Parker Street Market in Detroit's West Village neighborhood has closed after two years in business.

Owner David Kirby opened the small store at 1814 Parker St. at Kercheval Avenue in 2014 as a neighborhood essentials store, selling items such as eggs, milk, beer and wine, Drought juices, baked goods and some household items.

Kirby was one of the first new businesses to open in West Village as it was seeing a resurgence. In 2013, while a 26-year-old waiting tables at nearby Craft Work restaurant, he told Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan that he was going to open a local foods market, "and I need you to promise to come visit my store."

Kirby opened the store a couple of months later and quickly became a hit. The mayor visited. Kirby supported other businesses in the area and helped organize block parties.

Kirby said the reasons for closing the market are not purely financial. In fact, he had his best month of business just three months ago, he said. But his desire to provide high quality and local food too often meant "my prices weren't accessible to the entire community."

"The West Village deserves a good, full-service grocery store or convenience store that offers the same organic and locally made goods that I provided but in a space more congenial and appropriate to meet growing needs," Kirby said in an email.

Kirby said he had decided to grow his business by opening a second location in Midtown. "Sue (Mosey, Midtown Detroit Inc. executive director) was really excited and worked tirelessly to make that project work. For several reasons I was unable to complete the project there and it fell through several months ago."

Eventually, Kirby concluded he couldn't do what he wanted given his limited resources and expertise, so he reached out to "some bigger players regionally." One potential deal meant a full renovation so the store could offer produce, meat, frozen foods and prepared foods — "a real bodega-style grocer that I have always wanted to be."

Kirby learned Thursday that the deal wouldn’t happen. "I’m heartbroken," he said. "Not because it didn’t work out, but because it meant my dream of creating the store I wanted Parker Street to be wouldn’t happen. So I decided to close."

Parker Street Market closed Sunday after a weekend sale that cleared the store's shelves.

"Of course I’m very sad, but I’m also very excited," Kirby said. "I’m sorry that people are disappointed about Parker Street closing but I really hope it opens the door for someone to do it right."

In the meantime, Kirby said he is "taking interviews and trying to figure out my place in the city."