GLENBURN TWP. \u2014 A family-owned business with roots in Monroe County expanded operations into the Abingtons.<\/p>\n
Mark Citera purchased the former Gary\u2019s Meat Market in Stroud Twp. five years ago and established Citera Family Meat Market.<\/p>\n
Now, Citera and his nephew, Joseph Sancimo, will operate a second location at the former Trovato\u2019s Meat Market property at 1085 Lackawanna Trail, providing customers with fresh meats again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a vendor who knew the area and used to serve Trovato\u2019s,\u201d Cicera said. \u201cHe said it was a good location and the gentleman who was here previously just didn\u2019t want to do it anymore. We came up here, talked to Brian (Schirg), and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schirg owned the shop for eight years before closing it in December.<\/p>\n
Citera stressed that the business provides quality customer service and noted patrons have already embraced their presence in town.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more personalized and customer friendly,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you walk in, it\u2019s warm, you feel like this is home and where you want to be. When you look at the people, everybody\u2019s conversating. A woman came in and brought us a baguette and a bottle of wine. That tells you about the people around here. I\u2019m very excited about being here, and my nephew and I are ready to serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A Citera Family Meat Market location is opening at the former Trovato\u2019s Meat Market location along Lackawanna Trail in Glenburn Twp. From left, Joseph Sancimo Jr., apprentice butcher; Jake Nehme, head butcher; Joseph Sancimo, co-owner; and Mark Citera, co-owner. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n
Jennifer Partyka, chairperson of the Glenburn Twp. Board of Supervisors, expressed excitement to see a business target the area for growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m someone who goes out of my way to buy local, so we certainly want to support any business that moves into the area,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m sure the community is going to welcome them with open arms. I think there were a lot of things that went into Trovato\u2019s closing. I hope the obstacles might not be as big for this company, especially if they have another location.\u201d<\/p>\n
The business specializes in Black Angus prime beef and a variety of smoked meats including ring bologna, kielbasa, bacon, ribs, and turkeys during the holiday, Citera said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we smoke, we take pride in that,\u201d Citera added. \u201cThe ring bologna is a big hit up where I am and I heard kielbasa is big out here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following a soft opening, Citera anticipates being fully operational by late this week.<\/p>\n
In addition to imported goods from Italy and items from New York, Citera noted he strives to source many products from throughout the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything that is local, we try to get it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe use everybody that surrounds the area. We\u2019re all about supporting small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENBURN TWP. \u2014 A family-owned business with roots in Monroe County expanded operations into the Abingtons. Mark Citera…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[60,28911,201,182,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-213732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-business","tag-glenburn-township","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}