After more than 30 years holding down its Paulding Avenue corner, Morris Park fixture Giordano’s Big G is packing up for a bigger home a short walk away at 1852 Bronxdale Avenue. The longtime family-run meat wholesaler and market plans to tuck both its retail counter and wholesale operation under the same roof, keeping restaurants and neighborhood regulars supplied. Owner Carl Giordano is aiming to have the Bronxdale shop open by this September, and says he will keep the Paulding Avenue location running through the end of the year if the final pieces of the move take longer than expected.
Giordano signed the deal for the Bronxdale storefront around August 2025, and the roughly 3,200-square-foot space is set to be split into wholesale and retail sides, with two large walk-in refrigerators, office space and two unisex restrooms, according to Bronx Times. “In my expertise, the more food on the same block, the more business everybody will do,” he told the paper, adding that he expects to sell to the nearby supermarket and share customers. He said he has been personally juggling permits and construction and is targeting completion of the move by September 2026.
Giordano’s history in the borough stretches back nearly five decades. He recalled launching his first shop on Tremont Avenue and growing the operation into a neighborhood staple. The company lists its longstanding address as 1554 Paulding Avenue on its website and promotes wholesale meats, cheeses and party platters for both restaurant clients and local residents, according to Giordano’s Big G.
The building and its neighbors
Public records show that 1852 Bronxdale is a mixed-use building owned by Nicoll Cotaj, which changed hands in 2020 and has since seen alteration filings, per PincusCo. The surrounding block is already lined with eateries and anchored by a CTown supermarket at 1859 Bronxdale, putting Giordano’s across from consistent pedestrian and car traffic, according to business listings.
Why Giordano is making the move
Giordano told Bronx Times that the new setup will allow him to handle wholesale customers more efficiently while still keeping a manned retail counter for neighborhood shoppers. He also pointed to illegal parking by delivery drivers as one of his biggest headaches, saying he frequently calls 311 when his spots get blocked. Stepping into a purpose-built retail and wholesale space, he explained, is part of a longer-term plan to shift more day-to-day responsibilities to his staff as he pulls back.
Construction and permitting are in progress, and Giordano said customers should see little interruption once the Bronxdale location opens its doors. For longtime Morris Park shoppers, the move means their familiar butcher counter will still be close by on Bronxdale, just with a lot more elbow room to slice, pack and serve.
