These imaginary stores must be managed under a business plan out of Alice in Wonderland: No deli counter allowed, but they must sell fruit, tuna, bean, chicken, egg and potato salads.

These imaginary stores must be managed under a business plan out of Alice in Wonderland: No deli counter allowed, but they must sell fruit, tuna, bean, chicken, egg and potato salads.

Officials in the Big Apple's Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-public non-profit funded by the city, repeatedly told prospective partners during an info session that the city still hasn't...