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Elyria neighborhood grocers tell history of family stores
The piece chronicles Elyria’s 38 family owned grocery shops, recounting owners like the Abookires, Jacobys, and Hales. It notes shifting local commerce, wartime shortages, and the decline of the corner markets, with memories of Evergreen, Frank’s Foodway, and final closures across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
The
Second Street
Fisher Foods
Kroger’s
North Ridgeville
Lawson’s
Middle Avenue
Cleveland Street
Lake Avenue
East Broad
Captain E-Z’s
Elyria High School
South End
Hales
Jack
Katherine Jacoby
Evergreen
East Avenue
Abookire’s Grocery and Meats
Beirut
Lebanon
John
Josephine Dobrowski
Albert
Ethel Hales
Hales Finer Foods
England
Jacobys
Austria-Hungary
West Prussia
Girard
Ohio
Philip Gerdine
Frank
Dobrowski
Old Frank’s
Abookire
Asbury United Methodist Church
Kim Jones-Beal
Norman
Mary Abookire
Anthony
Marie Abookire
West Broad Street
Middle Ave
Mary
Asbury Church
East 15Th
Gloria
Norma
Abookire Grocery
Nuny
Cleveland
Luke Easter
Easter
Cleveland Indians
Katherine
Grandma
Grandpa
Foodway Market
West Ave
Philip
Ann Gerdine
Holy Cross Church
West Avenue