Downtown Providence grocery store aiming for late summer opening

Updated at 8:57 p.m.

RORY’S MARKET AND KITCHEN, a Massachusetts-based organic market and grocery store, is slated to open its downtown Providence location in late summer after experiencing supply chain delays. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

PROVIDENCE – An organic market and grocery store is now slated to open in downtown Providence by the end of the summer, after supply chain snafus postponed its original launch.

Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr., founder and managing partner for Cornish Associates LP, which is a joint venture partner on the property that will house Rory’s Market and Kitchen, said in a recent interview the opening has been delayed by a multitude of supply chain issues.

With construction underway within the six-floor apartment building on Washington Street, though, Chace said he hoped the final pieces would be in place for a late summer opening.

Rory’s Market is an independent grocery store with Massachusetts locations in Mashpee and Dennis. It was originally set to open its downtown Providence location in late 2021 or early 2022, PBN previously reported.

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The 6,000-square-foot first-floor storefront at 113 Washington St. will feature a kitchen and dining area for its freshly prepared meals, as well as a juice bar and other organic groceries.

(Update: Clarifies Cornish Associates LP is a joint venture partner on the property that will house Rory’s Market and Kitchen in 2nd paragraph)

Nancy Lavin is a PBN staff writer. You may reach her at Lavin@PBN.com.

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  1. What downtown Providence needs is a large full service supermarket of about 15-18,000 square feet of space, not a specialty, organic grocer with high prices. San Diego can serve as a aspirational model for Providence as its downtown has two large supermarkets – Ralphs and Albertson’s – and several specialty stores.