“They left people in the lurch, to wake up this weekend and have no idea why their nearest supermarket is closed.”īut that wasn’t the end of it. “Non-communicative, that kind of property owner has no concern for the area,” according to the councilman. There are some nearby choices however, like a C-Town Supermarket at Mosholu Avenue and Fieldston Road, as well as Riverdale Kosher Market in the same plaza as Key Food.īut then again, this level of secrecy from the landlords is nothing new, Cohen said. That left many questions unanswered, like of whether or not Key Food’s employees would stay on, who the new owners were, and what surrounding neighbors would have to do to get food. Braun told The Press it’s closed for two more weeks, and declined to comment if the location would remain a Key Food under the new owners.Īnd yet, when Cohen reached out, the property owners provided no timeframe for reopening. Rent had recently doubled, Kevin Luna said, finally forcing he and Jaime out.Īssemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, whose office fielded a number of calls about the location, said he heard the store will reopen in a week under new ownership. Now that the city is in the third phase of reopening on what is hoped to be the other side of the pandemic, it seems for the Luna brothers, enough was finally enough. Jaime Luna ultimately told Councilman Andrew Cohen, however, that Key Food would “remain open to service our community during this time of need.”
Rumors of Kevin Luna and brother Jaime departing reignited in March - just as the state shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic - in a time when many neighbors said they needed the location the most. “We aren’t sure who that might be, though. “For Key Food, there’s no set date on when it’ll reopen as there’s new ownership,” Luna told The Press on Monday. Two years later, however, it seems the Luna brothers are out. “I’ve expressed an interest in extending the lease, but the landlord might have other intentions, other projects in mind with his property,” Kevin Luna said at the time. In fact, Kevin Luna told The Riverdale Press in 2018 he would be interested in doing those renovations himself, if only he had a longer-term deal to stay there.
Fixing it appeared to be a battle between the location’s owners, the Luna brothers, and Skyview Shopping Center landlord Braun Management. The Key Food location was battered with complaints over the years, primarily from what seems to be a rapid deterioration of its decades-old strip mall space. Yet, that’s exactly what happened to the long-embattled North Riverdale grocery store Monday morning when would-be customers were greeted with large banners declaring the store had indeed closed.
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