Grand opening
Friday, October 30.
Ribbon cutting, vendor demonstrations, samples, and giveaways at the new Widdis Food Market in Rossville. The celebration is free and open to the neighborhood.
Friday, October 30, 2026
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
1006 Rossville Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10309
- Special promotions and sampling from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Vendor demonstrations on the floor
- Giveaways while they last
- Grand-opening pricing continues for six weeks, through December 11
Shop online
The same store. Ordered from the kitchen table.
Pickup or delivery opens our online store. Weekly specials and payment live there. This page is the front door.
The floor
Nine reasons to come in.
Produce and organics
Fruit, vegetables, and a natural and organic set, at the front of the shop.
Butcher
A full-service butcher for steaks, roasts, cutlets, and the cut you actually wanted.
Seafood
A service fish counter for fillets, shellfish, and dinner that does not wait.
Deli
Sliced to order, plus the platters that carry a Sunday table.
Bakery
Bread, cookies, and cakes. Call ahead when the cake has a name on it.
Cheese
Specialty and imported cheeses, cut when you want a wedge and not a warehouse block.
Sushi and prepared foods
Rolls, prepared meals, and dinner that survived the ride home.
Café and juice bar
Coffee and juice inside the market, so the shop can start before the cart does.
Hot food, soup, and olives
A hot bar, soup, and an olive bar for the meal you did not defrost.
Made fresh daily
Eat it today.
Our story
A Brooklyn grocery family, on a Rossville corner.
Read the story“In all the stores I have built, I have always wanted to go beyond what everyone else does.”
Rossville
A corner with a long memory.
1700s
Blazing Star
The ground under Rossville was a ferry landing and a tavern called the Blazing Star, long before it was a zip code.
1830s
Sandy Ground
Free Black oystermen from the Chesapeake founded Sandy Ground nearby, one of the oldest continuously settled free Black communities in the country, and a stop on the Underground Railroad.
1990s
The market on the corner
Mignosi’s Supermarket opened here and stayed the South Shore’s neighborhood market for a generation. Neighbors still call it Miggy’s.
2022
Ideal Fresh
New owners expanded the store into the next storefront and renamed it Ideal Fresh. The corner kept its job: the place Rossville buys dinner.
2026
Widdis
Shady Widdi took the store, put his name on the facade, and started the renovation. The grand opening is October 30.
Visit
1006 Rossville Avenue.
Free parking lot in front of the store. The front door is level with the lot.
- Address
- 1006 Rossville Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10309
- Hours
- 7 AM – 9 PM daily. Holiday hours are posted at the door.
- Phone
- (718) 948-8875
Catering
Platters, trays, sushi, cakes.
Ordered with the store, by phone. Tell them the date, the headcount, and whether you need it sliced.
Call (718) 948-8875
Questions
Before you drive over.
Is Widdis the old Ideal Fresh on Rossville Avenue?
Yes. Widdis Food Market is at 1006 Rossville Avenue, the same corner that was Ideal Fresh Market and, before that, Mignosi’s Supermarket. The phone number is still (718) 948-8875.
Where is Widdis Food Market?
1006 Rossville Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10309, in Rossville on the South Shore. There is a parking lot in front of the store. The front entrance is level with the lot.
What time does Widdis open?
The store is listed daily from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Holiday hours are posted at the door. Call (718) 948-8875 if you are coming for a specific counter.
Can I order groceries online?
Yes. Shop Online on this site opens the store’s ordering page for pickup or delivery. DoorDash and Uber Eats also deliver from Widdis. Weekly specials and payment are handled on the ordering site, not here.
Do you take EBT or SNAP?
Payment options are posted at checkout and on the ordering site. Call the store before a large shop if you need a specific tender confirmed.
Do you cater?
Yes. Party platters, hot trays, sushi, and cakes are ordered with the store by phone. This website does not take catering payment. Call (718) 948-8875 and ask for catering.
When is the grand opening?
Friday, October 30, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. There is a ribbon cutting, samples, vendor demonstrations, and giveaways. Grand-opening pricing continues through December 11.
Who owns Widdis?
Shady Widdi. His family runs Foodtown supermarkets in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Bushwick. Widdis is his Palestinian family-owned store in Rossville, supplied through Allegiance Retail Services.
In the record
- Staten Island Patch: Grand opening and ribbon cutting
October 30, 2026
- The Market Report: Renovation tour of the Rossville store
September 6, 2026
- Progressive Grocer: The Bushwick store he designed like an overseas market
March 22, 2024
- BK Reader: Shady Widdi on building markets that go beyond
January 24, 2024