You Know You're From Long Island When... (New York, Hempstead: home, rent)

[amsm196]

Thank You for that info, glad someone remembered Rabs. Thinking back now i do remember " Martial Arts" having to do with Rabs, my friend worked there for a short time and the owner taught him some self defense punches & kicks.
Sad to hear the owner passed.

Thanks

Originally Posted by jedwardjos

Yes there was a Rabs gym back in the late 70's to mid 80's. The owner was a black belt karate instructor named Ritchie A Barathy, hence the name Rabs. The original Rabs was in Lynbrook. I was a member there. It also fuctioned as a martial arts school. Ritchie Barathy passed away some time ago. I am not sure of the cause of death.

[amsm196]

When did Busy Bee or was it Busy B flea market close? It was on sunrise highway not far from the mall.

[OvertaxedOnLI]

Originally Posted by amsm196

When did Busy Bee or was it Busy B flea market close? It was on sunrise highway not far from the mall.

The Busy Bee! I'd forgotten about that one. I think it closed sometime in the early-to-mid 1990s. A friend of ours used to have a "stall" there.

There's a Kohl's store on the same spot now, I believe.

[AlwaysNYer]

Originally Posted by momix5

I remember the birds in the mall. What a change that mall has made. I remember Korvettes in Commack. How about the salty dog in Halesite, getting a haircut at great expectations, superx drug stores, service merchadise consumers distributing, remember DOA on the corner of route 110 and Jericho? Does anyone remeber the Pioneer diner in Hauppauge? How about Wessons Hamburgers?

The Pioneer diner was our favorite place to go after the movie. We actually lived right down the block (347) in Hillside Terrace, across from the Yellow top farm stand. Wow, that brings back memories. Been gone 14 yrs now but remember it like it was yesterday.

[amsm196]

Anybody remember a store called " Rockbottom"? The only one i remember was in East Meadow on Merrick ave, not sure if its gone. It was like a CVS or Walgreens.

[OvertaxedOnLI]

I am pretty sure the Duane Reed chain acquired the Rock Bottom stores a few years ago.. not all that long ago, maybe 2001 or even more recently.

[dignan655321]

Wow, Rockbottom forgot about that place. I use to shop at the one in Lake Grove. It left the retail scene about the same time Genovese did.

[momix5]

There was a rockbottom in Commack and Patchogue.

[OvertaxedOnLI]

I can't believe I forgot to mention Borrelli's, the Italian restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike at Meadowbrook Parkway, right near the Coliseum! It's been there since the late 1940s, still family-owned, and still packs 'em in every time there is any sort of event at the Coliseum or nearby.

I remember taking my son there for the first time as a toddler in the mid-1980s and introducing him to some of the same staff who waited on me and my parents twenty years earlier.

It's nice when restaurants, stores, etc. remain in their original form and ownership over many years. My son and I still go to Borrelli's for dinner every time we attend an Islanders/Rangers game (as do many other people); the tradition lives on!

[NYTom]

Did anyone here have a newspaper route? I delivered Newsday as a kid.