PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fairway Group Holdings Corp. filed paperwork Monday to take its natural and organic grocery chain public, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of specialty grocers to build its chain.

Fairway began as a small neighborhood market in New York in the 1930s. It has since grown into a chain of 11 stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, which include its namesake grocery stores and Fairway Wine & Spirits stores,