It’s the end of a very long era, after Central Drug Store has spent 117 years at its current Mission Street and Santa Rosa Avenue location, it will close permanently on July 15 as owner Jerry Tonelli is heading toward a well-deserved retirement.
There was an outpouring of grief and nostalgia when Mission Local was the first to report three weeks ago that the 117-year-old Central Drug Store in the Excelsior District was closing permanently, effective July 15. Longtime owner Jerry Tonelli announced he was retiring, and no one in the family wanted to take over the family-owned business. As KRON4 notes, Central Drug Store is the oldest retail store in the Excelsior District, and has been at 4494 Mission Street for those entire 117 years.
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