For more than six decades, Ray’s Prime Foods was more than a neighborhood meat market. It was a gathering place, a classroom, and a second home for generations of Downriver families.
Today, although the familiar counters and display cases are gone, that spirit lives on, reimagined through a camera lens and shared with viewers around the world, through “Brent’s Prime Food Adventures,” a growing YouTube series hosted by longtime market owner Brent Martyniak.
Launched in 2025, the channel blends recipes, food education, family history, and personal storytelling. But at its heart, it remains rooted in the same values that shaped Ray’s Prime Foods from its beginnings in Trenton in 1961 through its final days in Taylor in 2024: quality, service, and community…