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Pasadena Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1971

Last updated on 2 May 2025.

This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Pasadena and Altadena between 1925 and 1971, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. There may be some omissions due to incomplete or missing data, etc. and I welcome suggestions and corrections.

Please read about my methodology for more information about what I do and do not include.

Notes

  • The first Trader Joe’s location opened at 610 S. Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena in 1968.
  • The Southern California Market Basket chain was also established in Pasadena in about 1930.
  • Pasadena would be home to the final store in the HOWS chain, founded by the former owner of Hughes Markets, until its closure in 2014.

Location list

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  • 1047 N Allen Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 1956: Safeway
  • 1355 N Allen Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1941 N Allen Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 236 S Allen Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 735 E Altadena Dr, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1970: Albertsons
  • 493 N Altadena Dr, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Pantry
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1966: Pantry
  • Notes: 493-95 (1961).
  • 1350 N Altadena Dr, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 575 W Altadena Dr, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Pantry
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 498 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Smart & Final
  • 501 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Smart & Final
  • 1930: Smart & Final
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • Notes: Office only? Was South Broadway pre-1943.
  • 610 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1970: Trader Joe’s
  • Notes: This is the very first Trader Joe’s location.
  • 1030 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Boys
  • 1966: Boys
  • 1970: Boys
  • 12 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 15 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 842 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Jurgensen’s
  • 1943: Jurgensen’s
  • 1949: Jurgensen’s
  • 1956: Jurgensen’s
  • 1961: Jurgensen’s
  • 1966: Jurgensen’s
  • 1970: Jurgensen’s
  • Notes: 842-44.
  • 845 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 910 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 920 E California Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: A&P
  • 1939: A&P
  • 17 S Chester Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Smart & Final
  • 89 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 210 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 720 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 727 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • Notes: Listed under Safeway AND Pay ‘N Takit.
  • 727 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Safeway
  • Notes: Listed under Safeway AND Pay ‘N Takit.
  • 780 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Thriftimart
  • 830 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Pasadena Service Grocery
  • 1939: Hanson
  • 855 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1939: Smart & Final
  • 1943: Smart & Final
  • 910 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 916 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Piggly Wiggly
  • 1072 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Smart & Final
  • 1939: Smart & Final
  • 1230 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1244 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1266 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 1696 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: A&P
  • 1720 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1726 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 1939: Fitzsimmons
  • 1943: Fitzsimmons
  • 1744 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1750 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1761 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 1766 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Speciality Food Stores
  • 1783 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 2048 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 2302 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 2325 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Safeway
  • 1970: Safeway
  • 2494 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Piggly Wiggly
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 2506 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 2516 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 2521 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 2526 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Manor
  • 1961: Manor
  • 1966: Manor
  • 1970: Manor
  • 2580 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 2660 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Cal-Fair
  • 3111 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1970: Fedco
  • 3640 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 3675 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 3681 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 19 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 21 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 320 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: El Rancho
  • 1970: El Rancho
  • 252 S DeLacey Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Don’s
  • 21 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Piggly Wiggly
  • 29 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 37 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: A&P
  • 1935: A&P
  • 1939: A&P
  • 273 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 1939: Fitzsimmons
  • 1943: Fitzsimmons
  • 1949: Fitzsimmons
  • Notes: 275 (1949).
  • 280 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 665 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 689 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1939: Hale
  • 711 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1153 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Doleshal Bros
  • 1930: Doleshal Bros
  • 1160 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1291 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1325 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1331 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1347 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1361 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Piggly Wiggly
  • 1377 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 2020 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Safeway
  • 1961: Safeway
  • 2027 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Doleshal Bros
  • 2047 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 2075 N Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 2505 N Fair Oaks Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1970: Market Basket
  • 37 S Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 77 S Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 425 S Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 1939: Fitzsimmons
  • 1943: Fitzsimmons
  • 1949: Fitzsimmons
  • 590 S Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 3601 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1970: Market Basket
  • 3745 Foothill Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: A&P
  • 1966: A&P
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 461 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 525 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 527 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: A&P
  • 533 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 676 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 1956: Safeway
  • 880 E Green, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 181 N Hill Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 280 N Hill Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 3035 E Huntington Dr, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Ralphs
  • 1970: Ralphs
  • 4857 N Huntington Dr, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 22 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 33 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Boys
  • 1943: Boys
  • 1949: Boys
  • 1956: Boys
  • 1961: Boys
  • 60 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 171 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Ralphs
  • 181 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Ralphs
  • 1935: Ralphs
  • 1939: Ralphs
  • 1943: Ralphs
  • 1949: Ralphs
  • 1956: Ralphs
  • 200 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • Notes: Confirmed address.
  • 200 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Safeway
  • Notes: Confirmed address.
  • 250 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 467 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 470 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Safeway
  • 1966: Safeway
  • 1970: Safeway
  • 658 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 900 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Ralphs
  • 1970: Ralphs
  • 1176 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1260 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1970: Market Basket
  • 1305 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1322 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1364 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 1935: Speciality Food Stores
  • 1368 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1376 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1390 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: A&P
  • 1939: A&P
  • 1415 N Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Market Basket
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 2270 N Lake Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1970: Market Basket
  • 2278 N Lake Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Hanson
  • 2708 N Lake Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Altadena
  • 1930: Altadena
  • 56 S Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 563 S Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 601 S Lake Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Jurgensen’s
  • 1970: Jurgensen’s
  • 2005 Lincoln Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 2015 Lincoln Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 1935: A&P
  • 2025 Lincoln Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 2029 Lincoln Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 2032 Lincoln Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 2320 Lincoln Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Alpha Beta
  • 2408 Lincoln Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Shopping Bag
  • 1961: Shopping Bag
  • 1966: Shopping Bag
  • 1970: Shopping Bag
  • 3090 Lincoln Av, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1172 Linda Vista Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Linda Vista
  • 1949: Jurgensen’s Linda Vista
  • 1956: Jurgensen’s Linda Vista
  • 1961: Jurgensen’s Linda Vista
  • 1966: Jurgensen’s Linda Vista
  • 1970: Jurgensen’s Linda Vista
  • 245 N Los Robles Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Alpha Beta
  • 1961: Alpha Beta
  • 1966: Alpha Beta
  • 1970: Alpha Beta
  • Notes: 247 (1966,1971).
  • 715 N Los Robles Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Safeway
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 2057 N Los Robles Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 1939: Fitzsimmons
  • 37 S Los Robles Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 408 S Los Robles Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Safeway
  • Notes: Office?
  • 135 S Marengo Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Doleshal Bros
  • 1935: Fitzsimmons
  • 141 S Marengo Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Pantry
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 719 E Mariposa, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 723 E Mariposa, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Piggly Wiggly
  • 757 E Mariposa, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Altadena
  • 1930: Altadena
  • 1935: Altadena
  • 1939: Altadena
  • Notes: 761 (1930).
  • 849 E Mariposa, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 875 E Mariposa, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Altadena
  • 1949: Altadena
  • 400 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Hale
  • 468 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Crown Emporium
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Safeway
  • Notes: 468 (1930).
  • 475 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Pantry
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • 890 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 926 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 1956: Safeway
  • 955 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 353 E Penn, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Blaylock
  • 309 S Raymond Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Pantry
  • 1970: Pantry
  • Notes: Office only?
  • 344 S Raymond Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 311 S Rosemead Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Don’s
  • 1961: Don’s
  • 1966: Don’s
  • 1970: Don’s
  • 320 S San Gabriel Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 40 N Santa Anita, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1108 N Sierra Bonita Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Blaylock
  • 1930: Blaylock
  • 1935: Blaylock
  • 1939: Blaylock
  • 1943: Blaylock
  • 1949: Blaylock
  • 3841 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1961: Vons Shopping Bag
  • 1966: Vons Shopping Bag
  • 1970: Vons Shopping Bag
  • 451 S Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Vons
  • 1970: Shopping Bag
  • 259 Sierra Madre Villa Av, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: Manor
  • 1961: Manor
  • 1966: Manor
  • 70 W Union, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Smart & Final
  • 1939: Smart & Final
  • 130 E Valley, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 448 E Villa, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1966: Lucky
  • 1970: Lucky
  • 1825 E Villa, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Altadena
  • 1930: Pasadena Service Grocery
  • 1935: Pasadena Grocery Co.
  • 332 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 335 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 608 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 820 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1949: Smart & Final
  • 1956: Smart & Final
  • 1961: Smart & Final
  • 1966: Smart & Final
  • 1970: Smart & Final
  • 895 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Sunshine Stores
  • 1930 E Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway
  • 1956: Safeway
  • 270 W Walnut, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 915 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Chaffee
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1396 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1925: Doleshal Bros
  • 1930: Doleshal Bros
  • 1939: Market Basket
  • 1943: Market Basket
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • Notes: 1398 (1935).
  • 1420 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: Safeway
  • 1421 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1970: Alpha Beta
  • 1444 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 1820 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1939: Fitzsimmons
  • 1830 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Fitzsimmons
  • 1859 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1949: Market Basket
  • 1956: Market Basket
  • 1961: Market Basket
  • 1966: Market Basket
  • 1970: Market Basket
  • 370 Woodbury Rd, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1956: A&P
  • 1961: A&P
  • 1966: A&P
  • 1970: Shopping Bag
  • 431 Woodbury Rd, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: MacMarr
  • 1935: Pay N’ Takit
  • 1939: Safeway
  • 1943: A&P
  • 1949: A&P
  • 435 Woodbury Rd, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1930: Safeway
  • 445 Woodbury Rd, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1935: A&P
  • 1939: A&P
  • 455 Woodbury Rd, Altadena | Google Maps Link
  • 1943: Safeway
  • 1949: Safeway

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1 Comment

  1. jackie

    I am doing ancestry and my cousin said he owned and ran a grocery store in the 1950’s in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. He is deceased he died in 1981 and his name was Styles Reno Brown originally from Oklahoma. I am just curious to see the grocery store he owned nothing more. Are you able to tell me the name? Thank you for your time.

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