Blue Goose Market Will Close

ST. CHARLES, IL — After 94 years in St. Charles, the Blue Goose Market in St. Charles will be closing.

Blue Market first opened in 1928 and is known by local residents as "The Goose." Rumors of The Goose closing have been circulating in recent days, and Paul Lencioni, owner of the Blue Goose Market, confirmed Friday the family-owned grocery store would soon shut its doors for good.

"The Blue Goose has given St. Charles everything it has to give," he said in a video message posted Friday on Facebook.

The grocery store, at 300 S. 2nd St., will have closeout sales and is expected to close in "weeks, to maybe a month or two," Lencioni said.

He didn't give an exact date for the store's final day open in town but said it likely will be closed by summer.