What stores do you miss?

[oldboatsrule]

Johnny's Speed and Chrome
Neighborhood auto parts stores
AutoHaus
Fisherman's Hardware in Long Beach

 

[timstoy]

Fisherman’s Hardware right next to Joe Josts. I wonder how many fishing trips got derailed by Joe’s!

 

[Chili Palmer]

I remember those old SuperShops commercials:

PosiTraction Torque Twisters - $29.95!
Edelbrock manifolds - $79.99!
Holley carburetors - $99.99!
SuperShops…..now!

 

[termiteguy]

The ace hardware store around the corner from us here in lake forest it beat going to home depot

 

[timstoy]

Fritz that’s it and Ming’s Chinese food in Bellflower.

 

[stephenkatsea]

Definitely miss K-Mart in LHC. And Marmac's prime rib in Downey.

 

[WhatExit?]

The ace hardware store around the corner from us here in lake forest it beat going to home depot

Convenient but I wish Ace was close to competitive on pricing. They make you pay big LY for convenience

 

[Havasu blue label]

Johnny's Speed and Chrome
Neiborhood auto parts stores
AutoHaus
Fisherman's Hardware in Long Beach

Johnnys what about small car specialties

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Maaan...no one has said Licorice Pizza?

 

[stokerwhore]

the original Westminster Mall when the food court was in the middle. rumor is they're tearing it down to put in high density housing.

 

[C_J_J_C]

Blockbuster. Not the store itself I guess but the process. Making a plan, picking a movie, looking forward the It. Now everything on demand takes something away from the experience.

 

[timstoy]

the original Westminster Mall when the food court was in the middle. rumor is they're tearing it down to put in high density housing.

Also the Sears had one of the best tool departments, great selection of tools!

 

[pronstar]

Home Depot back when they gave employees stock options and they had people who know what the fuck they were talking about working in the stores.

 

[TPC]

Mervins: Best selection of pre washed Levi’s at the best prices.

Vegas casinos store front travel agencies in LA.
Always had free stuff handed out by a celebrity and excellent LV packages with lots of comps.

Sears back when they had good merch at good prices.

University Stereo.

 

[TPC]

Radio Shack through the mid 90's not the last 10-12 years they were open

One of our kids loved working there.
Their is still one store left in the US that’s closing this month.
Adam Corolla said he’s going to it

 

[Kachina26]

Since Super Shops was taken, Price Club.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Since Super Shops was taken, Price Club.

Don't forget about PACE.

 

[76 Hondo]

Zody's, got my first skateboard there.

19 YO we used to buy beer $.89 a six pack, man was that stuff nasty

 

[LOBOATOMY]

Muntz

 

[76 Hondo]

Frank’s Hobbies in Orange, mentioned before,
Arrow Hardware in Orange, even after moving to So. County still went there to find the good stuff.
Orange Engine Auto Parts, as a16 YO kid was one of the first customers to walk in the door, Freddy and Ferdy never forgot me!

 

[LOBOATOMY]

Vic Hubbard Speed and Marine
The Buttery restaurant

 

[Shlbyntro]

93.1 The Arrow, Jack sucks. KLOS was always playing 2nd fiddle to them until they sold. I bluetooth everything from my phone now.



Halftrack Marine?

 

[timstoy]

Mitco Bultaco, Long Beach Honda, Long Beach Yamaha, Mid Cities Honda, Norm Reeves Honda Motorcycles.

 

[timstoy]

93.1 The Arrow, Jack sucks. KLOS was always playing 2nd fiddle to them until they sold. I bluetooth everything from my phone now

KMET.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

I miss good toy stores that you could take your children to and they would be enamored by the huge selection and wants.

Gemco and Fedco were kinda cool. I miss Radio Shack when they had stuff for the holidays that was worth a damn.

 

[stokerwhore]

The model shop at hobby city. Hell all those shops were neat. They even had a slot car track. Hobby city was on beach blvd by ball rd

 

[FlyByWire]

FEDCO

 

[sirbob]

Miller Outpost…

 

[cofooter]

Federated Group. They were big around the time I had my first cars. I bought a lot of my car audio gear there. I remember going in there and window shopping all the time and every once in a while I had the money to buy something.

They also had the best TV commercials!

Remember all the Ads in the Sunday times?

 

[cofooter]

Is Orange Engine still around on Tustin Ave?

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Fosters Freeze.......near me. These lil foofie frozen yogurt shops don't cut it for me.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

KMET.

KNAC PURE ROCK ya old farts!!!!!!!

 

[4Waters]

Fosters Freeze.......near me. These lil foofie frozen yogurt shops don't cut it for me.

On that post I'll say Penguins Frozen Yogurt

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

On that post I'll say Penguins Frozen Yogurt

Lol....I must say...Penguins was the best of those..... And I think it was Golden Spoon...had one here close to me that shut down maybe 5 years ago.

 

[HTTP404]

Remember all the Ads in the Sunday times?

Oh yeah. I used to scan those every week.

 

[HTTP404]

KNAC PURE ROCK ya old farts!!!!!!!

Local person around here has a OG KNAC sticker on his truck.

 

[92562]

The model shop at hobby city. Hell all those shops were neat. They even had a slot car track. Hobby city was on beach blvd by ball rd

I used to ride my bike there and race slot cars all the time. There was a gun store too where my Dad and I bought and built several CVA black powder gun and cannon kits!

 

[ChiliPepperGarage]

RIP Nancy

 

[DesertFox]

Loved Fosters Freeze in Fresno growing up.

Fosters Freeze.......near me. These lil foofie frozen yogurt shops don't cut it for me.

 

[rrrr]

Radio Shack through the mid 90's not the last 10-12 years they were open

Between 1989 and 1994 I owned a firm that offered maintenance contracts and performed service on large data center UPS systems. Back then those machines ran on TTL, or transistor/transistor logic. The NASA Apollo guidance computer and the Concorde flight and engine controls also ran on TTL.

Each unit might have as many as ten logic cards, large printed circuit boards that plugged into a backplane edge connector.

A new replacement PCB from Liebert or Exide Electronics might cost as much as $2,500. I had a spare set of boards for most models. When one failed on a customer unit, I would swap it out with one of mine and charge the customer for the board.

Almost 100% of the time the fault on these PCBs was due to the failure of an IC, an integrated circuit chip. I locate would locate the bad chip or chips, and replace them with chips from my stock. I bought replacement chips from a local shop, Arrow Electronics, or Mouser Electronics. Sometimes in a pinch on a Saturday, I could go to Radio Shack and find the chip I needed.

The replacement printed circuit boards that I sold to customers were "certified repaired", which meant I had repaired and warrantied them. I charged 60% of new list price for the boards on an exchange basis. The beauty of this business model was that the IC chips I bought to repair the boards cost two or three dollars each.

All of the local electronics supply stores are gone now. So is Radio Shack. UPS systems now run on microprocessors and software, and TTL logic is mostly dead. I doubt I could decipher a TTL schematic today.

 

[AEA]

Any old time "real" hardware store. I like to handle stuff, hate plastic bubble packaging.

 

[Cobalt232]

Between 1989 and 1994 I owned a firm that offered maintenance contracts and performed service on large data center UPS systems. Back then those machines ran on TTL, or transistor/transistor logic. The NASA Apollo guidance computer and the Concorde flight and engine controls also ran on TTL.

Each unit might have as many as ten logic cards, large printed circuit boards that plugged into a backplane edge connector.

A new replacement PCB from Liebert or Exide Electronics might cost as much as $2,500. I had a spare set of boards for most models. When one failed on a customer unit, I would swap it out with one of mine and charge the customer for the board.

Almost 100% of the time the fault on these PCBs was due to the failure of an IC, an integrated circuit chip. I locate would locate the bad chip or chips, and replace them with chips from my stock. I bought replacement chips from a local shop, Arrow Electronics, or Mouser Electronics. Sometimes in a pinch on a Saturday, I could go to Radio Shack and find the chip I needed.

The replacement printed circuit boards that I sold to customers were "certified repaired", which meant I had repaired and warrantied them. I charged 60% of new list price for the boards on an exchange basis. The beauty of this business model was that the IC chips I bought to repair the boards cost two or three dollars each.

All of the local electronics supply stores are gone now. So is Radio Shack. UPS systems now run on microprocessors and software, and TTL logic is mostly dead. I doubt I could decipher a TTL schematic today.

MarVac is still in Costa Mesa.


Also gone-Buffums

 

[kurtis500]

GEMCO

Fedmart

 

[mash on it]

Any old time "real" hardware store. I like to handle stuff, hate plastic bubble packaging.

Prescott Hardware, Artesia Blvd, east of Pioneer.
Down Artesia Blvd west, was Fosters Freeze.
South on Pioneer was Big Wheel Bike shop, about 187th ish.
Hanks (diner? cafe?) On Pioneer Blvd, gone since 1986.

The Dutch bakery, neighbors owned it... Marzipan anyone?

Seats Auto Center, at the Cerritos Mall, would let us kids get chrome tire caps from the tire machine, always had to be cool rockin' chrome valve stem caps on our (brother's and mine) bmx bikes... Magnum Strokers, lol...

Market Basket... Jersey Maid delivered there, and had beautiful 351 Pete's, brother and I would look in amazement at the Jersey Maid logo on the shutters.
Kids, what did we know? Pops had a 351 also, just not as fancy, lol

Dan'l

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

There's actually only 2 left......but Pioneer Chicken. mmmm

 

[PDQH2O]

Not anything i can think of from recent experiences.
Gonna go with Dooley’s in the LBC. Great memories with my grandfather growing up.

Dooley’s was a great store. They had EVERYTHING and at good prices.

Plow Boys also had a store on Magnolia in Fountain Valley. It was our go-to market.

 

[LuauLounge]

Newbert Hardware in midtown Sacramento opened in 1914 and was in the same location from 1937 to 2016. The interior of the store pretty much stayed the same during the run. Average age of the employees was old. All of the hardware was in small wooden drawers floor to 12 feet high and 60 feet long. You were always greeted as you walked in the door wanting to know if you needed assistance. The first few times I went in there, I declined, after browsing for an hour or so, I'd ask. They would lead you through a maze directly to what you were looking for. Amazing place, timewarp in real life. Kerosene lamps and light bulbs were in the same area. Latest tenant is Bevmo, another place I frequent.

 

[Yoshiro]

The original GI Joes, before they changed their name to Joes, then later went out of business.

Jafco

 

[ltbaney1]

Grants for Guns & Grant Boys in Costa Mesa

i was talking to Rick at Ketchum tackle who is just further down superior from Grants (great shop if you havent been) He was bummed they were gone too, said the tackle counter used to refer a lot of business his way when they couldnt answer a question or someone wanted rod and reel service or repair.

It was also nice to be able to go to one store and get a pair of jeans, ammo and fishing gear in one spot.

 

[ltbaney1]

The ace hardware store around the corner from us here in lake forest it beat going to home depot

i miss that one too, i live at Los Alijos and Marguerite and would go there. I have to admit, i did score some great deals on stuff while they were shutting down. but i miss that place.