Name some stores from when you were a kid that you loved but are now OOB

Original post by ambersmom

Feb 02, 2005 12:48 PM

I used to love, love, love TSS. We used to go to the one in Hempstead and I thought it was soo cool when we parked on the top of the store and took the escalator down. I can still remember every inch of that store, even to how it smelled.

cocoa Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:21 PM

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Posted by allure

Cheap John's

oh man...i used to go there after dance every week...i loooved this place.

does anyone remember when models was a totally different store??? i got my guinea pig when models was old school.

mrsmck Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:24 PM

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Posted by BMD'sPeanut

Posted by 04Bride

whats TSS?

Times Square Stores.

I loved TSS!!!! There was one down the road from my high school.

There was also a Ben Franklin near me. Not sure if it was a chain store an independant store. They had good stuff though.....

Donna

janwinterbridejoy Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:32 PM

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i miss beefsteak charlies lol i know its a restaurant not a store but i was just thinking about it the other day its the first place i ever tried sangria.

i also missed mcrorys i bought my first make up there

tss was the best my dad would also take my brother and i there to make us stuff

ambersmom Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:40 PM

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Posted by cocoa

Posted by allure

Cheap John's

oh man...i used to go there after dance every week...i loooved this place.

does anyone remember when models was a totally different store??? i got my guinea pig when models was old school.

Modell's - oh yeah!!!! Where H/D is in East Meadow!! I remember getting my first Strawberry doll from there!

beautyq115 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:55 PM

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I remember Alexanders and A&S and Sterns...I also remember the way Roosevelt Field used to look!

04Bride Posted: Feb 02, 2005 05:57 PM

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what was that indoro flea market ion hempstead turnpike? Shoppers village?

BriBri529 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 06:03 PM

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Posted by wc0143

Posted by jozieb0925

Dan's Supreme..it used to be a drug store in Syosset, like cvs...I used to buy lee press-on nails there, but it closed down..

Dan's Supreme was a supermarket in Queens!

Yes and was my favorit supermarket- I still remember that store SO well. I loved Play World, McCrory's and Woolworth's when I was little also.

BriBri529 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 06:05 PM

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I loved Roosevelt Field Raceway's Flea Market- we used to go ther all of the time when I was little. I remember walking around in the heat of summer for hours. Now it is the Source Mall

skew Posted: Feb 02, 2005 06:20 PM

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Posted by beautyq115

I remember Alexanders and A&S and Sterns...I also remember the way Roosevelt Field used to look!

A&S (abraham & straus) - YES. forgot about that one.

AndreaLMT Posted: Feb 02, 2005 06:25 PM

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I fondly remember all of the above!
I also remember Austin Drugs. Was that a chain?

Shorty McBride Posted: Feb 02, 2005 06:25 PM

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Posted by mrsmck

There was also a Ben Franklin near me. Not sure if it was a chain store an independant store. They had good stuff though.....

Donna

Thats what I was going to post about!!! There was one right down the road, now I think it's a TJ maxx. I loved Ben Franklin, actually got my first kiss there ....funny story!!!

I was lost in the store (bad mommy!!!) and some little boy was lost too - when his mommy found him, he planted one on me, then ran away really fast!

cocoa Posted: Feb 02, 2005 07:23 PM

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Posted by AndreaLMT

I fondly remember all of the above!
I also remember Austin Drugs. Was that a chain?

oh my...yes! ours turned into cvs. i still find stuff with the austin drugs tag on them around my place.

antoinette Posted: Feb 02, 2005 07:34 PM

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Posted by allure

Caldor's

ME too!! I got such great buys there and Cheap Johns I went there like everyday for candy and school supplies. ALso BEn franklin was cool.

mrsmck Posted: Feb 02, 2005 07:41 PM

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Posted by Eireann

How about Korvette's?

I remember them too!!!!

What about Mays? I remember one being in Jamaica, Queens. I went w/my mom, grandmother and aunt to buy winter coats on sale in the middle of the summer. (as a kid I thought that was the stupidest thing ever). Anyway, I was totally bored and decided to look around the rest of the store, but neglected to tell anyone. When I finally returned to where they were, they didn't know whether to hug me or beat the crap out of me.

Needless to say, that wouldn't happen in these times....

Donna

Jodi73 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 08:28 PM

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What about Gertz, that was in Commack, also Consumers. You would look through a catalog and place the number on a piece of paper and turn it in and then when the item came down the conveyor belt they would call your last name. Also Service Merchandise.

Jenny5150 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 09:41 PM

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Import Alley
Moments of Love (in Smithaven Mall)
Fluff N Stuff (Smithaven Mall)

I used to love the Tri-County Flea Markets (Smithtown in particular.)

Orange Julius is still around, just not on LI.

mrswask Posted: Feb 02, 2005 09:59 PM

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TSS was the first place I got lost!!
Our TSS was so cool though because it was connected to the Food Town next door and you could walk right from TSS right into Foodtown withought even leaving the store - I thought that was the coolest thing in the world!!

allure Posted: Feb 02, 2005 10:34 PM

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I too remember Fluff n sTuff

MrsERod Posted: Feb 02, 2005 11:02 PM

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Woolworth and their lunch counter was GREAT!!

june262004 Posted: Feb 02, 2005 11:09 PM

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Posted by mrswask

TSS was the first place I got lost!!
Our TSS was so cool though because it was connected to the Food Town next door and you could walk right from TSS right into Foodtown withought even leaving the store - I thought that was the coolest thing in the world!!

Was that the one in Levittown?