Borough Park, NY – Over seven thousand people thronged to Borough Park yesterday for the grand opening celebration of a store that not only hopes to provide a pleasant and affordable shopping experience but has also created over one hundred jobs within the community.
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Gourmet Glatt, located at the former location of Friedman’s Supermarket at the corner of 13th Avenue and 39th Street, is actually housed in a landmark building which has been a market since the 1930’s. The facility has been undergoing renovation since March 2011 and the opening of the new megastore has created one hundred and twenty five jobs, providing employment for more than sixty members of Brooklyn’s chareidi community.
“With aisles wide enough to accommodate three shopping carts, affordable prices and a comfortable environment, we hope to provide shoppers with a positive experience without a premium price,” co-owner Mordechai Silberstein told VIN News.
The 20,000 square foot store will provide one stop shopping including grocery, meat and poultry, deli, sushi, fresh fish, bakery, appetizing and an extensive selection of produce with valet parking to accommodate up to seventy eight cars. Both valet parking and home delivery will be provided free to Gourmet Glatt customers. The facility is a sister store to the 35,000 square foot Gourmet Glatt located in Cedarhurst.
The opening was enhanced by the talents of Uncle Moishy, Country Yossi and Lipa Schmeltzer and several local politicians turned out for the event including Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City Comptroller John Liu and New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
“This wasn’t just a supermarket opening,” Hikind told VIN News. “This was all about investing in our community and the ripple effect, both the jobs created and other good things that will come from this made it a delight to be there.”
Gourmet Glatt continues to celebrate its grand opening with a week’s worth of events including cake decorating and challah baking demonstrations on Monday, a cooking demonstration and cookbook signing on Tuesday, a fruit carving demonstration on Wednesday, a men’s night out featuring a kumzitz, complete with cholent, kugel and wine on Thursday and fresh flower bouquets to all customers with a minimum fifty dollar purchase on Friday.
R’ Yecheskal Kaufteil is a person who is out to help the entire Klal Yisroel may hashem help you with much success in the new store because your success is klal yisroel success!!!!
Beautiful store! Lots of hatzlacha!
Go Mordcha Go!!!!
We all wish you a lot of hatzlucha…..
Now you will all have a chance to see and appreciate the giving hand, and open heart of owner Mordcha Zilberstein and his kids…
Lots of hstzlucha gezinterheit…
Looks like Pmmgrnte has competition!
its about time that there is a classy clean modern supermarket to shop in, in bp. much hatzlocha
Why is there nothing like this in either Monsey or Lakewood? Its really sad that the rich get richer….
beautiful. i hope they will donate food to masbia like some other stores do
can they compete with krm just around the corner?
Why did they make the store so dark ?
WOW weee what a success u can see its all dudy’s work!!! GO DUDY GO!!! dudy silberstein it is. keep up your good work
mage store
Hopes to serve community or hopes to make alot of money ?
This story seems to indicate that there was no affordable sahopping before Gourmet Glatt. What an insult to KRM and Paperific!
wow LIPA realy rocked the house there, thanx VIN for the nice videos
I was wondering why does Boro Park need another Supermarket with so many Groceries and Supermarkets in the area.?
But after i counted 17 Banks from 44th street on 13th avenue till 55th street it makes sense for another Mega Supermarket…
you need more food to eat, therefore more groceries too!!!
i wanna see more gyms and more exercise places!!!