Graham's Sanitary Supplies Store, 600 Nebraska Ave.

Graham's Sanitary Supplies Store, 604 Nebraska Ave

Graham's Sanitary Supplies Store, 604 Nebraska Ave. Date unknown. Robertson and Fresh. Courtesy of the University of South Florida digital collection

Southwest corner of Nebraska Ave and Zack Street 2021. © Chip Weiner

Records are scarce for this location. 1933, the American Restaurant opened in this building, but it was for sale by 1937. In 1944, the Silver Meteor Restaurant in part of the building, a tip of the hat to the Tampa Union train station across the street, opened. Mrs. Pauline Bellucia owned it.

Graham's Sanitary Supplies Store, 604 Nebraska Ave, sold disinfectants, soaps, and insecticides on this corner, but few records indicate when it opened and how long it lasted. The New Lounge opened in the building in the mid-1960s. By then, the area had become blighted and the bar eventually closed. It sat vacant and tattered until 2012 when it went up for lease. In 2021, Accardi Real Estate rehabbed the building and leased it to Enterprise Rent-A-Car