KnB or Woolworths...which was your go-to?

K&B. There was one at the entrance of my neighborhood growing up. I've never been to a Woolworths

K&B GOAT

Yeah I do t think we had Woolworths in Chalmette. Hell not sure what it is. K&B or Eckerds for me.

Depends on what we needed. Visited both along with TG&Y. Classic stores

I also recall G.C. Murphy Co. They had a little lunch-counter too, but usually with only about five stools to sit, alongside a fairly short dining bar.

But, I could never quite pigeonhole what G.C. Murphy's was. They seemed a little too big for a 'dime store,' yet too small for a 'department store.' Maybe it was what you used to hear called a 'variety store,' like the TG&Y was.

I didn't really have much interaction with KnB, as they didn't show up in my area until the fairly late-1970s. Just like we didn't have an Eckerd's until nearly 1976. I remember I found the Eckerd store's design rather startlingly modernistic, as previously I was accustomed to drug stores and dime stores being older and more individualistic looking, as they were apt to be. Buildings and stores that often dated originally dating back to the 1940s or 1950s, and still doing business.

TG&Y and Gibson's.

K&B was more available for me than Woolworth's.

Ruston still had a K&B in the early 80's to buy Milwaukee's Best cheap beer as a freshman at LaTech.

I loved them both, very different experiences!

K & B’s were all over the New Orleans area.

Thats where everyone went.

There werent many Woolworths.

But the one on Canal by the Saengar had a great bakery that made amazing donuts. They had a lunch counter too, but I think they took it out in the 80’s.

I want to say that big Woolworth on Canal closed around Katrina. Not 100% sure.