Originally posted by rat2306: Tastee-Freez (there are a few still around, but growing up there was one a block from my grandparents in the '60s).
Best root beer freeze on the planet. Hope the one in Chino Valley, AZ is still open.
According to their website, there's only one left in AZ in Wickenburg. Their affiliated stores (Burger Stand and Wienerschnitzel) seem popular around Tucson.
April 07, 2017, 05:11 PM
rat2306
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Originally posted by cheesegrits:
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Originally posted by rat2306: Winn Dixie
They've pulled out of my state, but Winn Dixie is still in business!
I think they're mostly in Florida now, used to be big throughout the Southeast.
April 07, 2017, 05:20 PM
Dzozer
Ernst Pay-n-Save Pay-n-Pack
Pay-n-Pack used to sponsor a good Hydroplane team...
'veritas non verba magistri'
April 07, 2017, 05:30 PM
Floyd D. Barber
Cas Walker supermarkets.
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April 07, 2017, 05:55 PM
BigWhup
In east Texas we had Perry Brothers, Duke and Ayers (both 5&dime), White's Auto and K Woolens.
Rose's is still alive in SC. I made the mistake of going in there once.
April 07, 2017, 05:57 PM
Dead_Eye
Jordan Marsh / Filenes (Bought by Macy's) Indian Head Bank / Fleetbank (Bought by Santander) Herman's Sporting Goods Channel Hardware Service Merchandise Grossman's
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April 07, 2017, 06:08 PM
oddball
Thrifty's- a scoop of ice cream for a nickel. The tube testing station was useful also.
Bullocks Dept Store- I used to go there on Sundays to play Pong in their TV department.
Fedco- perhaps the first membership discount store, it had everything. Before Target, K-Mart, Walmart, etc. Our family went there every Saturday morning.
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April 07, 2017, 06:12 PM
egregore
From my childhood, Woolworth (it used to be a treat to get ice cream from the lunch counter) and J.J. Newberry. A number of other stores I liked have gone under, but these are well into my adulthood, for example, Montgomery Ward in 2000.
April 07, 2017, 07:02 PM
SIG 229R
F. W. Woolworth's Kress Circuit City ( should hsve been Best Buy) Freidman's Jewelers Western Auto Monkey Ward Can't think of anymore right now
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April 07, 2017, 08:28 PM
SSgt USMC/Vet
1.GC Murphy 2.Ames 3.Best Co. 4.Dart Drug 5.Zayre 6.Robert Hall 7.Kinney Shoes (Buster Brown) 8.S.S. Kresge 9.A&P 10.The Hub Furniture 11.Peoples Drug (CVS) 12.Western Auto 13.Woolworths 14.Montgomery Wards
April 07, 2017, 08:37 PM
midwest guy
The Playboy Club, I was large for my age.
April 07, 2017, 09:53 PM
kcl1960
[QUOTE]Originally posted by egregore: From my childhood, Woolworth (it used to be a treat to get ice cream from the lunch counter) And (eggs & bacon on that ole flattop grill) with a grilled cheese on the side!!!!!
K&B Drugs, Eckerd Drugs
April 07, 2017, 10:11 PM
sjtill
Grew up in Sonoma County, California. Lots of local department stores, shoe stores, long gone with advent of Big Box stores.
Old-timers from San Francisco area (The City for us) will remember: -- City of Paris -- Gump's -- I Magnin -- Joseph Magnin -- Copenhagen furniture
And my personal favorite, a high-end "Hi-Fi" audio store in Santa Rosa called The Golden Ear, where I got hooked on high-quality audio equipment that I couldn't afford.
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April 08, 2017, 12:34 AM
zoom6zoom
W. T. Grant Lechmere... still have lots of stuff from there. Anderson-Little. Bought lots of suits from them back in the day.
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April 08, 2017, 01:17 AM
Sigfest
Loblaws StopnShop
April 08, 2017, 08:25 AM
side_shot
larrys clam bar bees veal cutlet king cutlet radio shack (before 2000) jack in the box none in the northeast was good in the 70s 80s
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April 08, 2017, 08:41 AM
maxwayne
Woolworths and Western Auto.
April 08, 2017, 08:41 AM
mrw
Damn, Larry's is gone?? Crap
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Originally posted by side_shot: larrys clam bar bees veal cutlet king cutlet radio shack (before 2000) jack in the box none in the northeast was good in the 70s 80s
On a local note when we moved to the boonies of New Hampshire (which is now more or less a suburb of Boston..) there was a little grocery and gas store by the name of Roys which was located on art 101A outside of Nashua forthose familiar with the area.
The most notable thing about the place, other than being able to buy beer there if you were tall enough to see over the counter, was a large sign that was attached to the ridge beam of the roof. In 2 foot tall letters it read:
EAT HERE AND GET GAS!
For years I wondered why the adults would always comment about it....
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April 08, 2017, 09:27 AM
CPTKILLER
This includes almost every "downtown" store that i once knew.