Original Grocery Tenant: Iandoli Super Market Address: 725 Grafton St, Union Hill, Worcester, MA Opened: bet. 1962 and 1969 Closed: bet. 1973 and 1985 Later Tenants: Food World Warehouse (open by 1985) > subdivided Photographed: October 4, 2020 This was definitely Iandoli's home turf! The 20,000 square foot store opened at some point in the 1960s, then closed at some point in the mid- to late-70s or early 80s. By 1985, Iandoli converted the store to Food World Warehouse, their discount banner. It was closed by 1991, and subdivided. Two big-chain supermarkets remain in this neighborhood -- one about a third of a mile southwest and the other one half a mile southeast. We'll be touring the smaller one tomorrow!
Original Grocery Tenant: A&P Address: 500 Grafton St, Union Hill, Worcester, MA Opened: bet. 1952 and 1957 Closed: bet. 1969 and 1973 Later Tenants: assorted non-grocery tenants Photographed: November 4, 2018 As soon as I saw the back of this building, I knew it had been a supermarket! The brick building with distinctive columns was built as an A&P in the 1950s -- it seems just before the centennial era -- then closed around 1970. I'm not positive what occupied the space after A&P, but I don't believe there was another supermarket. The store is around 10,000 square feet, although I'm not sure how much space there is in the basement. Tomorrow we're going a little farther out east on Grafton Street for another former supermarket!