What Martinez Businesses Do You Miss?

Martinez, CA - Businesses open and close, but the impression they leave on a community can last long after they board up their doors.

Has your favorite venue vanished from Martinez? If you’re missing an old hardware store, bakery or mom-and-pop shop, you’re in good company.

We asked Patch Readers in Martinez, what extinct local business they’d bring back from the dead. Here’s a list of one-time favorites:

• “Bella Roma!! Bertola’s!!”

• “FUBAR’S COMEDY CLUB”

• “Valco”

• “Victoria’s Cafe and Barrel Aged Restaurant”

• “Young Sushi”

• “Mother India”
  

• “Gregson’s Market”

• “Laird’s market, Lasalle’s hardware, Hilson’s, Valco, Corum’s jewelers, the old Granshaw’s.”

Is your choice business not on the list? Add it in the comments below or on our Martinez Patch Facebook page.