Abandoned Santisi's IGA Marketplace Girard, OH 

As soon as I saw the green I knew what that was and as excited as you were.

I remember coming to this store often when my aunt used to live out in Girard. I'm sad to see it go.

IGA’s are great stores. I actually shopped at that very location. It was sad to see it close.

Their slogan was " At IGA we go out of our way for you"

Amazing that the lights are still on!

Also IIRC, when this store closed, many saw this as a hardship to the community. If I may add, thank you for your service to our country, Mr Santisi.

Thank you for your tireless dedication to documenting the realities of the effects that mega-business and internet commerce are having on everyday America. Let's hope it continues to be the wake-up call we truly need. From your friends at Royal Media America and Royal Retail America!

Always love when abandoned stores still retain vintage sticker,labels for the Services they provided.

Nice office chair:) The customer service desk is nice. Eighties or early 1990's.

Cool video that that door high up off the ground 😂😂😂 nice set of shopping carts

This is now a vintage arcade place, imagine that.

Two reasons this place closed: 1. Always WAY too cold inside, to the point you wouldn't even want to step foot inside. 2. A vast majority of the items were always expired, you would have to dig through the shelving to find something new.

Your reaction to that high door was priceless!

I live down the street from there that used to be my favorite store but they closed it down GIRARD OHIO

The door at 8:09 reminds me of the Winchester mystery house in California.

Omfg Wallie, those Ames carts always follow you everywhere you go!!

Mom and I shopped there when we were up that way from Pittsburgh.

I lived half a block up Prospect Street from 1945 until I joined the Navy in 1958. The area where Santisi's is was a collection of about four little stores, Lozier;s Sabino's, a Dry Cleaners, and I think a hair salon.

Very classy tribute to the family and the store. It's sad so many IGA supermarkets are being destroyed by evil, sterile greedy mega supermarkets like Giant Eagle (who should lay a nasty egg) and the evil WalMart. We had an IGA in the neighborning town of Bayonne for decades before it was bought out to build a Rite Aid strip mall. The locals were furious and the city told them go to the Shop Rite in the middle of town. Oh if that teal shopping cart was in better condition. Why did they ahve to scrape off the Ames Logo? It wasn't bothering them. You got the magic, heartfelt touch in your videos bud.

Wallie amazing video.. Interesting to see that car just abandoned there wonder if the car was stolen and dumped there.. There is a Kmart i know Manny did that was in Dayton Ohio.. You should of took that cart to preserve it at your house

Those doors are definitely for a plantroom which houses hvac equipment and refrigerator units for the cold produce fridges. I see this alot, it's quite common. Most of the time they have a steel I beam "RSJ" sticking out the top of the doors so they can hoist equipment in and out. They have a lifting hoist on a set of wheels that they can run along the beam to get stuff in and out.

Let me know if you find yourself in the Minnesota region, I can give you some insight on some abandoned places to visit!

a couple recommendations 1. abandoned el paso Washington pa 1294 us 40 2. abandoned long john silvers Washington pa north ring road 3. abandoned macys washington crown center and finelley 4. kmart closing at mcmurray pa

There's a abandoned building that used to be a Kmart in my town and the lights are still on and it's been closed for at least 5 years now maybe longer

Amazing as always bro awesome video amazing look inside I to have a abandoned iga

That first step is a whoopsdaisy.

Wow that Ames cart find was crazy, but there was another Santisi’s IGA store in Austintown Ohio next to the old Kmart. It closed a few years prior to this one but it was completely remodeled into a new store.

I live in Canada and I love iga they have lovely store

Update. 2022..They're opening a pinball game room there. Looks like a huge undertaking.

Forever, Ames will follow you where you go for the rest of your utube career.

You have the best abandoned stores RU-vid channel, I like your style.

Looks like that was a fun explore to do!

We used to have an IGA in Wooster (Young's) - my mother worked in their bakery in the '80s. It closed around '94 or '95, was used as a Heilig-Myers until around 2000, and it's now a Save-A-Lot. The only IGA left in Wayne County that I know of is in Rittman - been there a few times.

I live in girard and I saw u making this video

I have heard of Giant Eagle, but in Illinois and Iowa, we had Eagle grocery stores, based in the Quad cities. There was one in my hometown of Ottawa and other surrounding communities, except Streator. We used to shop there all of the time when I was young. They went bankrupt in 2003. At the time, Walmart didn't have any supercenters in the area. But, at least in Ottawa, there was a Krogers, which the Eagle turned into, now there are two Krogers in Ottawa, a population of about 20,000. There is also a place called Handy Foods which is an IGA store. Now Ottawa, Streator, and Peru have Walmarts. There is one Eagle grocery store left in Dubuque Iowa, but I think somebody bought the name to keep it alive. Great video. That up in the air door was funny.

great video sir. thank you

Hi Wallie. I use to go there as a teenager with my Mom when it was a Sparkle market back in the early 80's. Nate checked out the Sparkle in Niles which is about ooohh 10 miles away. A lot of people relied on that store. Yes it is sad to see it go. Thanks for checking it out. I never knew it was closed till I seen your video. Thanks Again. Take Care my Friend.

Bubbles would love to have those carts.

There used to be a Topps in Boardman in the shopping centre behind Wendy's years ago.

Another great video Wallie!!!If that Ames cart still had the lettering that would have been a gem. Wonder why that door was so high. Probably would have been interesting to see the inside. Anyways keep up the great work!!!!

I have an IGA in Norlina that closed back in 2015. Not far from a Abandoned school that I went to. It located somewhere else in the same province.

My town had an IGA in the 80s and it was convenient to get milk and eggs after my church softball game, but someone intentionally burned it down over 20 years ago. I don't remember the police catching the person. It was next to the car museum.

Love your intro as always!

Wallie they also had a store in austintown oh which they sold in 2012. Tops was also in Girard/niles about 4 miles up the road they closed in 2008.

It's crazy that they leave the lights on, makes the store feel like it's still in business, which is just genuinely eerie

I know this vid is 5 years old now, but any plans to revisit this place? The building found new life in June, it is now Past Times Arcade, which has tons of old video games and pinball machines.

Tops was a dept STORE in Springfield mass cool find

The second window that you checked out with the blinds with the counting room where we cashiers would get our drawers ready to go out to register. The door with the small window next to it was the cashier's office where the safe and stuff was held. The small "Santisi's sign you walked up to next to the main doors used to be a corral where the stock clerks and bag boys would put the shopping carts at the end of the night. Crazy that the owner's son auctioned off just about everything in the store. Never seen it so empty before! I'm used to seeing it full lol!

i live here and its and arcade now probably gonna visit it soon since it just opened on the 1st of june

Tops used to be in Northeastern Ohio, but they closed in the 90’s-or at least the Tops near me did. We still have IGA up here, though.

Wallie, Your videos are high quality. Your content is even higher quality. Your intro on the other hand needs an HD update. Keep up the good work.

7:50 the door at the top, strange!!!

I live close to there and that place was so freakin expensive

Did you know IGA stands for independent grocer association

Tops used to be in Indiana too. I remember going there as a kid. I enjoyed your Urban exploration. I am sad for this one though. It shows how the little guy is getting squeezed out.

Good collection of shopping trolleys.

Way cool. Those local stores are quite fun to check out

I would always go to that store it got shutdown which sucks I live right down the street from there

There used to be a Tops store on root 422 in Niles. I think Gabe’s department store is in the building now

Warren company Berk Enterprises bought the retail space in Girard in 2020. Sounds like that deal went through.

I would’ve taken the Ames cart anyway 😂

Hmmm, wonder if this store was owned by a long lost family member.

they have alot of lights on in there, i thought i be on night light power but thats alot of light on

Its funny how the Ames carts just randomly show up at different places lol

There was 2 food lion carts

Is the old IGA build for lease in Girard?

Liked your video but had a question I hope you can help me with I was looking for your video of a building I see you filmed at the beginning of this video at 0:30 please let me know where that building is thanks

Great video Wallie!! Can you do a video on the abandoned Kmart in Fremont, Ohio? I saw it as I was driving through there to go home and thought you might want to check it out.

Dude! I live block from there! Used to go there all the time. It finally got bought like a couple weeks ago. Don't know by who or what they plan to do but we definitely need a neighborhood grocery store.

wallie and are you going back to the abandoned sears in rossparkmall if its not something new there

There is a abandoned coal tipple with an attached mine down the street and off the bridge from there btw.

The building is scary& creepy

tops in nyc /Williamsburg closed 15 yrs ago

My local iga’s are still open

My hometown of Girard,Ohio. You should film the YMCA down 422 in Niles, Ohio.This IGA was remodeled in the late '90s and was called Santisi's Sparkle's in the 70's and 80's. There was a smaller building with other stores attached where the gravel is on the side of the building.

Awesome video thank you

Cool store :)

What's the music that you usually use on the outros?

Citizens of Girard wish another grocery company would buy that place and put another business in there. But the owner's sons are asking too much for it. Plus the building needs a lot of repairs made. So companies feel it isn't even worth it

Cool video 😎

Can you go pick up the Ames cart for me? LOL

The amount of derelict and abandoned real estate and run down infrastructure is rather sad to see in the US.

Update on the old IGA Grocery Store. I found on RU-vid that "Past Times Arcade" is moving into this facility. There's an official announcement that was posted not too long ago. It will have all sorts of games, plus maybe a food section for snacks and other sorts. Those of you that live in Girard Ohio can check out the link below about the "New" Past Times Arcade" facility. I'm so glad that this building is being used for something well worth preserving technology history. Past Times Arcade announcement link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WVR7siko-gc.html

Looks like wallies on a nother adventure today!

We had at least 2 Tops locations here in Trumbull County and they shut down about 10 years ago

why is a Ames cart at a IGA? i knew it was a Ames cart as soon as i saw the green cart.

Another great video

The cart with the broken handle looks like a Farmer Jack shopping cart

WallieB26 I had to give up my orange Phar-mor cart when I left Pittsburgh:(

It was also called sparked market at 1 time still owned by santisi

Some at the gas and electric companies just dont turn it off and there is no-one to bill so they leave on and charge the rest of us. Sometimes the power is on for decades

I used to ship there when I was 13

Did u eat at jib jab down the st, its so good

Great video

Wait you made this video in May? Man don't be afraid to upload this on RU-vid

Curious if you got a speeding ticket going through Girard?

Can you try a film and iga store in the US that is still open

How about coming too johnstown pa alot of abandoned buildings and houses

yay! a iga

Always sad to see anything, local, disappear because of a national entity. A net loss for America... 😔(I hit the 'like' button, before the vid even, played!) 👍