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Odells Owned Market on West Broadway in Port Jefferson

We asked you to guess who was in this photo.

This week we asked people to guess who the Port Jefferson residents and business owners were in this picture.

According to Port Jefferson village's historical archive this is a picture of George and Janet Odell, who owned Odell’s Market on West Broadway in Port Jefferson.

Resident Sandra Swenk says that the Odells were lifetime residents of Port Jefferson and operated a grocery/meat market on the corner of Beach and West Broadway for many years. It was at the same location that Custom Cafe and Deli.

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"George's father preceded him with the business," she said.

The Odells themselves were local historians of sorts both being active members of the Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson and the First United Methodist Church.

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"People would seek them about anything going on in the village, past and present," Swenk said. "Both have passed on now, George at the Vets Home and then Janet at Jefferson Ferry."

Did you ever go to Odell's Market.


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