Isaly's & Klondike by Brian Butko


Isaly's Store Pictures

Most of the hundreds of Isaly's stores are gone. Few of them were photographed, so here's my attempt to get at least one picture of each. Click on a thumbnail for a larger image.

Credits for loaned photos can be found here.) Please contact me at the e-mail address below if you want to use or reproduce any of these photos, and of course, any use should credit the book, Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's by Brian Butko. For more information, contact the publisher, Stackpole Books, at (800) 732-3669.

OHIO

STILL OPEN
BUT 12/04 UPDATE: NO LONGER CALLED ISALY'S

3309 South Avenue,
Youngstown

2

3309 South Avenue,
Youngstown

3

3309 South Avenue as Isaly's Busy Bee, c. 2003

Isaly's Busy Bee II, former Oven Restaurant, Southern Blvd., Youngstown

3322 Kent Rd.,
Stow

Isaly Shoppe
1081 Mt. Vernon
Marion

Chief Dairy
(an Isaly's subsidiary)
Upper Sandusky

Mary Lu Rosier says, "My grandparents (Jim and Lucille Karathanos) owned the Isaly's in Deerfield from approximately 1957 to 1963. It was on the Deerfield Circle at routes 224 and 14."

646 Canton Rd.,
Ellet (now Akron), 1940s
photo by R. Weyrick,
courtesy Gary Weyrick

646 Canton Rd.,
Ellet (now Akron), 2002
courtesy Gary Weyrick

3348 Belmont St, Bellaire. Snow scene from Times-Leader, November 1950, courtesy Patty Drummond Jenkins

3632 Market St.
at Judson,
Youngstown

314 Pioneer,
Goodyear Heights
PENNSYLVANIA STILL OPEN 448 Perrysville Ave, West View 2 448 Perrysville Ave, West View 3 448 Perrysville Ave, West View (cabinets now gone) 4 West View, 1992 STILL OPEN Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek 2 Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek 3 Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek 2608 Brownsville Rd., Carrick STILL OPEN E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001 2 E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001 3 E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001 327 Main St., Irwin, CLosed 2006 New Wilmington, 2004. Family of Todd Dietterle, who worked here in the early '70s while in high school. Closed 2007 2 Todd's daughter Laurel, New Wilmington, 2004. Closed 2007 STILL OPEN 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002 2 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002 3 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002 Owners Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis, Zelienople, Dec. 1948. - Zelienople Historical Society 1 8th Ave., Homestead 2 8th Ave., Homestead Sweet William Fifth and Liberty Avenues, Pittsburgh c. 1970 Sweet William Lincoln Ave., Bellevue 1992 1 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991 2 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991 3 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991 1500 Lincoln Way, White Oak, c. 1970 Boulevard plant, facade and west side 1994 Boulevard plant, looking to Pitt, 1994 Boulevard plant, safe, 1994 Boulevard plant, "hidden" 4th floor view, 1994 ACTION SHOT! Boulevard plant, Oakland, 2001 3798 Duss Ave., Baden 1992 734 Braddock Ave., Braddock 1992 734 Braddock Ave., Braddock 2000. As of 2007, one sign panel has fallen. 376 North St., Meadville Kay Steere says her uncle William McQuiston and his wife Betty ran the Isaly's west of Meadville on Rt. 19 near Rt. 98. They lived above it. The building survives as a repair shop.
WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling, 1943 Asst. Mgr. Ralph McAfee, third from left back row; Manager Joe Smith, back row right. 2085 National Rd., Elm Grove 1994 STILL OPEN 3246 Main St., Weirton 2004 [reopened as Our Place in March 2004 but retains Isaly's signs and look]


And a bonus for the many truck drivers I've met since the book's publication:
A new Pittsburgh-area truck

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STILL OPEN BUT 12/04 UPDATE: NO LONGER CALLED ISALY'S 3309 South Avenue, Youngstown	2 3309 South Avenue, Youngstown	3 3309 South Avenue as Isaly's Busy Bee, c. 2003	Isaly's Busy Bee II, former Oven Restaurant, Southern Blvd., Youngstown
3322 Kent Rd., Stow	Isaly Shoppe 1081 Mt. Vernon Marion	Chief Dairy (an Isaly's subsidiary) Upper Sandusky	Mary Lu Rosier says, "My grandparents (Jim and Lucille Karathanos) owned the Isaly's in Deerfield from approximately 1957 to 1963. It was on the Deerfield Circle at routes 224 and 14."
646 Canton Rd., Ellet (now Akron), 1940s photo by R. Weyrick, courtesy Gary Weyrick	646 Canton Rd., Ellet (now Akron), 2002 courtesy Gary Weyrick	3348 Belmont St, Bellaire. Snow scene from Times-Leader, November 1950, courtesy Patty Drummond Jenkins	3632 Market St. at Judson, Youngstown
314 Pioneer, Goodyear Heights

STILL OPEN 448 Perrysville Ave, West View	2 448 Perrysville Ave, West View	3 448 Perrysville Ave, West View (cabinets now gone)	4 West View, 1992
STILL OPEN Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek	2 Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek	3 Penn Plaza, Turtle Creek	2608 Brownsville Rd., Carrick
STILL OPEN E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001	2 E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001	3 E. Ohio St., North Side, 2001
327 Main St., Irwin, CLosed 2006		New Wilmington, 2004. Family of Todd Dietterle, who worked here in the early '70s while in high school. Closed 2007	2 Todd's daughter Laurel, New Wilmington, 2004. Closed 2007
STILL OPEN 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002	2 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002	3 1160 Country Club Dr., Monongahela, 2002	Owners Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis, Zelienople, Dec. 1948. - Zelienople Historical Society
1 8th Ave., Homestead	2 8th Ave., Homestead	Sweet William Fifth and Liberty Avenues, Pittsburgh c. 1970	Sweet William Lincoln Ave., Bellevue 1992
1 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991	2 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991	3 Chateau Plaza, Manchester (Pittsburgh) 1991	1500 Lincoln Way, White Oak, c. 1970
Boulevard plant, facade and west side 1994	Boulevard plant, looking to Pitt, 1994	Boulevard plant, safe, 1994	Boulevard plant, "hidden" 4th floor view, 1994
ACTION SHOT! Boulevard plant, Oakland, 2001	3798 Duss Ave., Baden 1992	734 Braddock Ave., Braddock 1992	734 Braddock Ave., Braddock 2000. As of 2007, one sign panel has fallen.
376 North St., Meadville	Kay Steere says her uncle William McQuiston and his wife Betty ran the Isaly's west of Meadville on Rt. 19 near Rt. 98. They lived above it. The building survives as a repair shop.