Stranges Grocery, Grand Junction, Colorado 1909 1965 232 Pitkin Avenue Grand Junction Mesa Colorado 81501 USA A grocery store at 232 Pitkin Avenue. It was a family grocery store owned by Carl Stranger, in operation, according to US Census Records, since at least 1910. The article "Pair renovating old Italian grocery building" states that the business began in 1909, and that it was built with stone cut by stone mason Nunzio Grasso (Daily Sentinel, September 7, 2022). It had rooms for rent in its upper story. The two-story building still exists and is on the National Register of Historic Places. yes yes