sbarro is owned by people from brooklyn,,,they also started the longhorn steakhouse franchise


I've lived in Brooklyn a couple years, and one day was driving down the street and saw the original Mama Sbarro's, which is out of business.  There's a sign there that says, "Please check out Sbarro's in the malls..." etc.  It's not on 86th Street, but it's near there...forget what street, though...

You guys covered most of the ones I can remember... except for Emporium Capwell

One of my first jobs was at Scribbles, which was owned by the same company as Canadian's and Pants Place...they had pretty good clothes, but were mainly known as THE store for f-me boots in our mall.

Ok gals!

Remember:

  Casual Corner
  Foxmoor's
  Petie Sophisticate

Guys:

  Harry Levinson's (midwest store)
  National Shirt Shop

Sam Goody
Wall to Wall Sound & Video
Kiddie City
Strawbridge & Clothier
Kay Bee Toys
Woolworth's

My area must be stuck in the past because we still have an Orange Julius store!

Midland Records
Record Town

Montgomery Ward was in our mall until it left and K-Mart took it's place.

Soundwaves record stores

We had a chinese food place called Panda Express (I think)

McCrory Five and Dime (kinda like a Woolworth type store) 

There were like 2 piano sellers in our mall, and 4 jewellry stores. 

There was a store that strictly sold womens' clothes sizes 5, 7, 9 called (you guessed it) 5-7-9

We had a Gap, a JCPenney, a Sears.

Gosh I'm surprised that I can't remember the stores since going there was like, THE only thing to do during my teen years. 

The slideshow in this article is awesome, if you haven't yet seen:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/scenes-80s-malls-20110418-123150-549.html

We had a chinese food place called Panda Express (I think)



Panda Express was the Sbarro's Pizza of Chinese food!
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Wow so many stores have come and gone. I've worked in the local mall for 26 years now and have seen a ton of changes.  I remember stores like Toys and Wheels, Tops in Toys, Wizards Castle arcades, Woodwards, Eatons. Woolco, lots of different bookstores and record stores. Back in the day when you had to choose between record, 8 track, cassette and then cd.

Fayva shoes, it was kind of like Payless.

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Discount stores:
Zayre


I certainly remember Zayre. Then after they went out of business it became Ames.

:)
I'm trying to put together a list of 80's mall stores.  Any kind of stores... so long as they were in malls, and aren't so popular anymore.

Think "Chess King", "Merry Go Round", "Record World", "Wicks n' Sticks", etc.

I can use ALL the help I can get.  Any ideas???

Thanks!

I saw this page and was wondering if anyone knew where to get. A fluff n stuff plushie because I had told  my daughter about how I got a plush toy from there when I was little and now I can't find a fluff n stuff anywhere!

The Tie store in the mall.  Forgot the mall forget the name.  Anyway, they sound the pimpin' skinny leather ties I wore to work at the supermarket!

The Tie store in the mall.  Forgot the mall forget the name.  Anyway, they sound the pimpin' skinny leather ties I wore to work at the supermarket!


There was one in Toronto called "Tie rack" . A few locations for that one. Not sure if they are still around.

Helen Gallagher gifts (just like Spencers)
Casual Corner
Wooden Nickel (all pants used to be $5.99)
County Seat
The Gap
Just Pants

This was 90s but I'm sure it was 80s too - KB Toys. I miss those places.  :(

This was 90s but I'm sure it was 80s too - KB Toys. I miss those places.  :(


KB Stores doesn't exist anymore I believe they went bankrupt. ???

There was one in Toronto called "Tie rack" . A few locations for that one. Not sure if they are still around.


I remember 'Tie Rack'

I remember 'Tie Rack'


I bought some ties there, at the Eaton's Centre, some 20 years ago.

Brooks Fashions, Baker Shoes, 5,7,9 Shops

Fayva Shoes store

Fayva Shoes store


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There was this restaurant at the Concord Mall in Wilmington, DE that was kinda of like a snack bar.  I remember it was the first time I ever had cheese fries.  I was about 10.  I wish I could remember the name of it!

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Before "The Bay", the store was called "Morgan's"

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Some other older Canadian stores I remember from the 60s and 70s:

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K Mart existed in Canada for a short while.

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Woolworths
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Consumers Distributing: The Canadian version of Service Merchandaise.

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http://www.peterboroughkiosk.com/themes/peterborough_kiosk/content/cache/9492476324fa55b074216e-180x120.jpg

http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/83F86718-2A00-4746-A485-91F1C11A2F5B/0/Zellers_hi.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/The_Bay-logo.jpg



Wow, I had forgotten about those logos! Thanks for the memories!

Other Canadian stores that I remember from the '80s:

-Toy World (was the toy store before Toys R Us took over)
-Dominion grocery store (I think there might still be a few in Toronto)
-Kiddie Cobbler
-Panda Shoes (I liked going in there because they had this loft to try on shoes)
-MmmmMuffin (last time I saw one was in '96. They were really good)

Wow, I had forgotten about those logos! Thanks for the memories!

Other Canadian stores that I remember from the '80s:

-Toy World (was the toy store before Toys R Us took over)
-Dominion grocery store (I think there might still be a few in Toronto)
-Kiddie Cobbler
-Panda Shoes (I liked going in there because they had this loft to try on shoes)
-MmmmMuffin (last time I saw one was in '96. They were really good)


Also.......

Toy City which was taken over by Toys "R" Us
Simpsons Limited: Which was taken over by Eatons.  The Bay street locale was where the TVOntario show Today's Special was filmed.
Foot Locker: I'm not quite sure what exactly happened to that?
Knob Hill Farm: My gran shopped at the one in Oshawa.  It closed because Steve Servo who owned the chain decided to close up shop because he didn't believe in technology.  It was heart wrenching to hear that so many of Mr Servo's employees were laid off.  :(

I remember Towers.  A wee bit o' trivia:  In the episode of Degrassi Junior High where Lucy is caught shoplifting, she is in a Towers store.

I remember Simpsons quite well.  By 1989, most Simpsons stores had converted to The Bay stores, especially the one that was used on the TV series Today's Special that is located in Toronto on Bloor St.

Consumers Distributing wasn't a mall store, but I do remember it.  It was catalog shopping, and all the merchandise was kept in the warehouse.  You picked out what you wanted, wrote it on the slip, and the person would go back into the warehouse to bring the item out.  My folks hated shopping there because you never knew if the item that was brought out was dropped or not.  But they had such good prices, we always shopped there regardless.

Also.......

Toy City which was taken over by Toys "R" Us
Simpsons Limited: Which was taken over by Eatons.  The Bay street locale was where the TVOntario show Today's Special was filmed.
Foot Locker: I'm not quite sure what exactly happened to that?
Knob Hill Farm: My gran shopped at the one in Oshawa.  It closed because Steve Servo who owned the chain decided to close up shop because he didn't believe in technology.  It was heart wrenching to hear that so many of Mr Servo's employees were laid off.  :(


I forgot about Toy City! It didn't seem to be around for very long.
I think they still have some Foot Locker stores here in Canada---I should google it. I do know they have them in the States because that is one of the partners listed under one of my rewards cards.

I remember Towers.  A wee bit o' trivia:  In the episode of Degrassi Junior High where Lucy is caught shoplifting, she is in a Towers store.

I remember Simpsons quite well.  By 1989, most Simpsons stores had converted to The Bay stores, especially the one that was used on the TV series Today's Special that is located in Toronto on Bloor St.

Consumers Distributing wasn't a mall store, but I do remember it.  It was catalog shopping, and all the merchandise was kept in the warehouse.  You picked out what you wanted, wrote it on the slip, and the person would go back into the warehouse to bring the item out.  My folks hated shopping there because you never knew if the item that was brought out was dropped or not.  But they had such good prices, we always shopped there regardless.


Actually some of the shopping malls did have Consumers Distributing, and I think they even had some merchandise in the back. When I was 12, from what I remember, I ordered my bike there in our local shopping centre (ok, it was a mini-mall), and I think we picked it up on the same day.

Wow, I had forgotten about those logos! Thanks for the memories!

Other Canadian stores that I remember from the '80s:

-Toy World (was the toy store before Toys R Us took over)
-Dominion grocery store (I think there might still be a few in Toronto)
-Kiddie Cobbler
-Panda Shoes (I liked going in there because they had this loft to try on shoes)
-MmmmMuffin (last time I saw one was in '96. They were really good)


MnnnMuffins are still around. Dominion's are now "Metro" grocery stores.


Actually some of the shopping malls did have Consumers Distributing, and I think they even had some merchandise in the back. When I was 12, from what I remember, I ordered my bike there in our local shopping centre (ok, it was a mini-mall), and I think we picked it up on the same day.


There was a Consumers in a mall in Toronto at Kennedy/Sheppard (Agincourt mall?) during the 80s and maybe even to the early 1990s. And they did have a  selection of merchandise within the store in the back, but mostly (like Whistledog wrote) it was catalog shopping.

I remember Towers.  A wee bit o' trivia:  In the episode of Degrassi Junior High where Lucy is caught shoplifting, she is in a Towers store.

I remember Simpsons quite well.  By 1989, most Simpsons stores had converted to The Bay stores, especially the one that was used on the TV series Today's Special that is located in Toronto on Bloor St.

Consumers Distributing wasn't a mall store, but I do remember it.  It was catalog shopping, and all the merchandise was kept in the warehouse.  You picked out what you wanted, wrote it on the slip, and the person would go back into the warehouse to bring the item out.  My folks hated shopping there because you never knew if the item that was brought out was dropped or not.  But they had such good prices, we always shopped there regardless.


That was at the Riverdale store which was at the bottom of Pape Street.  I think there was a Food City there too.  Both were owned by Oshawa Food LTD. 
There was a Consumer's Distributing at the mall where I am but then the entire company went belly up.  I think there was one at the Duff too.  :(

The Disney Store!

Lewiscraft.  The chain since folded.  I don't know if it was specifically a mall store, but the ones in my area within a 60km radius were all found in malls

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Lewiscraft.  The chain since folded.  I don't know if it was specifically a mall store, but the ones in my area within a 60km radius were all found in malls

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There was one at the Cumberland Terrace in Toronto.  The company must have gone bankrupt because I remember that particular store was were my mom got her arts and crafts supplies.

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Sam The Record Man was another mall based store too with heaquarters on Younge Street just south of Bloor Street.  Sam Snyderman retired a few years ago and died just last year.  It was the end of an era.  :(

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And then A&A Records and Tapes that went bankrupt sometime in the early 90s.  :( Headquartered right next to Sam The Record Man.  I don't remember who owned that but they obviously knew nothing about running a business if they went bankrupt.  I guess they refused to modernize their stores and that's why they went under.

At the Methuen Mall we had Midland Records and Record Town.  Midland Records was a little bit hipper.  In other words, the clerk had heard of New Order, even if they didn't have the New Order record I was looking for.  These sufficed so long as my tastes were Top 40.  After that I had to go into the city to find my tunes.

They also had a streusel -- German pastry -- shop, which I'm sure was a chain.  I wonder if anybody remembers such a place.

Aw shucks guys, you're making me wanna go back and visit Toronto again! I love that city <3

Aw shucks guys, you're making me wanna go back and visit Toronto again! I love that city <3


Me too.  I was born in Toronto.  I haven't been there in almost 17 years.  :)

Sam The Record Man was another mall based store too with heaquarters on Younge Street just south of Bloor Street.  Sam Smitherman retired a few years ago and died just last year.  It was the end of an era.  :(


There is still one Sam the Record Man left.  It's independently owned.  I shop there atleast once a week, and it always brings back memories of the good ol' days when Sam was all over

I went to Sam's and A&A's often in the 1970s and 1980s. Boxing day sales to buy albums. Waiting for the day a specific '45 was released. Those were the days. I went to Sam's & A&A's the day after John Lennon was killed in 1980. His "Double Fantasy" album was selling like hot cakes.
Also went to "Zounds" in Scarborough to buy records.

I went to Sam's and A&A's often in the 1970s and 1980s. Boxing day sales to buy albums. Waiting for the day a specific '45 was released. Those were the days. I went to Sam's & A&A's the day after John Lennon was killed in 1980. His "Double Fantasy" album was selling like hot cakes.
Also went to "Zounds" in Scarborough to buy records.


We didn't have Sam's.  We had Sam Goody's, Coconuts, and Strawberries.  All of those are long gone.  I remember when Tower went under.  I did pick up a bunch of CDs for cheap, but I thought it was sad the chain was dying out.  I used to be able to get all kinds of classical composers at Tower in Boston.  Orland Jacinto Garcia, Jerry Hunt, Jin Hi Kim, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros just to name a few.  You can easily find all those composers online now, but it was great having at least ONE record store that sold esoteric contemporary music!

There used to be a record store in the local mall here called Discus.  I don't know if it was a chain or not, but I can't ever remember going in there.  I wish it was still around.  I'd probably be in there once a week.

Nowadays, the two major CD stores in Canada are Sunrise Records and HMV

We didn't have Sam's.  We had Sam Goody's, Coconuts, and Strawberries.


I remember all three of these music stores! I LOVED shopping at Strawberries, good times.

I remember all three of these music stores! I LOVED shopping at Strawberries, good times.


I loved shopping at the A&A Records and Tapes store that was in our mall.  They went under in 1991.  I guess something went wrong because they had just come into our mall.  I remember I bought, or my mom bought, a tape of my very first crush band New Kids On The Block from them.  :)

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I loved shopping at the A&A Records and Tapes store that was in our mall.  They went under in 1991.  I guess something went wrong because they had just come into our mall.  I remember I bought, or my mom bought, a tape of my very first crush band New Kids On The Block from them.  :)


I believe we had an A&A music store at out malls back in the day, but I never shopped for music there.

I loved shopping at the A&A Records and Tapes store that was in our mall.  They went under in 1991.  I guess something went wrong because they had just come into our mall.  I remember I bought, or my mom bought, a tape of my very first crush band New Kids On The Block from them.  :)


I bought lots of albums at A&As or Sam the Record man, well over 100 or 150. in both. The stores served me well.

I bought lots of albums at A&As or Sam the Record man, well over 100 or 150. in both. The stores served me well.


For the longest time, Sam the Record Man stopped selling vinyl when the 90s came.  Vinyl has made a BIG comeback.  Whenever I go to Sam the Record Man (which is like once a week), I still see lots of vinyl.  I just bought a bunch of used LPs from there 2 weeks ago.

For the longest time, Sam the Record Man stopped selling vinyl when the 90s came.  Vinyl has made a BIG comeback.  Whenever I go to Sam the Record Man (which is like once a week), I still see lots of vinyl.  I just bought a bunch of used LPs from there 2 weeks ago.


You must go to the one in Belleville, it's the only one left. I used to know a girl who went to school at St Agnes there  (in Belleville).

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I remember all three of these music stores! I LOVED shopping at Strawberries, good times.


I think Strawberries used to sell a lot of concert tickets.  If memory serves, they were an outlet for Ticket-Tron, which became TicketMaster. 

i remember in the 1990's there was a store i loved to go to in the mall. it sold science things!! you could get fossils or insect things you could get telescopes anything science they had it. i cant remember the name of the store and its driving me crazy!!!! does anyone else remember a similar store??

You must go to the one in Belleville, it's the only one left. I used to know a girl who went to school at St Agnes there  (in Belleville).

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i remember in the 1990's there was a store i loved to go to in the mall. it sold science things!! you could get fossils or insect things you could get telescopes anything science they had it. i cant remember the name of the store and its driving me crazy!!!! does anyone else remember a similar store??


Maybe Discovery Kids store.  I remember a few different stores but cannot remember the names of them.

I remember the one is Belleville had a very limited selected of rock-metal related stuff back in 08.

Does the IT store still exist in downtown toronto? I remember they used to sell obscure figures, lava lamps, masks and pop culture shirts in the 1990s and then they stopped selling such items later on if I can recall.

There used to be A lot of trading card and comic books stores in toronto in the 90s during the collectors craze. I remember the fairview mall having a number of trading card stands with every series you can imagine. They were always overpriced though.

I remember one of the music instrument stores. In the 70's they would always play Wurlitzer and Kimball organs from the store. The guy there always had a hair piece and he wore a big gold ring on his pinky finger.

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Casual Male-Not the new XL version
His Place
Chess King
Those were the main ones I shopped at.... Graduated HS 1985 so they were def booming stores for the day and styles...

Not the 80's, but very early 90's

The Cape Cod Mall was a whole lot different then. I remember a Benetton Store, Ames, and something else. Across the street, there was the KMart that's still there as well as the good 'ol IHOP. I remember being in the KMart on the way to go to Wakefield to visit my grandfather (My mom and I flew to Hyannis to meet my father who took the 6:45 AM boat out of Nantucket.) We went to the McDonalds that's still there on Route 132 in Hyannis.

The good old days nearly a 1/4 century ago.

Wow, I had forgotten about those logos! Thanks for the memories!

Other Canadian stores that I remember from the '80s:

-Toy World (was the toy store before Toys R Us took over)
-Dominion grocery store (I think there might still be a few in Toronto)
-Kiddie Cobbler
-Panda Shoes (I liked going in there because they had this loft to try on shoes)
-MmmmMuffin (last time I saw one was in '96. They were really good)
http://www.mmmuffins.com/en/ It's still around.

http://www.mmmuffins.com/en/ It's still around.


"In November 2009, Bruegger’s Enterprises Inc. acquired the restaurant holdings of Timothy’s Coffees of the World, Inc. ® , a wholesale coffee distribution company serving Canada and the U.S. and encompassing three restaurant brands including Timothy’s World Coffee, mmmuffins and Michél’s Baguette.

In 2010, Bruegger’s began offering their famous kettle-boiled bagels at three mmmuffins co-branded locations in the Greater Toronto Area–Exchange Tower, Hillcrest Mall and Union Station.

Threecaf Brands Canada Inc. Head Office:
7880 Keele Street, Suite 101
Vaughan, Ontario
L4K 4G7
Tel: 905-482-73xx
Toll Free: 1-877-434-32xx"
  - Source: http://www.mmmuffins.com/en/about-us/

"Threecaf Brands Canada: Expanding Canada’s bakery-café market: June 2010

As you might guess from the name, Threecaf Brands Canada is a company that owns three café-style franchises: Timothy’s World Coffee, mmmuffins and Michel’s Bakery Café. These well-known brands are dispersed throughout the country and are recognised for their quality products, serving items like coffee, bagels, breads, specialty drinks, soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts"
  - Source: http://www.mmmuffins.com/en/news/

Because this website may last another 10 years, and the above-mentioned Threecaf company (which took over a few 80s/90s baked-goods businesses aimed at the southern Ontario office worker / mall shopper market) might not, I've taken the liberty of reproducing a few tidbits for posterity.  That's what happened to the mmmuffins, Timothy's Coffee, and Michel's Baguette chains.

http://www.pepper.ph/9-restaurants-miss-manila/

I know that in the USA, A&W is still around, but here, it hasn't existed since around 2002.

All of this is great!  In the early 90's when malls were still a big thing I was young.  When the mid 90's rolled around I was only 10. So sadly, I never got to be a teenager during the awesome mall days. When I was a teen, 1998-2004, I was mostly withdrawn from anything social. When I did get some friends to hang with we mostly went to movies, and not at the mall.

I more so walked the mall with family as a youngster. While I'm not 100% positive if these stores were around in both the 90's and 80's I'll list the ones I remember. We have two indoor malls in my area. The one we frequented most is smaller. While the bigger one has two levels all around, the smaller just has this in the first few stores I mention. But I'm going to specifically talk about the small one since I remember it better.

These stores had an exit to the outside and a second story: Sears, JC Penny's and Dillard's

Montgomery Ward, Spencer's, Camelot, Radio Shack, Sun Coast, Waldon Books, Claire's and then there was this pet store. I don't remember the name.

Food Court: SBarro was a big thing with even bigger slices of pizza. The whole time the mall has been open there has been both a Greek and Chinese place.  Though different restaurants of the same cuizine took the spot. Dairy Queen and Orange Julious were and still are together. Then there is this popcorn place with multiple different kinds. We also have an Auntie Anne's. Taco Tico had its own little spot in the mall. Not even close to the food court. I don't think its there anymore.

We also had an arcade. Now its been replaced with minature golf.  We have a carousal that's still there as far as I know. Real people would pose as manaquins. The theater is still there. We've always had plenty of salons in there as well as those middle shops. Ray Ban etc. Only now its annoying sales people with their lotions and cell phones.

Over the years we have had several
different clothing stores. I know we have a Deb and 579 still exists in ours.  But those were not there in my childhood. I can remember several from the late 90's through now but not back then.

One store we do have now that we might have had back then was Dick's. They have another door to the outside. I could list several other stores but they would be from the 2000's or later so lol

http://www.pepper.ph/9-restaurants-miss-manila/

I know that in the USA, A&W is still around, but here, it hasn't existed since around 2002.

There used to be one I would go to as a kid. I think they recently brought it back, but I'm sure it's way different now.

BiWay----a variety discount store

http://www.pepper.ph/9-restaurants-miss-manila/

I know that in the USA, A&W is still around, but here, it hasn't existed since around 2002.
The same thing happened with Carl's Jr.  It also stopped operating in the Philippines in the early '00s. In my case, I remember both A&W and Carl's Jr. from my early childhood of 1998-2001.

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Kay-Bee Toy Stores

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Sam Goody

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