re: Favorite "no longer around" store growing up - vote for your favorite

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If you're going to list a Maison Blanche, I will raise you a Goudchaux's:

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This brings up the fact that there were TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT store chains in LA: Godchaux's ( New Orleans) and Goudchaux's (Baton Rouge). Note the different spellings in the signs:

New Orleans/Metairie:




Baton Rouge:



To make matters even more confusing, in the 1980s Goudchaux's of Baton Rouge bought out Maison Blanche.