Mayor Jay Gillian, co-owner Robert Salvucci, co-owner Gail Ping, co-owner Robert Blutinger, co-owner Scott Ping, Fourth Ward Councilman Pete Guinosso, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michele Gillian, Councilman Mike Allegretto and Council President Tony Wilson celebrate the opening of Boyar's Market at 201 55th Street on Monday, May 18.
Boyar's Food Market celebrated the opening of a second location on 55th Street on Monday afternoon.
The locally owned meat and grocery store has been a staple of downtown Ocean City for almost a century.
Boyar's fills a spot at 55th Street and West Avenue formerly occupied by Blitz's Market.
The new Boyar's will feature the same fresh meat and produce, groceries, takeout subs, party trays and prepared foods that customers can find at the location at 1340 Asbury Avenue. The market will also include a coffee bar.
Boyar's will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week seasonally between mid-May and mid-September, according to co-owner Gail Ping.
City and Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce officials joined the Boyar's co-owners Monday in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to mark the occasion.
"We're finally expanding after 91 years," Robert Blutinger joked.
His grandfather, Louis Boyar, founded the market in 1924.
See Boyar's 55th Street takeout menu.
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