Klein Pharmacy was once a neighborhood fixture in the Delmar Loop, originally at 6625 Enright Ave.—right along the old streetcar loop that curved from Delmar to Heman to Enright to Kingsland and back. Carl Klein, pharmacist and proprietor, ran the shop with a steady presence and a sense of community-minded routine.
When redevelopment dismantled the streetcar loop, Klein relocated to 6639 Delmar—just across from Delmar Bank at the time. That address is now home to Enigma Tattoos & Body Piercings, but for more than a decade, it was where you filled prescriptions, picked up toiletries and maybe chatted with Carl behind the counter.
The ad above ran in nearly every issue of the St. Louis Jewish Light from September 4, 1963, through late 1974. For a time, November 13, 1974, appeared to mark its quiet farewell.
But two years later, in 1976, one final ad surfaced—a promotion for a kosher sugar substitute called Sweet Magic.
It wasn’t about prescriptions anymore, but it still carried Klein’s name, address and purpose: practical, health-conscious and attuned to the needs of its community. A gentle coda to a long-running presence in the Loop.
