If you walked along Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach nearly a century ago, grocery shopping meant choosing among several neighborhood markets.
One of them had a name that was hard to forget.
A photograph from the San Diego History Center shows the Piggly Wiggly Market at 5004 Newport Ave. The storefront carries the name in large letters across the facade, while a sign below identifies it as a meat market. Produce fills the windows, and a Newport Avenue street sign stands near the curb…