Manhattan Passover Store

[Pam R]

I was just wondering if the Passover Store was open this year. Did anybody get there?

Realizing that the tribe's population in the NY area is what it is - I wonder if this could be successful in other locations..

[bloviatrix]

There was no stand alone store this year. Not sure why.

[Pam R]

There was no stand alone store this year.  Not sure why.

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That's a shame. I think it's a brilliant idea. Wonder why it didn't happen...

[Fat Guy]

Perhaps there just wasn't a suitable location. The Passover store concept depends, it would seem, on there being a vacant storefront of a certain size, in a certain range of Upper West Side blocks, at the exact time of Passover, with a landlord willing to rent it out for just a few weeks. Or perhaps whatever organization is behind the Passover store had some sort of issue this year, or they didn't make enough money last year to justify doing it this year. I'd love to know the real story.

[Pam R]

I'd think a concept like this should have made enough money. Running a 'Passover store' in a very small community for the first time this year I could see the potential.

We were discussing this at work throughout the day today.

Did they have frozen and refrigerated items as well as dry goods? That would make it much harder to set up a place than if the store only needed shelving.

You're right though - there are so many reasons why it may not have happened.

Any ideas who ran the store?

[bloviatrix]

I'd think a concept like this should have made enough money.  Running a 'Passover store' in a very small community for the first time this year I could see the potential.

We were discussing this at work throughout the day today.

Did they have frozen and refrigerated items as well as dry goods?    That would make it much harder to set up a place than if the store only needed shelving.

You're right though - there are so many reasons why it may not have happened. 

Any ideas who ran the store?

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Pam, the store had both freezer and refrigerator cases in addition to dry goods.

From what I understand, Supersol (one of the local markets) absorbed the Passover store. I don't know if this is a one year thing or permanent.