Roche Bros. grocery proposed for 240 Elm Street; Meeting September 10

[ron_newman]

According to a Facebook post from Alderman-at-Large Jack Connolly, Roche Bros. proposes to open a grocery store in the former Social Security Building, 240 Elm Street. They will hold an on-site meeting to discuss this on Wednesday, September 10 at 6 pm.

Roche Bros. is a local family-owned supermarket chain whose current locations are mostly in the beyond-128 suburbs. They are now building their first urban store in the former Filene's Basement space in Downtown Crossing.

I really hope this happens. I think it suits Davis Square's needs better than the previous World of Beer and Beer Works proposals.

ETA: Based on the illustration that Jack provided, what they actually seem to be proposing is a new sub-brand of smaller Roche stores called "Brothers Marketplace", whose first location opened in Weston a few months ago. Their Facebook page is more informative than their rather skeletal website.

Comments

[3rdragon]

The one time I shopped at Pemberton's (for groceries; I've bought plants there more than once), it seemed upscale, but didn't actually have most of the upscale-grocery sorts of things that I was looking for, and while the produce was nice, the other normal-grocery things were more expensive than some of my other options, and it's less convenient for me than other places that do sell my upscale groceries, so I haven't been back. But I probably buy an unusual range of groceries.