Continental Grocery Store
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Continental Grocery Store
Hello there. Does anyone remember Continental market (grocery store) on Blackstone. I think it was replaced by Vons later on. Me and my dad would go shopping there a lot. They used to have a turn-style on the right side when you walked in. In front of that (east side of store from entry point) was a bunch of Sale bins with canned food, ect. I believe the meat section was on the east side wall of it as well. Frozen foods was in the middle? I think the floor was like a greenish tile and, of course, the had a couple candy machines near the front door. Best place to grocery shop (and Dad loved their big pies there). Anyone have pics or fond memories of this place?
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Here's a great research site to find the exact location of a favorite old store:
http://www.groceteria.com/place/califor ... 1925-1999/
http://www.groceteria.com/place/califor ... 1925-1999/
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I remember it! The Vons that remains there did indeed replace it. Great store. My family mostly went to Gong's on Fresno and Ashlan, but Continental was a neat old store too.
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I remember Continental, too. Mom shopped there when I was a child. For Fresno, it was somewhat upscale.
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Yes,,,,, it was an Awesome store... The store Owner\Manager was my neighbor in Fresno. George. Great person and awesome cook. Miss the store and his family. Anthony
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After Continental shut down, Vons came in and now Von's is gone. An Oriental Market went in after Vons, but now they are gone and it is empty...
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Yes! I was JUST talking about this store last night! I had a random flashback of the bins in the store and could not think of the name, but remembered it was the previous store to Vons. I tried explaining it to my brother since he remembers quite a bit. Low and behold I look online again and see this post! Thank you for helping me remember the name!
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An aunt lived there on Glenn and recall shopping at Continental. My first Burger King and Weinerschnitzel experience was there. I recall Red Carpet Car Wash too!
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I worked at Continental Market all through college. What a great store. Lots of friends made there. Lots of good memories. I’ll have to look and see if I can find my photos from back then.
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