Whats closed and gone away that you still remember

[wayne foundation 07]

Being close to small town Ohio, growing up I remember everything that was once popular close up and move or just close down.

Restraunts
Hardees still open else where
Red Barn
Burger Chef
Mister Donut


Stores
Perskey's
Consolodated
Bargin Port
Stambaughs
Heck's
Fisher's Big Wheel
Pamida
Ames
Murphy's
Murphy Mart
Hills

So much has gone, more I'm sure if I thought more about it. Seems like soon we will be left with only WalMart.

[thunderbolt]

Farrell's, Godfather's Pizza, Lum's, Kay Bee

[wayne foundation 07]

oh man how did I forget KayBee Toys or Children's Palace on my list.

[Gorn Captain]

I just miss old movie theatres. I grew up in those places.
These days it's all about hi-tech with huge screens, but I miss the smaller ones. And before you saw the movie, there was a news reel and a short film. You could also just pay one admission and see the movie twice if you wanted to.

They also played the lesser known movies. These days, they only show blockbusters and the rest is straight to DVD.

[Mikey]

Arthur Treature's Fish and Chips

Roy Roger's (restaurant)

Local diners (most are gone now)

Taco Bell (around here's they're only expresses now)

Bonanza

Ponderosa

Sizzler

[Mikey]

I also bigtime miss Stewarts Drive-In restaurant

[Marvelmania]

Howard Brothers
Circus World
McCororys
Super X Drug Store
Dutch Maid Diner
Weiner King
A&P grocery
Green Stamp Store

[Marvelmania]

A couple others
Cole's Drug Store
K-Mart cafateria!!!!!!!

[Wasimhosen]

Child World
Zayres
Woolworth
Bradlees
Caldors
So many toys bought in these stores. Wish I still had them.

[enyawd72]

Oh WOW, does this bring back memories...

Here goes!

Hills Dept. Store...I remember Spryte singing "Hills Is Where the Toys Are..."
Nichols
Dahlkemper's
Conley's
Ben Franklin...where I bought half my comics.
Woolworths...where I bought the other half.
Fisher's Big Wheel
Kroger's
Red Barn
Arthur Treacher's
Kenny King's

[wayne foundation 07]

Oh WOW, does this bring back memories...

Here goes!

Hills Dept. Store...I remember Spryte singing "Hills Is Where the Toys Are..."
Nichols
Dahlkemper's
Conley's
Ben Franklin...where I bought half my comics.
Woolworths...where I bought the other half.
Fisher's Big Wheel
Kroger's
Red Barn
Arthur Treacher's
Kenny King's

I think we grew up at the same place! Do you remember getting your free Birthday burger from Red Barn?

[VintageMike]

Roy Roger's free standing restuarants: There are still some in rest stops when I travel but I miss the full restaurants. They were just under Micky D's and BK's in the region. All the locations were sold off to eith Mickey D's Wendy's or Boston Market :(
Pizzeria Regina: Was probably a fluke they aever made nearby as it's a Boston based cahin I think but the Pizza was sooo good and a unique thin crust.
Child's World.
Time-Out & Alladdin's Castle Mall Arcades: Some still exist in name but they aren't what what I grew up with. In fact, despite being owned by namco you won't find even a Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man it them!
Alexander's department store: The seemed to have EVRRYTHING and a nice cafe to eat lunch at.
"Fun" Malls, the kind where you could spend the day at. Usually had some combination of great food choices, comic book store, toy store cool bookstore, arcade and later on a movie theatre. Most every mall used to be that way now I can think of only two both which taking a bit of driving to get to.
The most notable for me was Livingston Mall home of the second Heroes World Location. My mom would drop me off at my friend's for the weekend and a trip there was always eagerly anticipated come Saturdays where HW, the previously mentioned Roy Rogers and Kaybee's were always on the agenda. Slowly it faded, first HW. I would still visit there into the 2000's to hit the arcade and Roy's. Then the arcade went in 2005. I still held on visiting Roy's and the B. Dalton's book store until 2007, when renovations finally killed off Roy's.

[jwyblejr]

Let's see.....
Jamesway
Ames
Nichols
Barkers
P&C
Trying to remember the name of the little tractor supply store in Cooperstown. It was next door to the Cooperstown Diner. They had a cool selection of toys.
Here in Alabama,I miss Bud's. It was a store that was owned by Wal-Mart that was along the lines of TJ Maxx or Ross.

[Mikey]

Let's see.....
Jamesway
Ames
Nichols
Barkers
P&C
Trying to remember the name of the little tractor supply store in Cooperstown. It was next door to the Cooperstown Diner. They had a cool selection of toys.
Here in Alabama,I miss Bud's. It was a store that was owned by Wal-Mart that was along the lines of TJ Maxx or Ross.

I used to love Jamesway's toy and record department

[HardyGirl]

Wow, not being on the East Coast anymore, I had no idea Arthur Treacher's and A&P were closed. I know Woolworth's was said. I think Thrifty's is closed, right? Man, I miss getting 15 cent ice-cream cones from there. Is Two Guys still around? I remember the TV ad. Sam Goody's, Tower Records, (when they sold records!), Sambo's restaurant. May's Department store, and Alexanders. Clothes Time. Palisades Amusement park. Drive-in movie theatres. Met Foods, Ernie's, Food-o-Rama.