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by TheQuestioner
23 Jan 2007 20:58
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50360

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 ...
by TheQuestioner
16 Jan 2007 17:22
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Zody's
Replies: 88
Views: 72401

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...
by TheQuestioner
11 Jan 2007 18:39
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50360

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...
by TheQuestioner
10 Jan 2007 17:27
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50360

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...
by TheQuestioner
05 Jan 2007 21:17
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Sacramento: Retro McDonalds - original or newer?
Replies: 15
Views: 18988

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!...
by TheQuestioner
05 Jan 2007 20:57
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Replies: 47
Views: 50360

In Las Vegas, there are 2 brand new "Bob's Big Boys" which have opened in the last year and 3 additional locations are in the works. Oddly enough, Sizzler has also opened next to both BBB restaurants and I had not seen a new Sizzler in many many years. Big Boy seems to be regenerating aft...
by TheQuestioner
28 Dec 2006 21:04
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
Replies: 177
Views: 94948

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...
by TheQuestioner
19 Dec 2006 17:00
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Zody's
Replies: 88
Views: 72401

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...
by TheQuestioner
13 Dec 2006 15:11
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Giant Foods
Replies: 7
Views: 6384

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,...
by TheQuestioner
13 Dec 2006 15:03
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Has anyone ever heard of "The Daylin Corporation"?
Replies: 14
Views: 11333

"Disco" standing for "discount" probably seemed like an obvious thing to people back then, while nowadays it's meaning is irreversibly changed. It struck me as odd when I started reading this thread, since I knew that Disco was not a term used for music or nightclubs before the m...
by TheQuestioner
08 Nov 2006 21:05
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Florin Mall, South Sacramento
Replies: 16
Views: 23016

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,...
by TheQuestioner
03 Nov 2006 20:05
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
Replies: 17
Views: 15573

Kann's department store, the low-end DC-based chain was to anchor the mall and it went out of business just as the mall was to open. There probably wasn't an viable tenant for that space---higher end stores wanted "real malls" and it wouldn't have fit a K-Mart.... . I never knew about Kan...
by TheQuestioner
02 Nov 2006 01:15
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Fashion Island, San Mateo/Foster City
Replies: 22
Views: 31788

Based on the single photo I found, it looks like Fashion Island had a very strange layout compared to other malls of the era. Almost any mall I have seen developed from the 1960's through the late 80's had either a "T" or "I" kind of configuration, with a long center court and an...
by TheQuestioner
01 Nov 2006 18:00
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
Replies: 17
Views: 15573

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...
by TheQuestioner
01 Nov 2006 17:13
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Fashion Island, San Mateo/Foster City
Replies: 22
Views: 31788

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 ...