Former Mairose Grocery razed

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The building that housed a specialty meat shop since 1891 has been razed and the lot paved over.

Tucked away on Monteith Avenue between Erie and Observatory avenues, the Mairose Grocery has been lost to changing tastes.

The business closed in February, a month after owner Ken Jackson announced that the store would close due to a lowered demand for premium meats.

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati purchased the building in May and recently razed it, then graded the site with gravel -- ostensibly to use the site as additional parking for St. Mary Church.

Department of Buildings and Inspections recently informed the contractor doing the gravel work that a parking lot use requires the submission of plans and the acquisition of a permit.

The Archdiocese has not yet applied.

The Hyde Park institution had operated under the Mairose name since 1938 and had been in the Jackson family since Ken's father Al purchased the business in 1961.


Formerly 3429 Monteith Avenue

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