HISTORIC STORE BITES THE DUST

There didn’t seem to be much hope for a Greenville Avenue landmark, the one-room frame Vickery Feed Store, just a few months ago as workmen boarded the building and “For Lease” signs were hung on its battered clapboard.

But thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Shuler-Reese real estate company and Dallas investor Jerry Oliveri, the Vickery Feed Store will live once again – but this time it will be selling a different kind of feed.

Where once Dallas County farmers shopped for pig slop and turkey feed, Greenville Avenue dandies will soon be feasting on reubens and hot pastrami. As soon as the building can be renovated this fall, the store will open as a bar and deli.

Credit for the store’s rescue belongs to Realtor Louis Reese, who bought the building last year. He was tempted to tear down the worn structure, but offered it for lease because of its historic value. It was once located in the heart of downtown Vickery, a farming community annexed by Dallas in the Fifties.

Unfortunately for Reese and Oliveri, when the new deli makes its grand opening, it will open up onto a large mud puddle, where city workers are widening Greenville Avenue.