A City Favorite Comes to the Burbs
Monday, November 08, 2010
Suzy's always been told that Fairway truly is "like no other market", but she had to see it to believe it.
The grocery mega-store opened last week in Stamford, just in time for the holiday season and Fairfield's Sissy Biggers gave Suzy a behind-the-scenes tour.
Unlike other local specialty grocery stores, Fairway combines gourmet-specialty items with with traditional foodstuffs. Translation: you can get Ziploc baggies and Diet Coke along with your artisanal cheese and fresh roasted coffee beans.
The first thing you'll notice when you enter the 85,000 square foot store are the floor to ceiling displays of fruits and vegetables – the market’s heart and soul – abound. The seafood counter and butcher shop with fresh cut meat and poultry offer an amazing selection and great prices.
Other stand-out features include master coffee roasters freshly roasting coffee beans on the premise, a cheese counter with over 600 artisanal cheeses, a hand pulled mozzarella station, over 50 kinds of freshly bathed and marinated olives, and an enormous olive oil selection.
If you find yourself hungry while shopping, there is an 80 seat café where shoppers can select sandwiches, pizza, sushi, salads, and soups.
Store Facts:
• Largest selection of imported specialty items
• More than 600 artisanal cheeses
• Dozens of hot dishes prepared fresh in Fairway’s kitchen
• Un-filtered barrel oils imported direct, exclusively by Fairway from Italy,
Spain, France, Portugal, Australia and California.
• Coffee from all over the world roasted on premises
• Aisles with more than 45,000 traditional, specialty and organic groceries
• Vast selection of Gluten-Free groceries and frozen foods
• Homemade mozzarella, sushi, pasta and sausage
• Enormous array of smoked salmon, other smoked fishes and
house-smoked salmon
• Custom cut meat and poultry
• In-House Kosher butcher (fresh kosher meat and poultry produced in store under rabbinical supervision)
• More than 100 varieties of olive oils including un-filtered barrel oils imported exclusively from Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Australia and California
• Hand-selected dry aged prime beef
• Produce direct from farm to store
• More than 70 types of olives
• Full-line of organic produce
• Made from scratch baked goods
• Kosher bakery
• Organic and natural health and beauty aids
• Floral and plant department
• 80 seat café; Glass enclosed seating area with view of the project.
• Full service catering department
• Parking for more than 400 cars
• Fairway Wines & Spirits – 6,500 square feet- adjacent to store (Opening in December)
Fairway is open from 8 AM to 11 PM seven days a week.
Questions? (203) 388-9815 or visit www.fairwaymarket.com
The grocery mega-store opened last week in Stamford, just in time for the holiday season and Fairfield's Sissy Biggers gave Suzy a behind-the-scenes tour.
Unlike other local specialty grocery stores, Fairway combines gourmet-specialty items with with traditional foodstuffs. Translation: you can get Ziploc baggies and Diet Coke along with your artisanal cheese and fresh roasted coffee beans.
The first thing you'll notice when you enter the 85,000 square foot store are the floor to ceiling displays of fruits and vegetables – the market’s heart and soul – abound. The seafood counter and butcher shop with fresh cut meat and poultry offer an amazing selection and great prices.
Other stand-out features include master coffee roasters freshly roasting coffee beans on the premise, a cheese counter with over 600 artisanal cheeses, a hand pulled mozzarella station, over 50 kinds of freshly bathed and marinated olives, and an enormous olive oil selection.
If you find yourself hungry while shopping, there is an 80 seat café where shoppers can select sandwiches, pizza, sushi, salads, and soups.
Store Facts:
• Largest selection of imported specialty items
• More than 600 artisanal cheeses
• Dozens of hot dishes prepared fresh in Fairway’s kitchen
• Un-filtered barrel oils imported direct, exclusively by Fairway from Italy,
Spain, France, Portugal, Australia and California.
• Coffee from all over the world roasted on premises
• Aisles with more than 45,000 traditional, specialty and organic groceries
• Vast selection of Gluten-Free groceries and frozen foods
• Homemade mozzarella, sushi, pasta and sausage
• Enormous array of smoked salmon, other smoked fishes and
house-smoked salmon
• Custom cut meat and poultry
• In-House Kosher butcher (fresh kosher meat and poultry produced in store under rabbinical supervision)
• More than 100 varieties of olive oils including un-filtered barrel oils imported exclusively from Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Australia and California
• Hand-selected dry aged prime beef
• Produce direct from farm to store
• More than 70 types of olives
• Full-line of organic produce
• Made from scratch baked goods
• Kosher bakery
• Organic and natural health and beauty aids
• Floral and plant department
• 80 seat café; Glass enclosed seating area with view of the project.
• Full service catering department
• Parking for more than 400 cars
• Fairway Wines & Spirits – 6,500 square feet- adjacent to store (Opening in December)
Fairway is open from 8 AM to 11 PM seven days a week.
Questions? (203) 388-9815 or visit www.fairwaymarket.com
