678 Rondo Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Razed)

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Credjafawn Co-op Store, about 1948
Address:	678 Rondo Avenue
Neighborhood/s:	Summit-University, Saint Paul, Minnesota
City/locality- State/province	Saint Paul, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Historic Function:	Business
Material of Exterior Wall Covering:	Stucco
Notes:	Rondo Avenue was renamed Concordia Avenue in 1964.

Summit-University Saint Paul Ramsey

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678 Rondo Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Razed)
(44.951252,-93.128832)

This rectangular two-story commercial building served as a corner store and later restaurant.

History

This building was probably constructed between 1910 and 1925. The Sanborn Fire Insurance map for 1903 shows a one-story store at this address. In the 1926 map there is a two story store. For many years this building housed a succession of grocery stores serving the Rondo neighborhood. According to city directories, these included:

• Samuel Unovich grocery in 1930
• Jack Diamond grocery in 1935 to 1946
• Credjafawn Co-op Store in 1948
• Joseph H. Martin grocery, later Martin's Market in 1949 and 1955

After years serving as a corner grocery store this building became a restaurant. Among the eateries housed here were:

• Just Right Bar-B-Q Restaurant in 1960
• Celebrity Cafe in 1965 and 1970
• Jose's Old Southern Bar-B-Q in 1975

In the 1980 and 1985 directories the building was listed as being empty. The site is now part of a large housing development.

Notes

• Saint Paul city directories, various years
• Sanborn Fire Insurance maps