Based on what I have read on

Facebook, North Tarrytown's "White

Front Meats & Market" was--in its

day--one of our most-beloved local

businesses. Besides the customary

"wedges," White Front was known for

sirloin steaks and veal cutlets--many

said--the best in (either) town!

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Did you need your pork chops cut

thin? You might have looked for

Joe, who would then weigh them--

always--right in front of you. Be-

cause the shop was a neighborhood

store, they knew most of the local

families; including yours, probably.

And, of course, it was a good place

to run into people you knew. From

its initial location on Cortlandt St.,

"White Front Meats & Market"

moved to 115 Beekman Ave., re-

placing "Tierney's Candy Store."

(Today, this storefront hosts the

"Beekman Laundromat.")

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White Front reportedly extended over

to #113, as well. (Today, this other

storefront is divided between

"Peluqueria Original Unisex Salon"

and "Wily Jewelry.") Looking now at

this 1963 photo, this might have

been taken on a Friday ("Fresh

Fish")! And that 7-Up logo serves as

a reminder that that drink was still

a "contender" in those pre-Sprite

days. But why was it called White

Front? The best butchers are known

to be the ones who keep their

aprons nice and white, establishing

that the meat hardly ever touches

them there.

Photo Credit: Westchester Co. Historical Society