By Christine Lorraine Morgan, March 25, 2026

Images presented here show these East Avenue spots:

• Former location of Pio’s Italian Restaurant,
• Donnelly’s Hardware,
• Former Clancy’s pub,
• Engine Co. No. 8 at 9th and East Avenue, which has been in that same spot for 121 years.
• St. Patrick’s Church

Also used to enjoy dining at Barney’s Restaurant, which was north of the Hardware Store, but don’t think that building is still there.

Former location of Pio’s Restaurant on East Avenue

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Donnelly’s Hardware 800 block East Avenue

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Where Clancy’s Pub was situated on East Avenue

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Engine Co. No. 8 at the NW corner of 9th and East Avenue in Erie, PA

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St. Patrick’s Church, 130 E. 4th St., built 120 years ago in 1906.