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by Toby Radloff
11 Nov 2007 11:36
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: 3407 Payne Ave. Cleveland, OH
Replies: 4
Views: 3385

This was built from the ground up as a Family Dollar several years ago. I think a couple of older store fronts were torn down to make way for this.
by Toby Radloff
08 Nov 2007 10:18
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: W T Grant
Replies: 67
Views: 84104

Pick-N-Pay moved into the Spartan Atlantic space after the chain closed their Biddulph Plaza location (I believe that closed when the entire chain folded in early 1975...the Brookpark Road (now Value City) and Bedford (later Barney's/Carl's/Rini Rego; now demolished) stores closed around the same ti...
by Toby Radloff
04 Nov 2007 22:53
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50272

One other difference...Elias/Big Boy LLC has "Big Boy Seasoning Salt" on their tables (they also sell containers of the salt), while Frisch's has Lawry's Seasoned Salt (a brand found at any supermarket) on their tables.
by Toby Radloff
04 Nov 2007 22:49
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50272

I think the special sauce recipe between Bob's and Frisch's is different, judging from what I've seen on each of their sites...Frisch's also offers an Indianapolis-area delicacy, fried pork tenderloin sandwiches, in its locations (my best friend tried one of theirs and said it was pretty decent). T...
by Toby Radloff
04 Nov 2007 22:31
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50272

I haven't seen an old style Frisch's since the 80s. The old Manners that lasted into the 80s, tended to be a bit bigger than these oldies and more individual in design (one is now a Starbuck's on Warrensville Center Rd in Shaker Heights). The former Manners in Shaker Heights is now a Wendy's. It is...
by Toby Radloff
01 Nov 2007 18:04
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Older KFC Locations
Replies: 28
Views: 32880

Kenny King's operated Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises with their drive-in family restaurants, going back to the mid-1950's. They had exclusive franchise rights to KFC in NE OH until at least the late 1990's, when their last full service restaurants closed. I think the company still operates some K...
by Toby Radloff
01 Nov 2007 17:55
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: How Many Grocers founded Cafeterias and Restaraunt Chains?
Replies: 16
Views: 13640

Marc's had about 4-5 Fun Time Pizza Palace locations...I believe in Mentor (Mentor Mall), Middleburg Heights (Southland), North Olmsted (Lorain and Clague Roads), Akron (Chapel Hill Mall), and, I think, one in Columbus. These were the original locations of Chuck E. Cheese's in NE OH...a Chuck E. Che...
by Toby Radloff
01 Nov 2007 17:34
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Kroger's legacy banners - Historical operations
Replies: 6
Views: 9502

At least in Northeast Ohio, Kroger operated "Bi-Lo" stores, some in former Kroger locations, from roughly 1976 to 1985, when Kroger closed all of their NE OH operations. Bi-Lo was one of the first "no-frills" limited assortment stores, and was no-frills to the extreme, since the ...
by Toby Radloff
31 Oct 2007 23:16
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: How Many Grocers founded Cafeterias and Restaraunt Chains?
Replies: 16
Views: 13640

In the 1970's, Fisher Foods once franchised Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips restaurants in the Cleveland, OH area. A Pick-N-Pay that was once at the Southgate Shopping Center in Maple Heights (in the former Topps discount store) had a coffee shop in the front, in a room off the main floor. The co...
by Toby Radloff
30 Oct 2007 09:40
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Former Tops stores in Cleveland
Replies: 16
Views: 12755

Another Tops store update...I saw a "For Lease" sign on the former Tops at Rockside and Northfield Roads in Bedford, in the Meadowbrook shopping center...a location that Giant Eagle was interested in. Apparently Giant Eagle decided to stay at Southgate rather than to open in Bedford, espec...
by Toby Radloff
26 Oct 2007 22:07
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: W T Grant
Replies: 67
Views: 84104

I seem to recall Silverman's (a locally owned discounter that once had 8 stores and is currently down to 2) having a store at Biddulph Plaza, possibly at the former Grants location. Spartan Atlantic also had a Biddulph Plaza store, which I think later became a Pick-N-Pay and a Finast...that store cl...
by Toby Radloff
26 Oct 2007 21:53
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Former Convenience Store, Madison Ave, Cleveland OH
Replies: 1
Views: 3268

This was a Convenient Food Mart for a long time...it became "Westside Market" not too long ago. Convenient has many lookalike buildings and signs, some still Convenient Food Marts, in NE OH. In the 1980's and 1990's, Convenient Food Mart, 7-Eleven, and Dairy Mart (which was formerly Lawson...
by Toby Radloff
26 Oct 2007 18:00
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: 9200 Madison Ave, Cleveland, OH
Replies: 4
Views: 3877

Another Life Skills Academy is in a former Kroger supermarket on Larchmere Avenue...it was known as Woodland Avenue when Kroger, and later, Drug World, was there. Drug World was another supermarket-sized drugstore that also carried grocery, beer/wine, and general merchandise. Drug World was an indep...
by Toby Radloff
26 Oct 2007 17:50
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: 9200 Madison Ave, Cleveland, OH
Replies: 4
Views: 3877

This store was originally an A&P, then became a Revco (later a CVS) in the late 1970's, after A&P closed that location. This particular location, when Revco opened there, was promoted as "Revco's 1000th Store", and a plaque was posted near the main entrance. Also, at the time, it w...
by Toby Radloff
17 Oct 2007 09:31
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: W T Grant
Replies: 67
Views: 84104

Grants had several NE OH locations as well...they had a huge store on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, which is currently known as "The W.T. Grant Lofts"...the former store was vacant for years before the loft conversion. An old painted sign saying "GRANTS-Known For Values" i...