Court Street Grocers
Dining · 3+ locations · Brooklyn: Carroll Gardens, Williamsburg; Manhattan: Greenwich Village
A Brooklyn sandwich counter that grew to three shops without taking outside money, and still names its bread and meat suppliers on the menu. When the 122-year-old bakery behind its hero rolls closed this year, it lost about 6,000 loaves a week.
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Eric Finkelstein and Matt Ross have owned Court Street Grocers outright since 2010, with no investor, franchisee, or parent company at any point. Its named supplier list and posted above-minimum wages are unusually concrete for a three-shop sandwich business, though it publishes nothing on environmental practice. Every decision still sits with the two owners.
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