Y-Town is my town. My Dad worked at A&P, but after A&P closed, we often shopped at Sparkle. My Grandmother, in her inimitable way, called it “Spark-a-lee.” She’s been gone for over 40 years, but we all still call it “Spark-a-lee.” They make the BEST doughnuts!! #InAroundAndBeyondTheBuckeye
Grocery shopping is one of those necessities of life. When I was young, I would accompany my dad every Friday night to shop at the A & P on Mahoning Avenue on the Westside. Eventually that store closed, but a Sparkle Markets store opened that was actually closer opened at the corner of Mahoning and N. Belle Vista, across from Calvary Cemetery.
By today’s standards, the store was small. In later years, especially when my dad was hospitalized on several occasions I shopped there for my mom. I could always find whatever she needed and the meat counter people were always friendly and helpful (and, of course, knew what chip-chopped ham was). Sometime after my folks sold their home, the store closed. Recently I wondered what was happening with Sparkle Markets with all the competition from Giant Eagle and the like and found they were alive and well around the…
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