Places that are nolonger, some good some bad some indiferent

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:56 pm

Looks like Skyline Chili bit the dust. Tried to take the kids there for lunch the other day and it was closed and the sign was down.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:51 pm

Yes! I knew that - I can't remember what is going in there. Lemme look and see.

*EDIT* There is a bar going in there, Whiskey Dick's (formerly Checkers, down by South Side 6) which is owned by the guy who owns Kami's and Long's Cleaners.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:56 pm

So we're getting another bar with holes in the floor that's overpriced.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:05 pm

BGDrew wrote:So we're getting another bar with holes in the floor that's overpriced.

Yep.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:25 am

There's actually a whiskey dick's down by wal mart, must be hoping for better business in a more central location.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:09 am

The Niz wrote:There's actually a whiskey dick's down by wal mart, must be hoping for better business in a more central location.

Same bar, just moving locations. It gets great business where it's at. Not sure why Rick is moving it.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:53 pm

Waldenbooks is leaving the mall effective Jan 20.

Ohiogal · Post by **Ohiogal** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:40 pm

NOOOOOOO! Oh sh!t.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:47 pm

That's too bad. Aside from SBX and the University, does BG have a really good bookstore in the style of Waldenbooks? I assume there's a Borders or B&N in the new P-burg development, but losing a store like that actually *in* BG hurts (as Ohiogal has demonstrated.

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Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:06 pm

The next closest Borders is on Monroe Street in Toledo. Levis Commons has a Books-A-Million.

murph · Post by **murph** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:27 pm

There's always Grounds for Thought

Ohiogal · Post by **Ohiogal** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:41 pm

ooohhh and Meijer and WalMart. greaaaaaaat.....

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:04 am

I think Walden Books is going away as a business. It can't compete with Borders, et al.

Besides, the only regulars to the malls anymore are kids (around here, at lesat). We all know how much they like to read.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:07 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:I think Walden Books is going away as a business. It can't compete with Borders, et al.

Walden Books is part of the Borders Group.

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:32 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:I think Walden Books is going away as a business. It can't compete with Borders, et al.

Besides, the only regulars to the malls anymore are kids (around here, at lesat). We all know how much they like to read.

My son reads a lot. My daughter, not so much, but she still reads quite a bit. We've always encouraged it.