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by Bearhawke
12 Jan 2011 23:05
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: San Mateo, CA: Wingless Safeway
Replies: 4
Views: 4288

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This is the same location as the current Safeway at 1655 S El Camino Real. However, the original store was demolished and the current store built in 1983. I never saw the original store, so I don't know if it was a marina or a gable. While we're on the subject of the former Norfolk st. store, that ...
by Bearhawke
12 Jan 2011 23:01
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Acme in the DC area
Replies: 11
Views: 7027

Acme in the DC area

Till I started frequenting this forum: I never realized that Acme was still around. Note the only one that I remember while growing up in the Wash DC area was the store in Arlington that shut down ca. 1973. It was on Sycamore by Williamsburg Blvd near the old WEAM AM radio field. Typo fixed (I hope).
by Bearhawke
13 Dec 2010 20:25
Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Super Fresh in DC
Replies: 5
Views: 3538

Re: Super Fresh in DC

What bugs me is that PA people go to NJ and DE where the "liquor" stores sell more beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets than wine and spirits. And I never knew there was a Montgomery County in Maryland... but I am familiar with the one in PA, born in the one in Texas. The only Cherry Hil...
by Bearhawke
11 Dec 2010 22:26
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: HOWS closing all but one site
Replies: 8
Views: 4401

Re: HOWS closing all but one site

Wow: I forgot all about Hughes out of SoCal..........they went out ca. 1984? They were bought out by Ralphs around 1999 IIRC. I was wondering. I do remember the store near Venice Beach (Washington Blvd?) closing down ca. 1984-86 hence my thinking the whole company went out. Note I lived in Pico Riv...
by Bearhawke
11 Dec 2010 09:34
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: HOWS closing all but one site
Replies: 8
Views: 4401

Re: HOWS closing all but one site

Jeff wrote:The Pasadena store was a Ralphs location prior.

I was not as happy with HOWS prices compared to the old Hughes chain. They were definitely more expensive and even though the quality was good, it still didn't beat Hughes.
Wow: I forgot all about Hughes out of SoCal..........they went out ca. 1984?
by Bearhawke
22 Nov 2010 09:40
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Baskin Robbins signs
Replies: 10
Views: 12456

Re: Baskin Robbins signs

My favorite BR logo was the one using 'old US cowboy west' style block letters. That went out, what, 25 years ago? http://www.baskinrobbins.com/About/OurHistory.aspx Scroll down towards the bottom of BR's history page. :) The "circus" logo was designed in 1959 and was BR's longest-standin...
by Bearhawke
13 Nov 2010 17:58
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Defunct Sprouse-Reitz in Superior, Az.
Replies: 0
Views: 3883

Defunct Sprouse-Reitz in Superior, Az.

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I snapped this pic earlier today; I am guessing that this Sprouse-Reitz in Superior, Az. went away back in the 1980's at the latest.
by Bearhawke
13 Nov 2010 11:35
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
Replies: 72
Views: 94961

Re: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants

Kmart:

Note that my info is at least 4 years old here: the one in Bullhead City, Az had that funky little popcorn 'deli' (may have been Little Caesar's) @ the front and the Lake Havasu City store hah/has(?) a small eatery that served hamburgers, etc.
by Bearhawke
03 Nov 2010 22:30
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Baskin Robbins signs
Replies: 10
Views: 12456

Re: Baskin Robbins signs

My favorite BR logo was the one using 'old US cowboy west' style block letters. That went out, what, 25 years ago?

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/About/OurHistory.aspx

Scroll down towards the bottom of BR's history page. :)
by Bearhawke
21 Oct 2010 20:25
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Montgomery Ward Locations-Southern California-1960s & '70s
Replies: 28
Views: 26242

Re: MONTGOMERY WARDS STILL ALIVE

Still have my WARDS charge cards. NEVER used them. The San Bernardino CA store is still sitting vacant. The West Covina CA site was demolished/transformed into IKEA, which had moved from the City of Industry. The City of Industry IKEA was demolished. Wow. When I lived in Pico Rivera in the late 198...
by Bearhawke
04 Oct 2010 22:56
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Disappearing Sizzlers in your area
Replies: 33
Views: 22012

Re: Disappearing Sizzlers in your area

There was (is?) a Sizzler in Flagstaff, Az. as of a few years ago. Not sure if there are any others left here in Arizona.
by Bearhawke
04 Oct 2010 22:52
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Original Jack in the Box sites
Replies: 33
Views: 50447

Re: Original Jack in the Box sites

I remember my first Jack on Rte 7 at the extreme S end of Arlington @ the Alexandra line from the 1970's and it was not new back then. I want to say it was close to where George Mason Dr ended. This was in the Wash DC area.
by Bearhawke
04 Oct 2010 22:47
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Baskin Robbins signs
Replies: 10
Views: 12456

Re: Baskin Robbins signs

I have seen a few which still retain the old sign frames you describe, but the "Baskin-Robbins" portion on some has been completely removed from the building. I haven't seen the new signage anywhere around here. In fact, I haven't seen a new-build, standalone Baskin Robbins in years. It s...
by Bearhawke
30 Sep 2010 20:14
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Vintage Tyson's Corner
Replies: 7
Views: 17167

Re: Vintage Tyson's Corner

Old thread I realize but; I used to hang out at both Tysons as well as Springfield Mall as late as 1978, the year I left the DC area for California. A friend of mine used to work at the Lums there, we used to refer to it as S lums. :) Back to Tysons itself: I remember my parents taking me there ca. ...
by Bearhawke
30 Sep 2010 20:09
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Shopping Centers in Popular Culture
Replies: 14
Views: 15136

Re: Shopping Centers in Popular Culture

"How to Beat the High Cost of Living", from 1980 (but shot in 1979), is perfect for this. It revolves around three women who try to rob a ball of money (promotional contest) in a mall. It was shot in Oregon at Eugene's Valley River Center. I haven't seen it in years, but if memory serves,...