STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — To the crashes of a cymbal and gongs on a traditional tanggu drum, lion dancers shimmied and pranced through the aisles of Asian Foods on Saturday morning. The commotion delighted shoppers and workers at the Mariners Harbor supermarket at its official grand opening celebration at 2343 Forest Ave.

Hanging Peking ducks in the barbecue department (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
The festivities brought relief to owner Jonathan Chan, who opened the 9,990-square foot store earlier this year. This operation is almost six years in the making after a relocation from a South Avenue strip mall starting in