Western Beef Supermarket Owner: Peter J. Castellana III Opened: ca. 2005 Previous Tenants: A&P (1980s-ca. 2000) Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 2040 Forest Ave, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, NY Photographed: January 13, 2023 Remember this store? It's been some time since we first toured this 40,000 square foot store which takes up most of a former A&P in far northern Staten Island. The A&P closed around 2000, and Western Beef moved in around five years later but was open no later than 2007. I'm not sure whether Western Beef originally took up the entire 52,000 square foot building, but around 12,000 square feet of it is now a discount store on the left side. If you look at my previous photos, you'll notice that the department signage to the left of the Western Beef logo has been removed, but the store has not been reduced in size since then. It's possible when that space was vacant, Western Beef was allowed to put signage over th