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- 30 Mar 2007 00:05
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Old Department Store Restaurants
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26886
Re: Jordan Marsh Colonial Plaza Orlando
In fact, the Jordan Marsh at Colonial Plaza in Orlando did have a full-service restaurant with a liquor license. Do you recall where in the store the restaurant was located...was it up on the third or fourth floor? I need to jog my memory since I left the area in 1991. I'm glad your corrected my fa...
- 29 Mar 2007 12:04
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Old Department Store Restaurants
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26886
Suburban stores began to shed these in the 70s and early 80s. Second tier markets never had them in the 'burbs or even in many downtown stores. They probably only made sense in the heyday of downtown stores in the largest of cities. In big city stores like the one where I worked, there was an emplo...
- 29 Mar 2007 04:36
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Former Big Star/Colonial Locations Still Selling Groceries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 43881
- 12 Mar 2007 22:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: The first store that got me interested in old supermarkets
- Replies: 27
- Views: 30918
- 26 Feb 2007 00:31
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Vidalia, Georgia Piggly Wiggly Marina-style store
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4798
Vidalia, Georgia Piggly Wiggly Marina-style store
As mentioned in another forum topic in months past, reference was made to the Marina-style Piggly Wiggly in Vidalia, Georgia. http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=665&start=15 The location in question can be seen via a link in that posting, at: http://dtcwrt.earlracing.com/stores/csa/...
- 25 Feb 2007 21:18
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Those Department Store "Bells"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26931
The bells were okay...I always enjoyed hearing them as a child. But what WAS irritating were the stores that instead used electronic type tones over the public address/speaker system; sometimes it was way too loud. If the speakers were in bad shape or the volume was set too high it sounded all fuzzy...
- 24 Feb 2007 07:43
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Mighty Casey's
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4588
I miss Mighty Casey's...., Krystal bought them out in the 90's and converted all the locations to Krystals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Casey's You're right on that one. I remember them for their chili dogs among other things. The Kennesaw location and the one of Peachtree Parkway were the ...
- 20 Feb 2007 02:17
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Bulk Food sections
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8352
Does anyone remember the refillable soft drink set-up some stores had? The first time I saw one of those was at the Table Supply location on West Colonial Drive in Orlando, Florida in the early/mid 80's. The Table Supply name was resurrected for warehouse grocery stores by Winn-Dixie (there was sup...
- 16 Feb 2007 06:18
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Department Store Gas Stations
- Replies: 38
- Views: 26088
In the Atlanta area, Rich's did sell gasoline at some of their tire centers as posted earlier. Some Richway locations had tire centers but I'm not sure if they also sold gasoline. Arlan's on Ponce de Leon, although it had a grocery operation, memory does not serve me well as to whether they sold fue...
- 15 Feb 2007 14:43
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Musicland/Defunct Record Store Chains Other Than Tower
- Replies: 39
- Views: 56004
- 15 Feb 2007 13:57
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Winn Dixie store brands
- Replies: 17
- Views: 30964
- 13 Feb 2007 00:22
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Atlanta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6848
- 12 Feb 2007 18:57
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: REMEMBER WHEN BI-LO (IN CAROLINAS) HAD THE BIG COWS??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7413
I also believe the cow was removed from the BiLo logo after Ahold took over. As to the cows on top of the stores, the original location on North Avenue in Athens, Georgia which dates from before 1972 had them, as did the stores in Winder, Monroe, Commerce, and other area locations. I was speaking to...
- 12 Feb 2007 17:49
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: PAK'N SAVE FOODS
- Replies: 37
- Views: 37022
How did Safeway supply Pak N Saves in FL? If I remember right they used a wholesale cooperative. There weren't very many stores, probably around a dozen and they had barely entered the market and ended up backing right out. There were only a handful of stores. I visited two, one in Tampa and the ot...
- 12 Feb 2007 17:00
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Atlanta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6848