Way back in 2020, Joe Deinhart of Solstice Roasters announced his plans to open a new roastery and café in the former Peterson Nut Co. space just steps from Progressive Field. At long last, Deinhart is nearing completion of the 20-seat café, with an eye to opening his doors in January. Credit: Google Maps
For more than 50 years, the Peterson Nut Co. has had a presence on Carnegie Ave. in Cleveland. All that ended earlier this month when owner King Nut “relocated” the retail shop to its corporate headquarters in Solon (31900 Solon Rd., 440-248-8484).

Peterson Nut Co. has been an iconic Cleveland brand since 1927. Most of those years were spent at 917 Carnegie Ave., where the company maintained a processing facility and factory store. When that building was demolished to make room for a surface parking lot, Peterson moved across the street to a less prominent address. In 2008, Peterson returned to almost the same address (1101 Carnegie Ave.) when it reopened adjacent to the parking lot and across the street from Progressive Field. There it has been ever since.

Peterson Nut was purchased, in 2003, by its competitor King Nut, which was founded in 1937. Today, King Nut employs approximately 350 people by selling its nuts, candy and snack products to retail, vending, airline, food service and private label customers.

The Peterson Nut outlet store at King Nut is open Monday through Friday 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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This article appears in Jan 15-21, 2020.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

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