Grocery carts will return to the hamlet of Armonk June 13 when DeCicco Family Markets debuts its 11th store with a VIP grand opening 7-9 p.m. at 17 Maple Ave. in Armonk Square. The store opens for business June 14.
Armonk has been without a supermarket since the A&P ”“ across the street from Armonk Square ”“ shuttered in February 2012. That closing came after the town of North Castle, citing traffic and parking concerns, scratched an A&P expansion proposal. The town planning board had approved the A&P plan, but the town board nixed it and A&P signed a deal to welcome a CVS on the site. Today, the empty A&P still stands as the opening of the CVS has been delayed due to a legal battle.
DeCicco Family Markets was founded in 1973 by John, Joe and Frank DeCicco and remains family owned. The stores bill themselves as “the region’s top gourmet supplier of high quality food operating in 11 different locations throughout Putnam, Rockland, Orange, and Westchester counties.”
Meanwhile, Concerned Citizens of Armonk, a civic group, presses on with its lawsuit trying to stop CVS from occupying the 17,400 square feet formerly occupied by A&P. The CVS won town board approval in July 2012. Concerned Citizens”™ case was dismissed in April by the state Supreme Court, but the group filed an appeal in May.
