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Stater Bros sold (sells?) generic beer and I used to get it for my friends as a gift for their 21st birthday. It was a light brown label with "Beer" on it. When I was in college (and not yet 21) I would get my friends to buy me Lucky brand vodka so I could have the most bang for my buck. I...

There is a Best store (closed, of course) in Northridge, CA, on Nordhoff just west of Tampa. The sign on the building and the parking lot sign are still there. The parking lot is mostly empty though there are a few smaller businesses in what's left of that part of the shopping center. Wal-Mart wants...

The store in Northridge, CA, was a former Gemco and still had its vintage post-Gemco interior until about a year ago, when the store was torn down and rebuilt. I guess the figured there was no point in remodeling if it was going to be demolished soon.

If you pay close attention to the Johnsonville Brats commercial (the one where a woman is giving out free samples and a guy steals her griddle so that he doesn't have to stand in line again), it was shot inside a HOWS Market. There is another commercial that I've seen recently (though I can't rememb...

There is another Marina store that I discovered in post-Dodger traffic. It's at 1342 N. Alvarado and is a Vons. It's near the 2 Freeway. The Marina store in Studio City on Ventura and Whitsett became a Bed Bath & Beyond. They did a remodel a few years ago so it doesn't look like it on the outsid...