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

Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:38 pm to
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16519 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Children’s Palace


I loved that place. I used to get Starting Lineups there besides just toys
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25378 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

K&B
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
7342 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:41 pm to
I remember the stacks of CD players and listening stations to sample CDs and Sound Warehouse

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One of my local favorites

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Crazy how quickly all these shops shut down.
Posted by sjmabry
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
18500 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:41 pm to
Weiners b/c poor
Posted by ewilliams000
Castor Springs
Member since Feb 2012
1954 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:43 pm to
K Mart took a nosedive when they chose Rosie ODonnell to be their spokesperson. I watch it happen. This was after she told all wives to get rid of husband's guns while they're at work.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21459 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:44 pm to
Weingartens.
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
5606 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:45 pm to
Has anyone said Suncoast or Media Play? Those were both pop culture heaven.
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
2228 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:46 pm to
And in an intra-thread irony, the human model for this D.H. Holmes statue:


was this guy:


He may not be a saint, but he's our Ignatius
Posted by dyslexic
Left field
Member since Nov 2010
6491 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 2:50 pm to
The Bike Connection, back when it was by the Old Walmart in Gonzales. When the bike track was behind it.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
15024 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:09 pm to
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Geez, the OT is just a bunch of boomers these days.



If a thread as innocuous as this one triggers you it would probably be a good idea for you to consider you're the one with a problem
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78161 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:11 pm to
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Joe-Ds
my best friend bought it in the late 1980s from the original owners and ran it for a decade or so until people stopped going.

GOAT boudin balls & fried chicken.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78161 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:12 pm to
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I just remember Otasco because there was a guy in my hometown who could fix anything. And it was always "oh yeah, he can fix anything...he used to run the Otasco"
that legit made me lol
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78161 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:14 pm to
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TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT store chains in LA: Godchaux's ( New Orleans) and Goudchaux's (Baton Rouge).
yup.

and i never understood where maison blanche came from..i always referred to it as 'godchaux-masion-blanche'
Posted by chef tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
694 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:21 pm to
Del- champs
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78161 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:21 pm to
and to further establish myself as a boomer-in-genx-clothing, who remembers the 8 track displays at sears and kmart?

they were made of plexiglass with round holes spaced every 6 inches or so in a grid.

you could reach in and grab the 8track and inspect it..but much like bart simpson you could not remove it. the hole was just a bit too small to fit the 8track through..not that i didn't try over and over.

Posted by HangmanPage1
Wild West
Member since Aug 2021
1388 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:29 pm to
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Toys”R”Us
Came to say this. I miss it, especially since WalMart and Target are so hit or miss stocking and having to go online for my kids wants.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65777 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:44 pm to
The more things change, the more some things remain the same:

quote:


Posted by GeauxDoc
Highland Road
Member since Sep 2010
2544 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:45 pm to
So many good choices but I gotta go TG&Y
Posted by LT
The City of St. George
Member since May 2008
5151 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:46 pm to
Howard Brothers was legit... 2 votes
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20435 posts
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:46 pm to
The ones I remember were TG&Y, K-Mart, Montgomery Ward, Service Merchandise, and K&B.
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