Occupant: Zoumberakis Corporation

Fresh Start is a natural and organic grocery store and cafe, seemingly the only one of its kind in the Ditmars area.  It opened in the Fall of 2006, and has arguably become a neighborhood favorite in the years since.  It offers breakfast, soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, side salads and desserts, all prepared on the premises, using organic ingredients.  There is a fairly wide selection of grocery items, considering Fresh Start's small space, and these items are a variety (and sometimes combination) of natural, organic, fairly-traded, imported, and local goods.  Local grocery items include white eggs from upstate New York and Back 2 Nature freshly-baked breads.  The Hellgate CSA is held in the backyard eating area of Fresh Start one Tuesday per month.