A&P in the suburbs of Buffalo/ Erie County (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company)

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A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) filed (again) for bankruptcy. It sadly looks to be the end of the company that started in 1859. A&P has been out of the Buffalo & Western New York market for many years but the buildings often remain. This list dates from 1968 and I have included the most recent Google Street views. Today’s installment consists of A&Ps in the suburbs of Buffalo but still within Erie County.

One interesting thing I noticed about the list is that in a few cases it indicates a store is in one town but the address is actually in a different town. I’ve attempted to note these inconsistencies.

Amherst, NY

• 1561 Niagara Falls Blvd- this is a correction to my previous address of 1566 which is across the street in the town of Tonawanda. The Famous Footwear building has since been torn down and Trader Joe’s sits in its place.

• 6880 Main Street

• 2375 Sheridan Drive. This location is another one the lottery ad claims to be in Amherst but is really in the Town of Tonawanda. It opened in May 1958 and I love that one of the gifts given out was Cigars for the men- try doing that today. The location later became a Sunview Nursery Center and would be the location of a massive fire in July, 1999. A Dollar General stands there now.

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• 5641 Main Street:

East Aurora, NY- 123 Grey Street (Bing maps birdseye)

Evans/ Angola NY: 35 South Main Street:

Cheektowaga, NY

• 3870 Harlem Road
• In 2007 there was no mistaking the building had been an A & P store.
• By 2012 the store was under the ownership of Tops Supermarkets. They tore down the old A&P building for a new modern (but mini) Tops. The architects did keep a nod to the past history of A&P.
• 2325 Harlem Road
• 4160 Union Road. This plaza was also the site of a viral video of an extremely racist woman screaming outside of the Dollar General.

Concord/ Springville: 40 East Main Street

Lancaster: 33 Legion

  Town of Tonawanda/ Village of Kenmore: 3168 Delaware Avenue: Store torn down and Walgreens built on the land, now a Dollar General

West Seneca/ Orchard Park: 3170 Orchard Park Road

Lackawanna, New York

• 1308 Abbott Road (between NAPA & Walgreens)
• 92 Ridge Road