PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the first time in five years, people in the Hill District will have their own grocery store as Salem’s Market is holding their grand opening today.
It’s an exciting day in the Hill District with the lights on inside and the new Salem’s Market is ready to open.
The old Shop ‘N Save in the Hill District closed in 2019 and the building was unused until now.
When the store closed after six years of business, it was the only grocery store in the neighborhood.
For decades before Shop N’ Save came to the Hill District, the neighborhood was a food desert — and that’s been the case for the past five years as well.
In recent years, the community saw promise that a new grocer could come to town and in April, it became official when the Urban Redevelopment Authority voted to approve the sale of the former store to the owner of Salem’s Market in the Strip District.
Salem’s has been in Pittsburgh for nearly 40 years, primarily as a Middle Eastern and international foods market.