Couple years before my time, but I sure remember eating there and similar places back in the sixties. I also recall when prices were in this vicinity, too... back when a dollar was a dollar:
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One time when I was about twelve, just walking through the isles of Woolworth's with my buddy for what I don't remember... I found a $20 bill on the floor.
There was nobody around, so I kept it... a lot of money to a kid who mowed lawns for like $3 apiece. BUT, I insisted my friend take half, 'cuz he was there providing luck... then we spent it on 100+ packs of Topps baseball cards lol.
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Those prices are a great example of what inflation has done to us.
Partially the idea behind the post, enjoy your weekend Trestin
A .50 cent BLT....Hmmmm. Ok, I won't go there.
I can still hit that price target at home, bro- incl. slice o' cheddar lol
This post brings back memories from a simpler time. I teared up.
I know what you mean, Paul
But keep your chin up... we still got Big Boy!
Not before my time. We had a few places, including Woolworth's in my town. This was before fast food and the "now" generation.
Was that in California or elsewhere, Odie?
I was alive then also and it would have been impossible for me to keep the $20.00. Without question I would have turned it over to the store to make it available for the owner that lost it, and who would soon be retracing his/her steps to find the large sum that for some people was about 2 days wages.
James, God bless you for putting up with anonymous. Really, if you need to change that thingey we talked about back, it's okay.
I remember either their candy counter or maybe it was Kresses. Those "5 and dime" stores were awesome - the whole thing was like a candy store to a kid.
Good for you, you anonymous coward POS
Years ago, we used to have Woolworth's here in the D.C. area -- several of them, in fact.
Good bargains and with a place to grab a bite to eat as well.
Ah, memories.
My favorite shopping place when I was a kid. Our Woolworth's (in St. Paul, MN) had wooden floors and so the store had a certain odor of wet wood in the winter.
We usually ate a W.T. Grants Five and Dime 'cause they had a cool conveyor belt system that ran behind the counter. It brought out the orders from the kitchen and the lower portion returned the dirty dishes in bus pans. They placed a little colored poker chippy thing in front of the orders on the belt so the waitress could identify which were her orders. Each waitress had her own color.
@anonymous - why is it that the supercilious arrogant jackasses are always anonymous? Inquiring minds want to know.
OMG, I forgot about Grant's!
They went belly up when I was kid, but I remember em still. Never ate there, tho... and you can still get the conveyor belt in some of the sushi places ha
I LOVED the conveyor belt!
My grandmother was a real ole timer, just passed in 2009 at 100 yrs old.
Since all the store used to be the possessive form of founders' surnames -Woolworth's, Grant's, Zayre's, Hill's- she always said:
"I'm going down to K-mart's"
I always thought that mental tim trap was kind of cute- used to be Kresge's if I recall
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