HISTORY

BELLON'S MARKET WHICH OPENED IN JULY 2003 IS A TRIBUTE TO MIKE BELLON.  FROM 1931 TO 1972 HE OWNED A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE WHICH WAS LOCATED AT 19TH AND MONTGOMERY IN ST. LOUIS. 

MIKE BELLON PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY OF 1977.

MIKE'S SON, DON BELLON OWNER OF BELLON WRECKING AND SALVAGE, HAD A DESIRE TO CONSTRUCT INSTEAD OF DEMOLISH.  WITH HIS DAUGHTER, CARRIE, IN AN UNUSED WAREHOUSE ATTACHED TO HIS OFFICES HE CREATED A DELI.   FATHER AND DAUGHTER WORKING TOGETHER HAVE OPENED BELLON'S MARKET DELI AND PIZZERIA ADJACENT TO BELLON WRECKING AND SALVAGE.

THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WAS A VERY UNIQUE ONE IN THAT MOST OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS WERE SALVAGED BY DON FROM MULTIPLE  DEMOLITION SITES-VARIOUS TYPES OF WOOD, MARBLE ,GRANITE, STONE, BRICK, AND STEEL WERE ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN.  

THE DELI IS A SHOWCASE OF RECYCLED DECOR. ITS FLOOR IS PIECES OF BROKEN MARBLE ; THE WALLS ARE COVERED IN OAK PANELING FROM MARK TWAIN'S NEPHEWS HOUSE, THERE IS A BAR THAT USED TO BE IN THE LENOX HOTEL, THE CAST IRON GATES IN THE DINING AREA WERE USED IN OTIS ELEVATORS., ALL THE TABLETOPS ARE MARBLE FROM LOCAL SEMINARIES, AND ARCHED TERRA COTTA WINDOWS ARE FROM THE SHELDON THEATER.  THE CREATIVE MARBLE WORK AND MUCH OF THE REFINISHING OF THE WOOD PIECES WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY DON'S SON, DANNY.  SMALL PIECES OF FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY WERE PUT TOGETHER AND ARE NOW BELLON'S MARKET.  

 CARRIE BELLON, DON'S DAUGHTER IS OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE DELI.

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