Lichnovsky Grocery | 1929 - 1993

January 1929: Lichnovsky Grocery was opened by brothers Frank and Roman Lichnovsky. Shortly after, Frank and his wife, Annie Hutyra, purchased the store from Roman. It then moved to its East Pine Street location, a now demolished building next to Ace Auto Supply.

1934: Frank Lichnovsky had extensive repairs done to Lichnovsky Grocery while at its East Pine Street location.

December 1960: The store name was changed to Lichnovsky Super Save Grocery.

January 1961: The store moved from East Pine Street where it had been for 31 years to its new location at 203 West Pine Street.

September 1988: Aubrey Griffin purchased the store from Larry Lichnovsky and renamed it West Super Save Grocery. The Lichnovsky family had owned the store for more than 60 years across three generations, from Frank and Annie to their son, Harry, and his wife Bessie Bezdek, and then Harry and Bessie’s son, Larry.

1990: Larry Lichnovsky reacquired ownership from Aubrey Griffin.

February 1991: West Super Save Grocery opened a meat market.

May 1993: Carl and Pattie Donovan purchased the store from Larry Lichnovsky.

Community Grocery | 1947 - 2026

July 1947: Mary Svacek opened Svacek’s Grocery & Market at 412 South Marable Street.

February 1953: Louis Karlik purchased Veselka Brothers Grocery located on South Marable from John and Joseph Veselka and renamed it Karlik Grocery.

September 1966: Mary Frances Marak purchased Karlik Grocery from Louis Karlik, her brother, who had operated it for the past 14 years, and renamed it Community Grocery & Market.

August 1967: Ownership of Community Grocery transferred to Raymond and Rosalie Matus, Mary Marak’s daughter and son-in-law.

May 1968: The Matus family completed their remodeling of the store.

June 1982: Raymond Matus placed Community Grocery for sale.

September 1982: Rose Ann and Eddie Morris, Raymond and Rosalie Matus’s daughter and son-in-law, purchased the store.

September 1983: The store was purchased by Robert Kocurek.

March 1984: The store was purchased by Carl and Pattie Donovan.

May 1993: The Donovan family purchased the West Super Save Grocery location, retaining the name Community Grocery and keeping their former location as a warehouse.

January 1995: After the passing of Carl Donovan, his wife, Pattie, assumed ownership and sold the warehouse location.

December 1998: Richard and Debbie Sulak purchased Community Grocery from Pattie Donovan.

March 2022: The Sulak family sold the store to a Houston-based company.

Community Grocery & Market | 2026

February 2026: Matthew and Paige Gloeckner purchased the store rebranding it as Community Grocery & Market and returning it to a locally owned and operated business.