Widdis Food Market opens in Rossville, Staten Island, with a butcher, fresh mozzarella and a sushi counter

Rossville on Staten Island's South Shore has a new full-service supermarket. Widdis Food Market, a roughly 13,000-square-foot store at 1006 Rossville Ave., held its grand opening on Friday, Oct. 30, according to the market, and its grand-opening prices run through Dec. 11.

Brothers Shady and Nader Widdi, longtime Staten Island residents from a family of grocers, run three supermarkets in Brooklyn, but this is the first to carry the family name, SILive reported this weekend. Trade outlet Progressive Grocer said the store reworks an existing neighborhood supermarket; the market's own site says the corner was previously Ideal Fresh. Shady Widdi also runs Foodtown of Noll Street in Bushwick, according to Progressive Grocer.

What's inside

• Fresh counters: a full-service butcher, seafood with a service fish counter, a deli, a bakery and sushi, according to Food Trade News and Progressive Grocer.
• Specialty items: mozzarella made in the store, imported cheeses with a cheesemonger, and olive, soup and hot food bars, plus grab-and-go meals.
• Cafe and juice bar, along with natural and organic products and Best Yet store-brand basics.
• Something unusual: SILive highlighted a "shellfish spa" among seven features the owners say set the store apart.

If you go

• Address: 1006 Rossville Ave., Staten Island, NY 10309.
• Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, according to the store. Holiday hours are posted at the door.
• Parking and access: a free lot in front, with a level entrance. The store says it is ADA compliant and staff can shop with you if you ask.
• Online: pickup and delivery are available. Phone: (718) 948-8875.