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Wholey's / ˈ w ʊ l iː z /, officially known as Robert Wholey & Co. Inc., is a prominent fish market and grocery store in Pittsburgh's historic Strip District neighborhood. [1] The store is known for its vintage decor, that includes a suspended model train, a bronze pig, and several animatronics.
Benjamin Thaw Sr. – co founder of Heda Coke Company, brother of Harry Kendall Thaw; Colonel Elias J. Unger – managed hotels along the Pennsylvania Railroad, second and last president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, honorary title (did not have a military record) Calvin Wells – president of Pittsburgh Forge and Iron Company.
A since-closed Arthur Treacher's co-branded with a Nathan's Famous in Downtown Pittsburgh. The chain is the namesake of Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), an English character actor typecast as "the perfect butler" for his performances as Jeeves, as a butler in several Shirley Temple films, and the role of Constable Jones in Walt Disney Productions' Mary Poppins. [5]
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Carnegie Coffee Company (Carnegie U.S. Post Office) 1916 Oscar Winderoth: 132 East Main Street Carnegie 2014 Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport: 1902 William J. East 1507 Library Street McKeesport 1979 Carnegie Mellon University, the original campus (Carnegie Institute of Technology; Carnegie Technical Schools) 1905–32
The Heinz Company was founded in 1876 [5] and leased several buildings until 1890. [6] In 1884, German-American Henry J. Heinz purchased several lots on the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. [6] From 1888 through 1906, approximately twenty buildings were built or purchased, mostly of wood and beam construction. [7]
Primanti Bros. made the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ' s list of "1,000 Places to See Before You Die in the USA and Canada", [15] and their sandwich is a featured Pittsburgh landmark on Yinztagram. [ 16 ] The restaurant was mentioned on the April 21, 2008, episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in an interview with Senator Barack Obama .
The company operated stores under the Fisher's Big Wheel and Buy Smart names. At its peak, the chain comprised more than 100 stores in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. The chain declared bankruptcy in 1993, selling some stores to Pamida and closing others. The chain closed in 1994.