70 year later, Spaz Beverage continues to sell quality beer, now as a resale distributor.
Found in “Family Owned & Operated.”
Not many people could start a beer business in their grandmother’s house, but in 1948, after serving in the US Marine Corps in World War II, Robert C. Spaziani did just that, obtaining a license to sell beer out of a living room in East Greenville, PA. It wasn’t until 1952 that Robert found a storefront at 319 W. Gay Street in West Chester to house the business he named Spaz Beverage.
His son, Bob Spaziani, remembers helping his father. “We bought a house next to the property when we opened up shop,” Bob says. “Then we moved our business to Hannum Avenue, and then again in 1982, we moved to off of Route 202 where we were a wholesale distributor.” Bob took over the business in 1985, along with his brother and sister, when their father passed away. When his siblings retired, Bob acquired the business outright.
Now in its fifth iteration, you can find Spaz Beverage on West Chester Pike, where they have been a retail distributor since 2009. “A customer can buy anything here, from one bottle to a thousand cases of beer,” Bob says.
At 76 years old, Bob has no plans to stop working at Spaz Beverage (or selling real estate, which he’s been doing for 50 years). “I love the beer business! It’s really come a long way,” Bob says. “And I’m hopeful that my grandchildren will want to work here too, so we can keep the business in our family.”
