Hartford Mayor Segarra announced Tuesday that a full-scale grocery store will be opening downtown in the coming months.
The Market at Hartford 21 will take up about 8,500 square feet in the Hartford 21 apartment tower, and be open seven days a week to city dwellers, Segarra said.
The operators of the market will be Simsbury restaurateurs Ryan and Kelleanne Jones who are working out final details on the plan, the Hartford Courant reports.
The Joneses formerly owned the Pintore Catering business in Greater Hartford and currently run The Mill at 2T in Simsbury’s Tariffville section.
Segarra said the full-scale grocery store will specialize in prepared foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner, in addition to grocery items.
The deal is collaboration between the City, the Hartford Loan Foundation, and Hartford 21 landlord Northland Investment Corp., which has already invested $2 million to retrofit the space for a grocer.
The city is also chipping in $300,000.
