By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor

ALLEGHENY CITY CENTRAL — Local grocery store Mayfly Market & Deli will see a significant size increase under a planned move into the historic Garden Theater later this year.

In an April press release, Mayfly — along with Q Development and Trek Development Group, who co-manage the Garden Theater development — announced the relocation planned for late 2025. Mayfly Market will take up about half of the retail space in the former theater, around 3,000 square feet or, according to the release, “nearly double” the size of its current location at 1327 Arch St.

After six-and-a-half years along Arch Street, Mayfly Owner Ann Gilligan said she was “ready to find a larger space for Mayfly.” Post-relocation, she said that Mayfly will be able to “significantly increase the refrigeration” for the store.

“So we’ll be able to have a lot more frozen items, meats, vegetables,” she said. “Our grab-and-go offerings will probably be able to double what we’re doing now, and with the additional kitchen space we’ll be able to have room for people to actually work and produce that stuff.”

Check out the June issue of The Northside Chronicle for the complete story.