Crowd Lines up Before Crack of Dawn for Grand Opening of East Bay’s Newest Japanese Supermarket

Crowd lines up before crack of dawn for grand opening of East Bay’s newest Japanese supermarket

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KRON) — It’s 12:30 a.m., and Ryan Ly-Burbridge is standing outside of Tokyo Central supermarket in Emeryville. Ly-Burbridge, an Oakland resident, is the first person…

Get a first look at the massive Tokyo Central opening in Emeryville

Everything you need to know about the grand opening for the 44,000 square-foot grocery and restaurant on Saturday, Jan. 31.

Tokyo Central Grand Opening: Emeryville’s First New ‘Supermarket’ in Over 30 Years • The E'ville Eye News

Emeryville will welcome its first new grocery store in more than three decades today, as Tokyo Central opens its doors to a highly anticipated crowd of residents, shoppers, and media. The long countdown to the Japanese specialty market’s grand opening began a year and a half ago, when Bay Street announced Tokyo Central as a new tenant. The path up to this point is has plenty of twists and turns that folks who are new to the city may be unaware o…