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- 28 Feb 2007 20:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
- Replies: 178
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Waldbaums in Stepford Wives (1974)
I found out it was filmed in Fairfield, Ct. Martha Stewart shopped there before she became "Martha Stewart"
- 17 Dec 2006 22:51
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York: Bohacks
- Replies: 20
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Bohacks in Queens
I know of these locations: Rego Park-63rd Drive-became Met Food right after closing Forest Hills - Austin St. - became a Lucille Roberts gym (was vacant for years after closing) Forest Hills - 108th St. - became a drug store called Bialows - now a Rite Aid Maspeth - Fresh Pond Rd. - now a Met Food (...
- 16 Dec 2006 12:15
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
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Safeway on Kissena
She confirmed that there was a Safeway on Kissena Blvd in Flushing Queens that she would occasionally shop at in the early 1960's. (She thinks 62 or 63 when she lived five blocks away) I know that store today is a Kissena Farms market. It is an odd shaped curved building. And the store was boarded ...
- 16 Dec 2006 00:54
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 43484
Safeway in Queens
I am a Waldbaums nut. The store your asking about was always a Waldbaums (it used to be #143). My memories start in the early 70s. Waldbaums had a bunch of stores with the curved roof. Waldbaums did take over a bunch of Finasts in the 70s, the one I remember is in Forest Hills. The Finast burned dow...
- 16 Dec 2006 00:50
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: New York area: Waldbaums (Safeway?)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 43484
Shop Rite in Queens
There was a Shop Rite in Lefrak City (Rego Park/Corona) on the Long Island Expressway in the early 70s. That same store changed names a lot. It was a Food Town, Food Fair, Red Apple and a Shop Rite. The building is gone and it's now a "BP" gas station and a smaller building housing several...