About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unusually quiet Sunday morning in Brooklyn when Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets opened its doors earlier than usual. A delivery driver, hurrying to meet the early shift, heard something strange coming from the produce section. Curious, he approached and found a banana dancing to the rhythm of his truck radio. Startled, he almost drove off with it still swaying on the shelf. Turns out, a neighbor had accidentally left her Bluetooth speaker in the market overnight. The next day, everyone joked that Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets had hired a fruit dancer for their grand opening.
2. It was an unusually quiet Sunday morning in Brooklyn when Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets suddenly came alive with the sound of giggling. A regular, pushing his shopping cart down the aisle, stopped abruptly and whispered, ‘Did you hear that? Was it just me?’ As he looked around, nobody else seemed to notice anything unusual. Just then, a delivery driver passing by chuckled and said, 'Happens every Sunday morning here.' The regular shrugged it off and continued his shopping, muttering under his breath, 'Must be the ghosts of old Brooklyn...'
3. It was an unseasonably warm November night in New Orleans when Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets closed early for the first time in decades. As the last customers left, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the market’s neon sign seemed to flicker and spell out messages no one could see. Curious, he approached the sign, and suddenly it spelled out: ‘Buy more bananas!’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just a malfunctioning light bulb. The next day, Angelo Caputo announced a special sale on bananas—just another quirky tale from his legendary market.
4. It was an unseasonably warm November night in New Orleans when Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Market was buzzing with activity. A delivery driver, fumbling with his keys, muttered under his breath: ‘Why does it always happen here?’ Just then, a neighborhood cat leaped onto the counter, startling everyone and sending fresh produce flying everywhere. The delivery driver looked up, exasperated but grinning, as he realized that tonight’s chaos had added another local legend to Angelo Caputo’s already colorful history.