Western Beef Supermarket Opened: July 2025 Owner: Castellana family Previous Tenants: Junior's Food Outlet (closed 2024) Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 135-45 Rockaway Blvd, South Jamaica, Queens, NY Photographed: September 9, 2025 One look at that trademark orange building and you already know what store we're looking at here: Western Beef, one of New York's quirkiest chains. The chain, which is owned by Italian Americans but specializes in Caribbean foods, originated as a meat wholesaler and later grew to a collection of no-frills low-cost supermarkets across the city and its immediate suburbs. After a leadership struggle between the father and son who owned the chain -- and yes, they're both named Peter Castellana -- Western Beef has recommitted itself to their old identity. Western Beef also owned a few discount stores under the name Junior's Food Outlet, and while none exist today, several have been remodeled and reopened as full...