10 Specialty Food Shops In Brookline You Should Know About

BROOKLINE, MA - Specialty stores are in. A Specialty Grocery store called Allium Market just popped up a sign in the window in Coolidge Corner. The new spot for food lovers is slated to open in October in part of the space formerly occupied by the Walgreen's.

This prompted us to ask, what are some other specialty shops in Brookline? Turns out there's quite a few specialty bakeries that might deserve their own list and a couple specialty grocery store types. Here's a list of the 10 you should know about.

1. Clear Flour Bread bakery, near JFK Crossing
2. Olive Connection, artisan olive oil, charcuterie etc. Coolidge Corner
3. Foodie Asylum, artisan foods, Brookline Village
4. The Butcherie, Kosher grocery, JFK Crossing
5. Brookline Grown, specialty market with a focus on local produce and goods near Coolidge Corner
6. Bottega Fiorentina, Brookline Village Snug, informal corner shop offering Florentine pastas & sandwiches & imported Italian groceries.
7. Bazaar on Beacon Street, Russian Grocer, Coolidge Corner
8. Serenade Chocolatier, Brookline Village
9. New Paris Bakery and candy shop, Brookline Village
10. Cheryl Ann's Bakery, South Brookline at Grove Street

Allium is slated to open in October. Read about that here.

Photos by Jenna Fisher/Patch