Pleasant Market
Welcome to one of the most pleasant, green, and residential neighborhoods of Worcester. The Tatnuck/Newton Square area -- basically everything from Worcester State's campus at the south to Assumption University's campus to the north -- is possibly the most suburban part of the city, and one of the higher-income sections. So there are a lot of beautiful old houses, trees, and winding small streets. At the corner of Richmond and Pleasant, the Pleasant Market has been selling groceries to customers for over a century.
The earliest listing I have for this grocery store -- which I estimate is around 800 square feet -- is as The Lenox Market in 1916. The building was constructed in 1910, so I'd bet The Lenox Market opened around that time. Lenox Market stayed in business until around 1970. I am missing about 25 years of listings for this address, but I know that the Pleasant Market opened under its current ownership in 1993.
Inside, the store is absolutely tiny and probably looks very similar to how it did over a century ago (although I assume back then it was a service grocer).
Opened: 1993 under current ownership
Owner: George Makos
Previous Tenants: The Lenox Market
Cooperative: none
Location: 2 Richmond Ave, Newton Square, Worcester, MA
Photographed: March 20, 2021 and May 13, 2022
And the store wouldn't be complete without George, the owner, who sits behind the register and greets customers by name. Tomorrow we're headed back into Main Middle, for a store at the corner of Pleasant and Park!
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