48 Grafton St, Worcester, MA

Original Grocery Tenant: Fairway Beef
Address: 48 Grafton St, Green Island, Worcester, MA

Opened: 1946

Closed: 2021

Later Tenants: none

Photographed: November 4, 2018 and October 11, 2021

It's quite the feat that two brothers, George and Jack Siegel, ran this butcher shop/grocery store for decades after their father started the business in 1946. The store finally closed in 2021 after running essentially the same for most of its life. That article also indicates that this area was once Worcester's meatpacking and sale district, but Fairway Beef was the last remaining business.

Also in this neighborhood was the original home of C&S Wholesale Grocers, which eventually moved to the north to Brattleboro, VT and later their current home of Keene, NH.

The store was around 6500 square feet and eventually is set to be redeveloped.

The old-school sale sign facing Grafton Street outlived the store, actually. It remained up (barely) even well after the store closed.

The entrance was in the back. I was in the store just once before it closed, probably around 2018. Don't miss this 2017 profile of the store with several interior pictures when it was in business.

Up next, we're headed east on Grafton Street for a look at another former grocer tomorrow!