What shop do you love that no longer exists?

[Spinneret]

Blockbusters

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Steinmart (now exists only online)

 

[princesscinderella]

As a teen I loved 5-7-9 and merry go round

 

[PrincessShmoo]

AlphaBeta Market

 

[amcnj]

When I was a kid, my “go to” stores were the 5 & 10 and the Sweet Shop. I always wondered why the 5 & 10’s faded away, and not long after dollar stores popped up and were able to make a go of it.

The Sweet Shop does still exist, but is nothing like it was. The soda fountain is gone, as is the wall of various types of candy, snacks and toys, and the racks of comic books and magazines like Mad and Cracked.

I am guessing maybe the lottery machine keeps it going. That wasn’t there when I was young. Back then it was a busy spot and sold many newspapers each day.

 

[Shellsbutt]

As a teen I loved 5-7-9 and merry go round

5-7-9 was the only store I could find clothes that fit! I weighed just about 100 pounds in high school, I was little back then.

 

[MIGrandma]

Fashion Bug

 

[Shellsbutt]

AlphaBeta Market

I fondly remember Alpha Beta grocery stores. We lived near one growing up in Southern CA, my sister and I would walk there often as kids to get candy bars.

 

[Shellsbutt]

Mervyn's(one of my first jobs and also met my future husband there), Gemco, Miller's Outpost.

 

[nw6675]

The Limited, the old Limited Express, and Esprit stores.

 

[goofy4prez]

A few stores that I miss from when I was a teen into my 20's back before the invention of the automobile:

1. Camelot Music
2. Peaches Records & Tapes
3. Chess King
4.Wilsons Leather
5. CompUSA

 

[DVCjj]

Dress Barn

 

[Uncle Coaster]

Toys R Us.

One of my favorite days of the year was my Mom taking my to Toys R Us shortly after Christmas armed with my Christmas money and gift certificates. I looked forward to that almost as much as Christmas morning itself (when it came to getting gifts, that is).

 

[ronandannette]

Sears, Zellers and Target. All defunct here in Canada.

 

[MinnieFan4ever]

you guys have mentioned some really good ones. I used to love Casual Corner

 

[disneychrista]

Fashion Bug

This is what first came to my mind as well.

 

[RamblingMad]

Toys R Us.

One of my favorite days of the year was my Mom taking my to Toys R Us shortly after Christmas armed with my Christmas money and gift certificates. I looked forward to that almost as much as Christmas morning itself (when it came to getting gifts, that is).

This. I loved Toys R Us as a kid, and I even worked there over one holiday.

 

[Meriweather]

Mervyn's

 

[barkley]

Mervyn's

'open, open, open'

pretty much everyone i knew in high school and college got their first credit card at mervyn's.

 

[DisneyClassicFan]

Waldenbooks and B. Dalton bookstores