VIDEO: Cintolo's Market Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Framingham Selectmen honored Lou and Mary Cintolo, who have owned and operated Cintolo’s Market on Grant Street for the last 75 years.

The couple, who have been married more than 50 years opened their neighborhood market on Sept. 1, 1939.

When the market opened, it was known for its meats and still today it sells homemade Italian sausages.

Selectman Michael Bower read a proclamation for the couple and their family-run business on Tuesday night. Click on the You Tube link to hear the proclamation.

Bower said the market was a neighborhood institution known for its customer service.

Bower said during the 1970s, the Cintolos provided groceries for home economics classes at Framingham High. Framingham Selectman Cheryl Tully Stoll said that included her.

And during the Blizzard of 1978, Bower said Cintolo’s Market was one of the few stores still open and that the Framingham Fire department stopped by for needed supplies.