OT: Greatest PA stores/Shops
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Strawbridge and Clothier
Yenko Chevrolet - if you are a car guy, you know why
Krass Brothers - Store of the Stars
Lit Brothers
Yenko Chevrolet - if you are a car guy, you know why
Krass Brothers - Store of the Stars
Lit Brothers
LOL, Peachins. My relatives used to go there.
Is it still around?
There is a place out side of Newburg, PA the locals call the Bump and Dent not sure
what the real name is.
Hess's - Allentown. My dad managed the menswear section and tailor shop in the late 70s. Great restaurant in there...The Patio.
I will second that. Hess's was a mini Macy's. The strawberry pie in the Patio was awesome!Hess's - Allentown. My dad managed the menswear section and tailor shop in the late 70s. Great restaurant in there...The Patio.
When I first started going out with my wife in the 70's, she "took" me there shopping several times and of course we ate at the Patio. I ordered a turkey dinner there once, I ate half to 3/4 of it and what I couldn't finish could have fed two adult people. Don't get me started about the deserts, pies and cakes you needed a step stool to eat the were piled so high.Hess's - Allentown. My dad managed the menswear section and tailor shop in the late 70s. Great restaurant in there...The Patio.
I just saw a new Yenko Camaro run through the Mecum Auto Auction on TV - Man was it sweet and glad they brought them back.
Glosser Brothers in Johnstown in the 50’s. Grand old store. Think it was still there when they filmed Slap Shot.
Pittsburgh - Kauffman's
Philadelphia - John Wanamaker's
Kinda like Wawa vs Sheetz.
Philadelphia - John Wanamaker's
Kinda like Wawa vs Sheetz.
I've lived in Bloomsburg for 25 years and my wife's been here her entire life and neither one of us has ever stepped foot in Arcus Brothers. And we probably never will.
The Penn Traffic store was pretty awesome too
Had a huge PT store in DuBois too. It was THE place to shop. Penn Traffic on one sire and a Riverside Market on the other. Precursor to a Super Walmart.
There was a Penn Traffic in Somerset, PA on what locals call "The Diamond" IIRC it was the only place around, short of driving to Johnstown, to get furniture.
Oh wait I think there was a place called Henry's in New Centerville, PA and a place called Stoner's in Rockwood, PA. that sold furniture.
We also had a Grants and Hess's.
There was also a Newberry's and a Sun Drug On the Diamond .
I remember Riverside I used to love their Riverboat Hoagie.
LL Stearns & Sons - Williamsport:
And to think that Uncle Joe’s is still surviving today is pretty amazing. I’m don’t know where LL Sterns was in Williamsport. I don’t recognize the building or the location. Where was it located?
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You haven't lived unless you shopped and then had lunch at the original Pechins in Dunbar!
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The old store was "destroyed by fire." Rebuilt in the old Laurel Mall with "Pechin Firehouse Restaurant'
E J Korvettes.
The first chain of American discount department stores. Headquartered in NY, it had stores on the eastern seaboard including Philly and Harrisburg.
The first chain of American discount department stores. Headquartered in NY, it had stores on the eastern seaboard including Philly and Harrisburg.
