tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post6822401603974770337..comments2023-06-05T11:00:03.268-04:00Comments on Welcome to Ward 5 Online: The Word Around the WardWard Fivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17778842318441687936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-87685587675396460192012-10-05T10:16:49.200-04:002012-10-05T10:16:49.200-04:00Seems another "once upon a time" (succes...Seems another "once upon a time" (successful) retail Magoun Square business has been forgotten; it was the North End Fruit & Vegetable store----with emphasis on Italian favorites. <br />It was next to the Cara Donna Bakery----the last retail unit, going east, on that long strip of stores.<br />Owned and operated by a neighborhood family who lived on Lowell Street, a short walk south of Medford Street.<br /><br />A customer would walk the store self-serving, picking his/her own choices of produce; then go to the cashier for necessry weighing, and payment.<br /><br />It definitely was neighbors serving neighbors and all catching up on the latest "gossip/rumors"-- family and otherwise.<br />Those good times never to be recaptured <br /><br />Then came the original location of Russ's Donuts, a unit detached from the strip, with walk-up wooden stairs, who later moved to the southwest corner of Morrison Avenue and Highland Road---long since gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com