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Goldblatt's was an American chain of local discount stores that operated in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.Founded in 1914, the chain grew to more than twenty stores at its peak, gradually closing some stores in the 1990s and selling others to Ames before finally closing completely in 2000.
The Wieners Circle opened for business in 1983, [6] replacing a Chicago-style hot dog restaurant in the same location called Harry-O's. Sometime in the early 1990s (circa 1992 [ 7 ] ) Larry Gold, one of the proprietors, called a drunk and distracted customer an "asshole" in order to get his attention.
The building was constructed at a cost of $375,000, and their new store opened on October 12, 1937. [3] Benson & Rixon's State Street store was previously in the Consumers Building, across Quincy Street. [4] The building was remodeled in 1958 and 1970. [1] [5] [6] Alterations in 1970 included replacing the original rounded storefront with a ...
The new pastry shop debuted last weekend and operates only three days a week. In its first few days of operation Fondry has sold out between 45 and 90 minutes after opening its doors.
The Clinton family's five generations [18] as California restaurateurs began when David Harrison Clinton came to Los Angeles from Missouri in 1888 and purchased the Southern Hotel and its dining room in downtown Los Angeles. David's son Edmond settled in San Francisco, where he and his wife Gertrude became co-owners of a group of cafeteria ...
After closing more than 20 stores since its acquisition, Safeway announced in February 2007 that it would close another 14 stores in the Chicago area and convert 20 existing stores to the lifestyle format. [25] [26] After these store closings, Dominick's operated in 83 locations until they were closed on December 28, 2013.
Barney's Beanery is a chain of gastropubs in the Greater Los Angeles Area.John "Barney" Anthony founded it in 1920 in Berkeley, California, and in 1927 he moved it to U.S. Route 66, now Santa Monica Boulevard (State Route 2), in West Hollywood. [1]
Naugles was a Southern California fast-food Mexican restaurant chain that existed from 1970 to 1995. A revived Naugles chain was established in 2015 by entrepreneur Christian Ziebarth, after it was ruled that the trademarks had been abandoned by the original company's successor, Del Taco.