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  2. Chess King - Wikipedia

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    Merry Go Round Enterprises (MGRE) Chess King was an American men's clothing retailer created by the Melville Corporation . From its founding in 1968, it grew to over 500 locations by the mid-1980s, before an eventual decline, sale, and closure of the chain in 1995.

  3. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chess King – sold to Merry-Go-Round in 1993; liquidated along with that chain in 1995; Christopher & Banks – bankrupted in 2021 from financial loss, because of the COVID-19 pandemic; County Seat – founded in 1973, the denim-focused mall retailer expanded in the 1980s to nearly 500 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and shuttered ...

  4. Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge - Wikipedia

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    The Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge, 2006. The Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge is the only revolving bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bar is inside the Hotel Monteleone and overlooks Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Installed in 1949, the 25-seat circular bar turns on 2,000 large steel rollers, powered by a 1 ⁄ 4 hp (190 W) motor ...

  5. Merry-Go-Round (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Merry-Go-Round was an American clothing retail chain owned by Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc., that thrived from the 1970s through the early 1990s. The chain fell into bankruptcy during the mid-1990s, and eventually ceased operation in 1996. [ 3 ]

  6. Hotel Monteleone - Wikipedia

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    Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge is the only revolving bar in New Orleans. (For a few decades, there was a rotating cocktail lounge at 2 Canal Street, overlooking the Mississippi River.) The 25-seat carousel bar turns on 2,000 large steel rollers, pulled by a chain powered by a one-quarter horsepower (190 W) motor at a constant ...

  7. Paul Gayten - Wikipedia

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    Chess King of New Orleans (Chess, 1989) Regal Records in New Orleans with Annie Laurie (Specialty, 1991) Ain't Nothin' Happenin' (Cool Jump Blues 1947–1957) (El Toro, 2010) True (You Don't Love Me) – Early Recordings 1947–1949 (Jasmine, 2021)

  8. Bourbon Street - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans has been working its way back to pre-Katrina tourist numbers, as it attracted 9.5 million visitors in 2014 and 10.5 million visitors in 2016. [17] The 2016 record was the highest since 2004.

  9. Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, Merry-Go-Round was ranked 34th on Forbes list of the 200 best companies in America, with a five-year average return on equity of 29.1 percent. In 1988, Merry-Go-Round made its first foray into the Manhattan market, opening a 3,500-square-foot store in the East Village.