{"id":6355,"date":"2011-03-16T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2011-03-16T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T18:51:17","slug":"an-abundance-of-downtown-grocery-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/an-abundance-of-downtown-grocery-options\/","title":{"rendered":"An Abundance of Downtown Grocery Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s opening of <a href=\"http:\/\/themarket21.com\/\">The Market at Hartford 21<\/a> marked another milestone in Downtown Hartford&#8217;s journey towards a full-service residential neighborhood.  Hundreds braved the cold rain for the ribbon cutting ceremony, packing in to get a first look at the specialty store with an abundance of fresh foods, prepared items, and assorted grocery staples.<\/p>\n<p>There are now at least five grocery or convenience stores Downtown serving both workers and residents.  In addition to The Market at Hartford 21, there is also Al&#8217;s Market &#038; Deli on Asylum, Rose&#8217;s Gourmet on Pratt, Hartford Newsstand at the base of 915 Main, and Cathy&#8217;s Deli on Main in South Downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Some pictures from today&#8217;s event&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/01-Market.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/01-Market.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/01-Market-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-Produce.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fresh Produce at The Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-Produce.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-Produce-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/03-Beef.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fresh Meat at The Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/03-Beef.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/03-Beef-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-Salad-Bar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Salad Bar at The Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-Salad-Bar.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-Salad-Bar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/05-deliciousness.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Delicious Treats at the Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/05-deliciousness.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/05-deliciousness-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/06-meals.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Prepared Meals at The Market at Hartford 21\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/06-meals.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/06-meals-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/07-Full-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"A Full House at The Market at Hartford 21 Grand Opening\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/07-Full-House.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/07-Full-House-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s opening of The Market at Hartford 21 marked another milestone in Downtown Hartford&#8217;s journey towards a full-service residential neighborhood. Hundreds braved the cold rain for the ribbon cutting ceremony, packing in to get a first look at the specialty store with an abundance of fresh foods, prepared items, and assorted grocery staples. There are now at least five grocery or convenience stores Downtown serving both workers and residents. In addition to The Market at<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt three\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/an-abundance-of-downtown-grocery-options\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1578],"tags":[3184,2037,3185,3183],"class_list":["post-6355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hartford","tag-als-market","tag-downtown","tag-roses-gourmet","tag-the-market-at-hartford-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6355"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6370,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions\/6370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}