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- 23 Jan 2007 20:58
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
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Here's a former Bob's Big Boy in Vegas: http://flickr.com/photos/54177448@N00/365452142/ I love this prototype! I think it is one of the first designs used by the chain. I am not sure if Armet Davis designed all of the Big Boy prototypes used around the country but they designed several, including ...
- 16 Jan 2007 17:22
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Zody's
- Replies: 88
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The Center was Cattleman's (now a chinese buffet)... ...The Carrows was a Bob's Big Boy... ...Subway was Swensens. The Straw Hat Pizza became a Radio Shack and Japanese Restaurant. Interesting to hear that Cattlemen's was once in SoCal. Currently, they are concentrated in Northern CA, with branches...
- 11 Jan 2007 18:39
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51977
I started rummaging around the web to find out more about New England's Big Boy's, and came across something odd. Abdow's was the name for Big Boy in New England, though I haven't been able to find out much about how much of the northeast they covered. However, one article I found suggests that Abdo...
- 10 Jan 2007 17:27
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51977
We have a former Bob's big boy here in Georgia. It closed as a Shoneys almost 10 years ago. http://www.edricfloyd.com/oldschoolretail-shoneys.html Shoney's had the Southeast territory for Big Boy. After they gave up the franchise, Bob's took over the territory. I saw one reference that said this wa...
- 05 Jan 2007 21:17
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Sacramento: Retro McDonalds - original or newer?
- Replies: 15
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Since you mentioned the San Jose location, I think one nice shot of the front (from the storegeeking trip Charles Hathaway, Justin Karimzad, and I had last Friday) would be pertinent to this thread :) It is one block away from the Safeway with beautiful 1960s decor (and two Circle S shelf dividers!...
- 05 Jan 2007 20:57
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 51977
- 28 Dec 2006 21:04
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 99191
Another product gone, Schilling spices out west, replaced by the McCormick brand I had noticed that but didn't realize it was a geographic deal (in the vein of Dreyer's/Edy's and Best Foods/Hellman's)... I always wondered about Schilling. I had never seen that name until i moved to CA. I noticed th...
- 19 Dec 2006 17:00
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Zody's
- Replies: 88
- Views: 73934
Pak 'n Save advertises the lowest everyday prices anywhere in Sacramento on mostly brand-name goods bought by the truckload directly from the manufacturer to keep costs down. This sounds a lot different than Pak 'n Save's current operation. I have been to the San Leandro location, and it seems to b...
- 13 Dec 2006 15:11
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Giant Foods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6404
Here's a picture of the Zodys at Crenshaw and Century in Inglewood from 1969. This design was common among Zodys stores with the tall glass entrance. Ah! Thanks for the pic! That would explain the rather grandiose-looking entranceways I have seen on SoCal Food4Less stores. The first time I saw one,...
- 13 Dec 2006 15:03
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Has anyone ever heard of "The Daylin Corporation"?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11399
- 08 Nov 2006 21:05
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Florin Mall, South Sacramento
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23345
Actually, the Sears is the only old part of Florin Mall that will stay, apparently Sears owns the building. The rest has been razed to make way for an open-air mall, anchored by Sears and a Wal-Mart supercenter, ... This post got me curious about something regarding Sears. I wonder if anyone knows,...
- 03 Nov 2006 20:05
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15618
- 02 Nov 2006 01:15
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Fashion Island, San Mateo/Foster City
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32238
- 01 Nov 2006 18:00
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15618
Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
I wanted to float this out there and see who had any recollections/info on the old Rockville Mall in Rockville, MD. It was probably one of the biggest flops in the history of retail centers. I'm especially curious about it because my visits to it in it's dying days and glimpses of it's abandoned rem...
- 01 Nov 2006 17:13
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Fashion Island, San Mateo/Foster City
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32238
I have heard bits and pieces about Fashion Island for years, living in the bay area. Since I didn't know too many people who lived on the Peninsula, most people I talked to knew no more than I about this mall, other than this it had closed. It seemed strange that a mall in such an easily accessible ...