BBF - Burger Boy Food-O-Rama

The 5 and Dime. Best and only local place to get plastic army men, glue together models, and comics when I was a kid in small town USA.

I miss the old "corner stores , from the 60's.

Doc's, People's, Grandpa's grocery, John's, and a dozen others.

36 inch wide , hardwood floor isles, three kinds of bread , not 12 , an 8 foot wide candy /cigar , glass counter,
70 pound cash registrars the size of 27" television,
13 inch wide shopping carts, aluminum credit cards that they kept behind the counter.

Higbees
Halleys
Globe Bell

Zody's, in SoCal.

Kressge's
Gambles
Grants
Albers
Pangles
Mongomery Ward, Worked in the service Dept. from Oct 1964 to May 1975 and that store closed 6 years later.
Western Auto

Hechinger's. Had't thought of that store in years. Back in the Caldor and Two Guys time frame.

Another chain of 5&10 stores in Texas was Mott's. I remember seeing some in Oklahoma as well but think they may have been just a regional chain. I got most of my green army men, the comparatively tiny green tanks, that gigantic green jeep, and all my model airplanes, tanks and ships from them.

When my mom started letting me go there while she was at Piggly Wiggly next door, I was ecstatic.

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piggly wiggly

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I also recall going to Slug's in Charlotte for the prime rib and to Lineberger's Fish Camp in Gastonia. My family clearly traveled on our stomachs!

I was one of the original bartender's (beer tender actually) at Slug's Rib while a student at UNCC (1971/72). The proprietor was J.L. 'Slug' Claigborn. 'Slug' was his nickname from HS football days. He was a good guy!

No longer, at least around here;

Ben Franklin
Woolworth
WoolCo
Miller and Rhoads
La Vogue
Thalheimers
Hechingers
Jack in the Box
Ponderosa

I think these are exclusive to the Midwest

Dayton's Department Store
Donaldson's department store

I'll put Sears in here gambling that they won't be around by the time this thread dies.

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Gino's Hamburgs, one of the first burger franchises, founded by Colts football players.

Race-O-Rama, general hobby shop but known for slots during the slot car craze in the mid to late 60s. Probably the last great place in America where a 13 year old kid could walk in and buy chemicals, real chemicals, for his chemistry set. Water proof fuse, rockets and their engines. I mean cool, boy building, stuff!

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I'm from Houston, and a big part of my childhood was following my mom around in Globe and Sage department stores. Also, World Toy and Gift Shop was my favorite toy store of all, which used to be in Rice Village.

Yep. There was a Globe and a Weingartens on 59 near Little York IIRC.
Joske's, another Houston store.

I remember a nice model shop in Gulf Gate Mall I don't remember the name now, and another good one named Warrens Models in Almeda Mall.
Almeda also had a Farrell's ice Cream Parlor, man that was great!

I remember UtoteM's (like a 7-11) and Burger Moutain Soda Fountain on Edgebrook.
Then there were the great BMX bike shops like the Raleigh shop in Pasadena, Pablo's Bikes in South Houston, Webster Bikes (still Open). Redlines, Kuwahara, SERacing, Mongoose, etc.

Deep River Armory, Alamo Gun Shop, the Down Town Woolworth that still had M1 Garands for sale.

If I only had a time machine.

HK Ag

You tell'em U-tote-M
Weiner's was another Houston area clothing store we frequented.

I don't know of those other model/hobby shops, but I think mine, G&G Model Shop, is still there in Rice Village. Gulfgate Mall was never my stomping ground, so I'd just pass it going to Galveston. There are so many places that have come and gone in Houston, and many places I remember but I just can't remember their names.

Also, movie theaters were a big part of my youth. The Village, the Alabama, the Bellaire, etc all died out. I remember ushers in uniforms, and movie screens with curtains. Of course, drive-ins were everywhere back then. The one we used to go to mostly was at Hillcroft and Bellaire, right across from that Globe I mentioned earlier.

Remember record stores? I never see them anymore. The extinction seems to have been from record stores to music stores with tapes. From tapes to compact discs. From CDs to ITunes. From ITunes to streaming. Record stores as far a I can tell are gone. Weird.

In central California, there was Weinstock's, a department store analogous to Macy's and Dillard's. In fact, when they closed, some were converted to Macy's and Dillard's stores.

White Front, a discount department store chain, also out west, mainly in southern and central California. There was no mistaking a White Front store.

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Winn Dixie

They've pulled out of my state, but Winn Dixie is still in business!

They're all over the place here in Central Florida.

The old full line sears. You could buy boats, outboard motors, fishing stuff, guns and ammo, tools, you name it they most likely had it or you could order it from their catalog.

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Shakey's Pizza

Exactly what came to my mind. Only one I've been in closed when I was a kid. I can remember how good the pizza was to this day.

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Remember record stores? I never see them anymore. The extinction seems to have been from record stores to music stores with tapes. From tapes to compact discs. From CDs to ITunes. From ITunes to streaming. Record stores as far a I can tell are gone. Weird.

Vinyl is making a huge comeback due to hipsters. They sell records at Barnes and Nobles and American Apparel. You might see some sort of resurgence but not like it once was.

I miss when there was a Border's books in just about every mall.