After 115 years, local meat market closes due to pandemic

[Dennis Donovan]

https://auburnpub.com/news/local/it-was-110-every-day-indelicatos-market-closed-after-more-than-a-century-in-auburn/article_6dae9f3c-42f1-56ef-a20e-473b2b2f9abd.html



'It was 110% every day': Indelicato's market closed after more than a century in Auburn

Indelicato's Meat Market, run by four generations of family in Auburn for more than 100 years, has quietly and permanently closed its doors.

Bryan Indelicato, market manager and a member of the family that has owned the butcher shop since the early 20th century, said Saturday was the last day for the market, which for much of its long history has operated in a small store at 35 Columbus St.

Several factors were involved in the decision to close, but the cost of doing business simply became too much, with the COVID-19 pandemic playing a role as well, Bryan said. The business had been closed for a couple weeks recently. Indelicato's had also done some curbside service during the pandemic.

"It's a complicated thing," Bryan said in an interview Friday. "It's unfortunate, but I do think that it is time to do what we're doing."

Bryan's great-grandfather Ottavio Indelicato opened a small shop around 1905 on South Division Street, which later became Columbus Street. Originally, Indelicato's was located at the intersection with LaFayette Place where a vacant lot now sits.

</snip>

If you walk in their shop, there's pics of all the Indelicatos that have worked there since 1905, including Leo Indelicato, who was killed on June 6, 1944 on the beach Normandy.

I know this might be a local story, but it's a microcosm of what's happening all over the country, even in your town.

This breaks my heart.

[hlthe2b]

1. Was this Auburn, AL?

Sad, for sure.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. NY

My Mom used to send me in to pick up the weekly meat order when I was a kid. It's like a member of the family dying.

[DonaldsRump]

5. Auburn, NY (based on the link) n/t

[JI7]

2. While this is sad I got a sense from reading it that they may have wanted to close

They probably stayed open because of the long family history but this current pandemic gives them good reason to close now . I could be wrong though.

[mercuryblues]

3. We had a local restaurant

That opened last summer. I know the people that opened it and it looked like they were going to make it through that dreaded 1st year. Then Covid hit and now they are closed for good. Too bad because our town could use a Mom & Pop diner to counter the fast food places coming in.

[womanofthehills]

6. In my small town - an old meat processing plant is opening to solve the meat problem

Four local people bought it and it just got certified. i ‘m just outside of a ranching town (and a town where lots of artists live). So, any rancher who chooses to use the processing plant, can sell his meat at our local small grocery store. Lots of grass fed beef for us. I love the local stuff. I have my own chickens but our grocery also carries local eggs and greens. The actual town only has around 800 people but also supplies the country folks who live “outside of town.” Nearest large grocery is about 50 miles away. Two yrs ago we had no grocery store - it had been closed for a few yrs so the town had a Go Fund Me and
raised about $80,000 and outright gave it to the women who were trying to open the store.