This picture shows the old Mayfair Market in Pleasant Hill (in the Kohl’s shopping center).
Mary, who sent the picture to us (thanks, Mary), said “The Mayfair Market in Pleasant Hill’s Contra Costa Shopping Center was open 24 hours a day. The Market was the opposite anchor to Wards. In 1964 a dozen eggs were .39¢ and coffee was two pounds for $1.09. The building was subsequently the Saw Mill, selling unfinished furniture; recently it housed the Bally Total Fitness center.
Ah, the memories. Thanks again, Mary!
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Wow…. that takes me back.
Wasn’t there an Ernie’s Liquors store in there too?
Almost like a separate entity within the Market…. if I recall correctly.
When I was a kid in the 70’s delivering newspapers on Hookston rd,on the Montgomery Wards side,almost every house on Hookston had the last name HOOK.I even looked in the phone book and almost every name Hook had a Hookston rd address.He sold all the lots to his large family and their families.Now I believe their is one remaining Hook family,but they may have moved or passed away by now.
If that’s 1964, that’s a brand new ‘64 1/2 Mustang in the parking lot!
I saw that too!
This is neat, Mayfair use to be all over the place; no more:
https://www.groceteria.com/store/regional-chains/mayfair-markets/
Got me thinking of grocery stores that use to be: Loray’s, Louis Stores, Food Bowl…
Lupoi’s Market in Walnut Creek at YVR and Civic.
Boy!! Mayfair certainly WAS all over the place! We had a Mayfair Market where I grew up just north of LAX, in Westchester (Los Angeles 90045)
Walnut Creek had a mall market right across from the Hoffbrau near Broadway. It must of been a Mayfair. It sat diagonally on the corner of Mt.Diablo and Main, If I remember correctly. It struck me as an odd place to have a grocery store. But that was back when WC had dirt sidewalks on parts of Main.
I loved WC back in the 60’s.
Lucky’s?
No. Luckys was on the corner of Newell and California. Across from Kaiser and Pinkys Pizza on the other side. Unless I am just pain old wrong. I know a grocery was there by 74.
The Mayfair I went to was on Cutting and San Pablo in El Cerrito.
Then you have to remember the Discount Mart?????
They had the best toys and fishing stuff…..
Discount Mart, excellent sporting goods and car stereo dept…They had the most advanced alarm system, lazerbeams crisscrossing the store. Thieves’ were always trying to break in. I got my under dash Super Tuner and Jensen Triaxial there. Ralph was the guy behind the sporting goods counter. I worked at the time at the Chevron station on Knot and San Pablo. Good Times
Amazing… I bought my Pioneer underdash KP5000 and TS167 speakers there… And…. I worked at Chevron corner of San Pablo and Mac… Small world…………..