“Zubal Books” is located at 2969 W 25th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1961 by John T. Zubal, and has been providing books for libraries, collectors, researchers, professors, and avid readers ever since, and stocks over 3,000,000 books! The company’s origin can be traced to the early 1950s when John, still in grade school, began collecting the writings of Edgar Rice Burroughs, then he collected books all his life.

Since 1994 the bookstore has been located in the former “Twinkie Factory,” a Hostess Bakery facility that takes up nearly an entire block adjacent to the main building. In the 1930s the “Bakery,” as it is now known, was the birthplace of the “Twinkie” and the pipes still hold the sugary liquid that was once whipped into the cream filling of that famous snack cake.