Manhattan's Most Beautiful Supermarket Is Closing
- Bridgemarket grocery lease without a buyer after A&P auction
- Guastavino tile-adorned East Side store closes on Saturday
Beneath the Rafael Guastavino-designed vaulted ceiling at Bridgemarket, affluent New Yorkers have browsed for fresh vegetables, exotic cheeses and artisan breads for more than a decade and a half.
Those days will come to end on Saturday at 5 p.m., when the Food Emporium supermarket that has operated under that century-old tiled ceiling since 1999 will close. The space, inside the Manhattan base of the landmarked Queensboro Bridge, eventually will be taken over by someone else who probably will give it a new life as a different type of business.