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Best Yet Market grand opening in pictures

Posted on July 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

Mar 5, 2010 @ 13:37
By HarlemGal
If you did not have a chance to swing by Best Yet Market, located at 118th and Frederick Douglass Blvd., today for their grand opening…not to worry. Fellow HarlemCondoLife blogger, Austin2Harlem, walked by and photographed the ceremonial event!

Several VIPs attended and ABC’s Channel 7 was present. The most notable VIP was Congressman Charlie Rangel, and of course Mr. Best too! Rangel said the new supermarket created 100 plus jobs and other speakers emphasized that Harlem is now getting quality, healthy food at low prices, including fresh produce, meat and fish.

HCL would like to add that Karrott at 117th and FDB and Organic Forever at 112th and FDB offer Harlemites healthy food options as well for reasonable prices.

This concludes the Best Yet blogging saga. May we all go forward now and shop and dine at all our local Harlem businesses! Stay tuned for a post about Chez Lucienne and upcoming films at El Museo del Barrio!

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UPDATE: Best Yet Market grand opening March 5

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Mar 1, 2010 @ 0:33

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By HarlemGal

Correction: We went by the supermarket this morning for the Grand Opening. Nothing was happening. A cashier told us it is scheduled for March 5 at 10 AM. We now have more advance notice so mark your calendars!

A while back a reader provided the details on Best Yet’s grand opening! It is happening today, March 1, 2010 at 11 AM! Here are the details again:

GRAND OPENING/RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
Best Yet Market in Harlem
2187 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
118 Street-119 Street and Frederick Douglas
Date: March 5
Time: 10 AM

And take a look at all the positive comments that have been posted regarding Harlem’s newest supermarket! It appears unanimous that most readers really like the supermarket.  I know I do!

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Harlem’s first restaurant and retail event starts now

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Feb 15, 2010 @ 11:16
By HarlemGal
Today marks the beginning of Harlem’s first ever restaurant and retail month. This month long event is a collaboration of restaurants and retail establishments who want to help Harlem focus on its most precious assets: the arts, heritage and hospitality of the area.

HarlemCondoLife endorses this campaign and encourages all readers to go out and visit some of these wonderful Harlem places that are participating in this event. Here is the complete list of businesses participating.

And the best part of about this event, $1 of selected promotional purchases at participating businesses will be donated to UNICEF for Haitian relief efforts.

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Harlem’s Best Yet Market is starting to look its best

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Feb 5, 2010 @ 16:25
By HarlemGal

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The wait is over! Best Yet Market has opened its doors in Harlem on Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 118th and 119th Street. They opened up officially on February 4th. I went to take a quick look at the place today and from what I saw…the place is very nice! It has two levels so it is spacious. You almost feel like your grocery shopping in the suburbs.

From the looks and feel of the place, I will more than likely enjoy shopping at Best Yet in Harlem. It is not far from the B and the C subway line on 116th Street. The prices did not appear to be that much different from C Town or Central Market. They have a sizable coffee bar that will compete with you know who right next door? And Best Yet will have several cold and hot food bars, which is perfect for us Harlemites who are on the go and want more food options close to home.

If you have checked out Best Yet in Harlem, tell us what you think so far!

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Happy Anniversary to Harlem’s Bebenoir

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Oct 17, 2009 @ 11:34
By  HarlemGal
Benenoir is celebrating their two year anniversary today. That’s wonderful news! HarlemCondoLife says congratulations and may there be many more anniversaries to come!Bebenoir

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Best Yet coming to Harlem’s SoHa

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Oct 8, 2009 @ 11:21
By HarlemGal
It’s a rumor no more! Best Yet is coming to Harlem and it will be in the SoHa building on Frederick Douglass Blvd between 118th and 119th Street.

And thanks to a reader for giving us the heads up. Much appreciated. Now the big question I have is…when will they open for business? Hopefully it won’t take as long as it did to sign the lease!

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Fashion’s Night Out Uptown in Harlem

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Sep 6, 2009 @ 11:25
By HarlemGal,
HarlemOneStop graphicHarlemCondoLife received a nice shout out from the wonderful done and informative HarlemOneStop about NYC Fashions’s Night Out, the global initiative spearheaded by Vogue magazine. The event is Thursday, September 10th from 6pm-9pm at The Dwyer Cultural Center located at 258 St. Nicholas Avenue at 123rd Street.
HCL is attending this event because its presenting the work of eight distinguished artists, such as crochet artist Xenobia Bailey and textile expert Jerry Grant, the hosts are Harlem Arts Alliance, HarlemOneStop and The Dwyer, and we want to support blogs dedicated to all things postive about Harlem.  Oh, did we mention the event is…..FREE? Yes, it is FREE so come on out this Thursday and let’s support this initiative!  Hope to see you there!

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N Boutique T-shirt says “Harlem is the new Black”

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Aug 25, 2009 @ 0:04
By HarlemGal

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N Harlem New York is starting their pre-publicity for its fall opening on Lenox Avenue. They are offering customers the opportunity to purchase their “Harlem is the new Black” t-shirt in advance of the opening. Click here for details.

As for the trademark, “Harlem is the new Black,” I like it! It is very similar to the quotes by Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan from Saturday Night Live: “Bitch is the new Black” and “If Black is the new bitch, then Black is the new President….”  What do you think of N’s new slogan tee?

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N Boutique relocating to Lenox Avenue in Harlem

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Aug 2, 2009 @ 23:18
By HarlemGal
As we and several other blogs reported awhile back, N Boutique is relocating in Harlem. They recently notified their customers in an email announcing their new location, which is 171 Lenox Avenue. Good news for shoppers who do not want to trek downtown for fun and chic clothing!N Boutique.jpeg

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Short dresses are the fashion look at The Apollo’s 75th anniversary celebration

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Jun 12, 2009 @ 18:13
By HarlemGal
While some major blogs are covering The Real Housewives of New York’s Bethenny Frankel and her wardrobe malfunction at The Apollo Theater’s 75th Anniversary Gala, HarlemCondoLife, who had inside access to the gala and after party, can happily attest that many women at the event looked very sharp and classy in their fashionable attire. I saw a lot of short cocktail dresses that looked very nice and chic. Thank goodness the gala served soul food in a box. This allowed guests to continue mingling and looking great. In addition to the mini dresses, women wore mid to floor length dresses that donned colorful fabric. Below are some of the looks at this year’s gala. Everyone looked great and extremely stylish! What can you expect from The Apollo Theater?

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