Despite the C-Town on 21st and the shockingly huge Korean on Vernon...and, well, hometown heroes Fresh Direct's trucks idling in front of every big building every day...there has been the persistent "no supermarkets" rap on LIC for some time.

No longer.

The Amish Market owners have opened a very Whole-Foods-inspired Food Cellars near 5th Street at the Queens West buildings. It's a great supermarket!

Cheese counter, butcher, lots of vegetables and so forth. Very few major brands -- particularly "alterna market" in that sense with lots of Bob's Red Mills and Kashi etc.

And many prepared foods (Antipasti Bar?) along with a seating area to eat them.

And, by the way, a Duane Reade is in effect now too. Sayonara to the poorly-stocked, rarely-opened Vernon Pharmacy and LIC Pharmacy, sez LICNYC.

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