For 75 years, the name “Gennaro” meant more than just the sign above the liquor store on 87th Street. It meant family.
This summer, that era quietly comes to a close.
Siblings Dennis Gennaro and JoVenna Muraskas are retiring, stepping away from the family business their father opened in 1955. The storefront at 5549 W. 87th St. will remain Gennaro Liquors in name, but for the first time in its history, someone outside the Gennaro family will hold the keys…