Any classic department store cafes still open?

[Duncan]

OK...related question to what places you miss: do any department stores still have active vintage cafes in them? Like, I know that Nordstrom has bistros (I'm a fan), and I think the Macy's in NYC has one or more restaurants, but are there more out there? In Philly I think I remember eating in a Lit's and a Strawbridge's, but those are long gone. Columbus had The Chintz Room and a few others in Lazarus, which is also gone. Thanks!

[Mikey]

Back in the late 70's/early 80's I loved my local NJ K-Mart café

Staffed by all old ladies

BEST CHEESEBURGERS EVER !!!

Moved to the Pocono's in the mid 2000's

Yep, there was a K-Mart with café

AGAIN !!!! BEST CHEESEBURGERS EVER !!!

Today, it's gone :(

Edited to add --- EVERYTHING good is gone

[Nostalgiabuff]

sadly most department stores are gone or on their last breath. except Target and Wally World

[monitor_ep]

My local Wal-Mart hen they first opened had there own cafe. It served burgers, baked potatoes with ham & cheese, loved there taco burger,

Then they decided to tie into Marvel movies:
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When I eat beef brisket hotdogs I add in bulleye bbq sauce because of the Daredevil poster.

When they moved across the street to open there supercenter they stopped with there own dinner and let in a McD's. It's gone and now we have a Domino's.

[Mikey]

Just had a 70's flashback …

John Wanamaker (Bethlehem Pa + Allentown stores)

Good foods

[Goblin19]

I loved K Mart’s diner. Was sad to see them go away, even long before K-Mart actually went away.

[jwyblejr]

I remember when Sears and Montgomery Wards had them. My sister worked at the Sears one briefly back in '84. Later,they turned it into a dental office.

[monitor_ep]

I remember eating at K-Mart years ago but my towns Sears or Montgomery Wards never had a dinner.

[apes3978]

I remember eating at K-Mart years ago but my towns Sears or Montgomery Wards never had a dinner.

I know the local K-marts had them as well, but I'm hard pressed to remember if Montgomery Wards had one or not- I do remember Montgomery Wards candy counter though.

[MegoMonk]

When I first started working in mid-town NYC in the early 90s there was a Woolworth across the street from my building that still had a diner counter. I only ate there a few times a year, but it was pretty good.

[Bruce Banner]

Root beer floats at the Zeller's diner. Loved those days.

[Jorge Galvan]

Finally someone said Woolworths! We used to have so many back in the 80's. I will could do a whole article declaring my in love of the place.

But I digress...


There were two huge ones on State Street here in Chicago. The one on south state had a cafeteria. The one three blocks up the street had a counter and a table area. At the cafeteria one day feeling a bit Peckish, I decided to have the Meatloaf and smashed potatoes. Well, In my entire 56 physical years here on the planet, I have NEVER eaten a better Meatloaf In my life. Nice and Tomatoey, the mash with the right amount of gravy and they had these HUGE dinner rolls that were just so soft. I finished my meal and. I went back up and Reordered the same thing all over again!!! It was that good. Over the years, I would always make sure my trips downtown would be have to enough time to eat at Woolworths. To this day, never had meatloaf that good or even anything close.

😂

Another place another time.


I won't even get into the Tacos they made there. I would end up bawling all night. 😭

JG.

[Dark Shadow]

I haven't seen one since J.J. Newberry called it a day.

[Mikey]

I haven't seen one since J.J. Newberry called it a day.

J.J. Newberry's !!!

Forgot about them !!!

The one by me had their toy section downstairs.

In their model kit area, they had model kit ship that was at least 4 foot long.

Not sure what it was, but re-thinking it was probably the Tirpitz