Our History

About Joe’s Butcher Shop

Long before the big box store supermarkets and strip malls began to emerge in the late 60s and early 70s, the establishment at 502 Broadway had been serving the community of Pitcairn. Back when Pitcairn was a booming railroad town its residents would walk along the main road finding everything imaginable, from fine clothing shops to furniture and grocery stores. Starting as a Dry Goods store in the early 1900s, the business later evolved into a local supermarket. Joe’s Butcher Shop carries on that mission, serving residents of Pitcairn and its surrounding communities.

About Joe

By early high school, Joe was learning the art of butchering from his boss at Pitcairn Meats & Poultry, Nick “Spider” Mignogna. Later Joe was hired as a butcher and began to learn the grocery business from his mentor Al Feczko, owner of Bell Rose Market located at 502 Broadway.

In 1976, after a long tenure with Tom’s Butcher Block in Monroeville (where he not only became a member of the Butchers’ Union, but he served as Union Steward and Meat Manager) Joe bought the Bell Rose Market from his old boss Al. And so Joe’s Butcher Shop was born.