A lot of you will remember that like most towns, Beloit had a number of neighborhood grocery stores before the advent of the supermarket. See how many of these you remember from the 1931 Yellow Pages.

Aleo’s - 1438 Wisconsin
Balaban & Wisch - 950 Wisconsin
Barracco’s - 480 Gardner
Bernstein’s - 816 Roosevelt
Bittrick’s - 908 White
Blackhawk Store - 904 Blackhawk
Bonafede’s - 1773 Park
Callay’s - 1101 4th
Calvin’s - 555 W. Grand
Carr’s - 156 W. Grand
Commaroto’s - 812 Ingersoll
Davis’s - 1617 White
Doepke’s - 39 Portland
Dornstauder’s - 531 E. Grand
Engelmann’s - 1110 E. Grand
Ennis’s - 1044 Eclipse
Georgison’s - 860 Fourth
Germann & Sons - 532 E. Grand
Goldberg Bros. - 1025 White
Hart’s - 1503 St. Lawrence
Heinze’s - 815 St. Lawrence
Holcomb’s - 202 8th
International - 206 State
Joe’s Groceretta - 201 State
Kapitanoff Bros. - 919 Harrison
Kaufman’s - 1145 W. Grand
Linary’s - 600 Ingersoll
Livingston’s - 716 Central
Marinoff’s - 1354 E. Grand
Merklein’s - 102 Moore
Moody’s - 1050 Hackett
Munger & Dennison - 1416 Liberty
Murray Bros. - 1447 Wisconsin
Murray’s - 445 Broad
Napp’s - 1100 Euclid
National Tea Co. - 216 State - 418 E. Grand - 166 W. Grand
Nelson’s - 1306 Yates
O’Donnell’s - 967 Hackett
Park Avenue Grocery - 1621 Park
Parr & Bibbins - 609 Portland
Patch Grocery - 1226 Strong
Peterson & Dix - 1010 Liberty
Piggly Wiggly - 160 W. Grand
Pipitone’s - 408 Broad
Porter Ave. Grocery - 1448 Porter
Rasmussen’s - 412 Liberty
Reckenbell’s - 158 Portland
Rock River Grocery - 29 E. Portland
Rowe’s - 625 Middle
Scheibel’s - 410 Hackett
Schultz’s - 1900 St. Lawrence
Shaffer’s - 619 Roscoe
Shultz’s - 441 E. Grand
Spyreas’s - 1002 Pleasant
Stahl’s - 617 Merrill
Stop & Shop - 509 St. Lawrence
Summit Ave. Grocery - 1123 Summitt
Universal Grocery - 1264 Nelson - 1023 4th - 723 Oak - 302 State - 1101 St. Lawrence
Victor’s - 203 Short
Voight’s - 912 Copeland
White’s - 403 Oak Grove
Williams Grocery - 715 W. Grand
Wisch’s - 211 Middle
Worthington’s - 1126 8th
Young & Frankland - 1002 4th

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