Lucky’s Market adds 3 locations

Grocery shoppers in Boca Raton, Cooper City and Dania Beach will have a reason to party when Lucky’s Market comes to those towns.

The Boulder-Colo. organic grocery chain, which serves craft beer and wine to customers as they shop, has signed leases in South Florida as well as in Orlando, Winter Park and nine other Florida areas, with plans to open stores over the next 18 to 24 months, the company announced.

There are stores in Plantation, Oakland Park and Coral Springs.

Other locations in the Florida expansion include Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Naples, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Port St. Lucie, Hunter’s Creek, Vineland, Colonial Landings and Lake Mary.

The hip chain has 28 stores nationally and plans to open at least 20 more this year, the company said. The plan is to open stores in Montana, Ohio and Colorado.

The chain has a fun, festive vibe, and encourages

customers to sip and stroll around the store jamming to live or classic rock music. Think of it as a cross between a brewery, farmer’s market, and the best of several grocery chains packed into one interesting about 45,000-square-foot store.

It has four craft brews on tap — Oakland Park’s Funky Buddha Floridian among them — for $2 a pint, along with a selection of wines for $3 a glass. Stop by the cafe to grab a glass, clip the special cup holder onto your cart, and you’re ready to roll.

Lucky’s stocks its own brands of products and wines, about 50 percent of them organic, and has a large selection of prepared foods. It cures and smokes its own meats, selling bacon, deli meats and sausages free of antibiotics, growth hormones and nitrates. It also has bulk nuts, candy, coffee and other foods in self-serve bins.

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