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A chair sits in the middle of Holiday Market, a specialty grocer near Detroit, and if customers are lucky, they will find Tom Violante Sr. sitting in it. The 91-year-old founder still comes to work most days and he knows where everything is in its 60,000 square feet.
“He asks everyone if they found what they wanted,” said his son, Tom Violante Jr., who operates the store with his sister and brother-in-law. “If they haven’t, he’ll tell them which aisle it is in, how many steps it takes to get there, and where it’s located: knee-, head- or belly-high.”
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The family-owned and -operated Holiday Market in Royal Oak, Mich., began building its online operation in 2019, a move that gave it the chance to keep humming when the pandemic began.Credit.Nick Hagen for The New York Times
March 7, 2021
A chair sits in the middle of Holiday Market, a specialty grocer near Detroit, and if customers are lucky, theyâll find Tom Violante Sr. sitting in it. The 91-year-old founder still comes to work most days â and he knows where everything is in its 60,000 square feet.
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Plans submitted to the city in late January by building owners KP Detroit Holdings call for turning the building into a grocery store, Crain s Detroit Business first reported. The building is at 4133 Woodward and 67 W. Willis in Midtown across the street from Majestic Theatre.
Housed in the same building is Midtown Liquor at Woodward and Willis. It s a bustling store that also has a small grocery selection along with household items and cleaning supplies. It attracts a diverse customer base from the neighborhood.
Plans are to rehabilitate the building, replace windows, install new storefronts, rehabilitate the parking lot and establish a new parking lot, according to the Detroit Historical Commission s Feb. 10 agenda.