket? They are regional based, good to their employees and I
> get flyers from them (my mother swears by them though I haven't visited
> them).
>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021, 10:37 AM Christopher Buecheler <cwbuecheler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if there's been any plan made for
> what to do with the defunct fire station on Rochambeau?
>
> For the record, I think it'd make a terrific small, independent,
> high-quality grocery store, which this neighborhood could definitely use.
> Right now our choice is giving money to Stop & Shop or Jeff Bezos, which is
> ... not great.
>
> -Chris
>
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