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Burbage's Self Service Grocery Owner: Lisa & George Bowen Opened:  2013 under current ownership, 1946 previously Cooperative:  none Location:  157 Broad St, Downtown, Charleston, SC Photographed:  January 2022 Much like the Coming Market and the Coming Street Grocery, Burbage's Self Service Grocery is a wonderful historically preserved grocery store in downtown Charleston. We're closer to what might be considered the main business district here, towards the southern part of the city. Burbage's opened in 1946 and in 1987 was taken over by the owner's son, Al Burbage, who owned the store until 2013 when it was sold to Lisa and George Bowen. They've owned it since. Very unfortunately, Burbage's was temporarily closed when I was in town, I believe due to the owners being on vacation or something like that. But I did manage to get some excellent pictures of the classic interior through the front windows. As we see, it's a very historical grocery store b...

Coming Street Grocery Owner: Hany Zayan Opened:  2011 under current ownership Cooperative:  none Location:  224 Coming Street, Downtown, Charleston, SC Photographed:  January 2022 As I mentioned yesterday in my post about the Coming Market , my personal research focus lately has been on neighborhood, mom-and-pop-type grocery stores, but specifically in the New England region. Today, we get to dip our toes in the water of South Carolina mom-and-pop grocery store history with the Coming Street Grocery, a longtime grocery store at Coming and Spring Streets in downtown Charleston. This building is a beautifully preserved grocery relic in one of the many historic districts of Charleston, likely dating back to the early 20th century at least. While it doesn't look like much of the historical charm is present inside the 1300 square foot store anymore, the outside certainly has plenty of charm. As a matter of fact, either reproductions or restorations of old painted advert...