Harrison’s Corner Market in Troy closes

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Harrison’s Corner Market, a deli and grocery that was a sibling of The Shop gastropub in Troy, closed a couple of weeks ago after about 10 months in business. It is the latest failed attempt to run a viable food shop in downtown Troy. Past efforts included Pioneer Market (now Troy Kitchen), The Grocery (now Little Pecks) and Le Marche Vert, a side project of former Tosca Grille owner Larry Schepici.

Rich Matthews, executive chef of The Shop, ran Harrison’s with The Shop’s GM, Jared Barton, for Kevin Blodgett, who owns both businesses as well as the large former Trojan Hardware building that occupies the corner of Fourth and Congress streets in downtown Troy. Matthews tells me that while Harrison’s lunches, prepared foods and specialty-grocery selection was well received by customers, business was too slow to sustain the market. He said he is unaware of any immediate plans for the Harrison’s space.

Besides The Shop, Rare Form Brewing operates out of a retail space in the vast Trojan Hardware building, which has apartments upstairs. Another business, the gallery Scarlet Seven Fine Art, closed in the spring after about a year.