Today, 24470 Lakeland Blvd. is home to B&B appliance. Much to my surprise, B&B has been at this location for almost 50 years, since 1967.
From the late 1950's until late 1966 or early 1967 this store was home to Uncle Bill's. Remember them? I'm about to expose my Lake county upbringing and my age. I don't actually remember Uncle Bill's, but I remember my parents talking about how the Shoregate location went from an Uncle Bill's to Cooks.
Remember when this was an Uncle Bill's? This location did not obviously become a Cooks.
Uncle Bill's was formed by Sidney Axelrod in 1955. The Lakeland location was in place by 1959.
A little trivia - who is Uncle Bill? He was William Melvin, uncle to founder Sidney Axelrod. He wanted a way to invest his money from a business he'd recently sold, so he gave $40,000 to Axelrod, and with it, Axelrod opened the location on Brookpark Road.
The company was sold to Cook Coffee Co. in 1961. Cook was founded in 1921 by Max Freeman and Hyman C. Broder, and also owned Pick-n-Pay and Foodtown, amongst others.
While the Euclid Uncle Bill's was out by 1967, Cook Coffee Co. went on to become Cook United, Inc. It faced many hardships in the 1970's and first half of the 1980's. They filed Chapter 11 in 1984 and by mid-1987, closed their last 4 Cleveland stores.
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| 24470 Lakeland Blvd., Euclid Ohio |
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| October 15 1959 |
Remember when this was an Uncle Bill's? This location did not obviously become a Cooks.
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| Sidney Axelrod |
Uncle Bill's was formed by Sidney Axelrod in 1955. The Lakeland location was in place by 1959.
A little trivia - who is Uncle Bill? He was William Melvin, uncle to founder Sidney Axelrod. He wanted a way to invest his money from a business he'd recently sold, so he gave $40,000 to Axelrod, and with it, Axelrod opened the location on Brookpark Road.
The company was sold to Cook Coffee Co. in 1961. Cook was founded in 1921 by Max Freeman and Hyman C. Broder, and also owned Pick-n-Pay and Foodtown, amongst others.
While the Euclid Uncle Bill's was out by 1967, Cook Coffee Co. went on to become Cook United, Inc. It faced many hardships in the 1970's and first half of the 1980's. They filed Chapter 11 in 1984 and by mid-1987, closed their last 4 Cleveland stores.
This store was replaced by the one at Shoregate (at the far west end of the shopping center, now demolished and replaced by houses). It continued for awhile after Shoregate closed but was definitely gone by the time they opened across from Euclid Beach (now a community center).
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