Good-bye to Fresh Seasons

And other Marketplace closings

by Tony McReynolds & Sally Mitani

posted 12/26/2009

"What has affected us most over the years is the construction. Liberty or Stadium has been worked on for five out of the last six summers, and summer is our season," says Ben Stahl, who with his wife, Lynda, bought Fresh Seasons Market (then called Coleman's 4 Seasons) in 1994. The Stahls' lease came to an end this fall, and with the proliferation of west-side boutique groceries in the last five years, they decided to close rather than renew. With the just-in-time-for-Thanksgiving opening of Aldi, the jockeying for position is probably

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