Straub’s Closes CWE Store After 78 Years

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 28, 2026 (STL.News) A longtime chapter of Central West End history has ended. Straub’s Markets closed its grocery store at 302 N. Kingshighway Blvd. on Friday, Sept. 25, ending a 78-year run at the prominent Kingshighway and Maryland Plaza intersection. The closing drew emotional reactions from customers who made final visits to a store that had served the neighborhood since 1948. For generations of St. Louis residents, Straub’s was more than another place to buy groceries. It was a family-owned neighborhood institution that survived dramatic changes in the grocery industry and in the

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