Petrini's Marketplace was an Italian-American
restaurant and grocery chain founded in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
in 1935.
History
The founder of Petrini's, Frank Petrini, began working in
Italy
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at the age of 12 and was trained as a
butcher at the age of 14.
In 1935, he established a butcher shop at the intersection of 7th and Clement, and this later became Petrini's first location.
Arthur Baldocchi partnered with Petrini to open the Petrini Plaza Supermarket
near the Fulton and Masonic streets in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
.
The Petrini family sold the chain in 1996.
The
Stonestown location continued to operate under the name Petrini's until 1996.
Operation
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' reported that Frank Petrini selected the cows that were going to be slaughtered for sale in his markets himself and rejected much of the bovine meat that was considered prime by other markets.
See also
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QFI (supermarket)
*
List of butcher shops
References
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