Worcester Grocer Maker To Main Reopens In Canal District

WORCESTER, MA — Worcester specialty grocer Maker To Main reopened Saturday in its new Harding Street store after about six months under construction.

Maker To Main founder Lynn Cheney in February told customers she would close the original Main Street store to move to a larger space with more parking along Harding Street in the Canal District. The store closed for good at the end of March.

"Almost 3x the space, a full kitchen, a full deli, and an even bigger selection with so much room to grow," Cheney wrote in a Facebook post about the soft opening over the weekend.

Maker To Main specializes in food, produce, drinks and home goods sourced from within a few hundred miles of Worcester. The Main Street store opened in February 2020, and Cheney said the store struggled due to factors like limited parking, office workers going remote during the pandemic and stalled downtown residential developments.

Residential development in the Canal District is progressing faster than in the nearby downtown area, with a 228-unit building set to open soon directly across from Polar Park. Two more apartment buildings along Green Street near the stadium are under construction, and several more are in the planning stages.

Maker to Main is open weekdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 162 Harding St.