Whats closed and gone away that you still remember

[Mikey]

Is Stuckey's still around ?

we used to always stop at those going to Florida to visit my aunt

South of the Border too

[ScottA]

Yea, Stuckey's is still here.

[wayne foundation 07]

Howard Johnson's restaurants still around somewhere ?

Got one in Pittsburgh still, was there last year atleast.

[thunderbolt]

Whataburger, the old Cypress Gardens

[JediJaida]

Woolworth's.

H&M Lamston's.

Independent Toy stores. There was a great one up on 106th street in Manhattan. I can't remember the name of it, but it was there for YEARS before they closed.

The Singer Sewing Machine Store on 86th street in Manhattan. Had great prices in a teeny place, with a lot of models to choose from. They closed and became an electronics store!

I miss Roy Rogers restaurants, they had great fried chicken, although I hated their iced tea, as it was completely unsweetened.

Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant; I always wanted to go there eventually, but they closed when I was around seventeen.

Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips; never got a chance to taste them.

[wayne foundation 07]

Woolworth's.

H&M Lamston's.

Independent Toy stores. There was a great one up on 106th street in Manhattan. I can't remember the name of it, but it was there for YEARS before they closed.

The Singer Sewing Machine Store on 86th street in Manhattan. Had great prices in a teeny place, with a lot of models to choose from. They closed and became an electronics store!

I miss Roy Rogers restaurants, they had great fried chicken, although I hated their iced tea, as it was completely unsweetened.

Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant; I always wanted to go there eventually, but they closed when I was around seventeen.

Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips; never got a chance to taste them.

you need to come to Ohio girl, we still have Arthur Treacher's and get this they added BBQ to the menu.Yeah like that makes sence huh.

[TomStrong]

Circus world was a Mecca for kids. I've still got a Hulk finger puppet I got there when I was a kid. We've still got a Godfathers pizza. I wouldn't have made it through undergraduate school without their buffet. They've still even got arcade games in the back.

[HardyGirl]

I think my mom got her sewing machine from that store!

And I remember Beefsteak Charlie's! I went to dinner there twice.

Woolworth's.

H&M Lamston's.

Independent Toy stores. There was a great one up on 106th street in Manhattan. I can't remember the name of it, but it was there for YEARS before they closed.

The Singer Sewing Machine Store on 86th street in Manhattan. Had great prices in a teeny place, with a lot of models to choose from. They closed and became an electronics store!

I miss Roy Rogers restaurants, they had great fried chicken, although I hated their iced tea, as it was completely unsweetened.

Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant; I always wanted to go there eventually, but they closed when I was around seventeen.

Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips; never got a chance to taste them.

[PNGwynne]

Oh, I had forgotton Zayres, Newberrys, & Service Merchandise. Memories!

I almost recall every holiday & store from which I received Megos--they were that special.

[jwyblejr]

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.

A&P is still around....kind of. They're the parent company of Pathmark now.

[Bruce Banner]

Woolworths

And soon... Zellers, when Target retires the banner from Canadian retail.



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[Spawn67]

Good Post!
Some ones I remember are
MURPHYS MART
BEST
CALDOR
GINOS' (they just reopened them in baltimore area)
WOOLWORTHS
CHILDS WORD (were I got many underoos)
LISTENING BOOTH (were I got my records that I still have to this day)
TOYS R US (Yes I know there still around but they suck major nowdays and are dead to me)
STEWART'S (Baltimore department store)
TOYTOWN (This place was heaven for me as kid in the late 70's early 80's. Was the size of a foodstore and had EVERY toy. It put Toys R Us to shame. if there was a place I could go in a time machine it would be there.)
A N P
VALUE FOOD
KAY BEE ( Miss that store alot)

Theres so many more I could type all day. What I miss the most is the charm of those stores. every store they had was diffrent from the other one. Nowdays all stores, malls, shopping centers look the same ..at least in my opnion.

[palitoy]

And soon... Zellers, when Target retires the banner from Canadian retail.

They just bought some (not all) locations, they never bought the company itself. Zellers is just fading away, my aunt's wife is right now readying for retirement.


Canada no longer has:

KMart
Kresge
Woolco
Woolworth
Simpson's
Eatons
Consumers Distributing
Shop Rite
Towers
Zellers

Dominion Playworld
Pinocchio toys

Ponderosa
Dunkin Donuts
Mr Donut
Olive Garden

[MIB41]

The most iconic for me had more of a local presence. It was called Thornbury's Toys. They had a monkey that road a bicycle on the sign. You can make it out on the photo below. They always carried plenty of Megos and this store picture below is where I picked up my KISS figures. Still boxed.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I remember Thornbury's in Turfland Mall in Lexington. They later closed and reopened as a Kay-Bee.

Chris