Bygone Louisville stores/restaurants (Valley Station, Shelbyville: credit card, college, bars)

[tigerlillydownunder]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

Sandy's was still there recently but is now something else. There also used to be a real A&W near there. There was also a Kingfish on Dixie.

aww, Sandy's is gone too? Dang...... I remember that A&W in Shively--we used to go there quite a bit when I was little. You could get these tiny little glass rootbeer mugs--I venture to say they'd almost be a collectors item now. I eventually broke every single on of mine (what can I say, I was a clumsy little clod! )

It's probably shut now too, but there was an A&W down in Valley as late as 98/99..? Footlong chili dog with an ice cold mug of A&W....mmmm.

Kingfish on Dixie--every time we ate there we all got sick.....but we kept going anyway!

the new Kingfish down on the waterfront was quite nice last time I was there --it IS still there, isn't it?--which was **thinking, thinking**......1999.

[missymomof3]

The A&W in Valley IS still there, it's the only original one I know of left.

[tigerlillydownunder]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

The A&W in Valley IS still there, it's the only original one I know of left.

WOOHOO!!!! Footlongs and icy cold mugs for everyone!!

Good grief, by the time I'm done with this trip home I'm gonna weight 300lbs ; they'll have to put me in the cargo hold to get me back to Oz!

[tigerlillydownunder]

Originally Posted by Gimme3steps

Anyone mention Sizzler yet? Always liked their steak and shrimp.

Sizzler...mmmmm.....Malibu chicken.......**HOMER Simpson-like drooling**

[JefferyT]

I think the A&W in Valley Station is south on Dixie, towards Valley Village/Kosmosdale? Or is that another one?

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by JefferyT

I think the A&W in Valley Station is south on Dixie, towards Valley Village/Kosmosdale? Or is that another one?

Yeah, that's the one!

[kimev]

In the early 60s - does anybody remember a mall entrance or shopping center entryway in Louisville that contained a play area for children which included a big "climb on" and crawl under dinosaur or turtle or something? The back of it had concave step-like scales? that we could climb onto and up.... I must have been about 4, maybe it was in 1963 and I have memories?? of playing there with family friends' kids - just wonder if this magical place existed??? It would be great to hear that somebody else remembers this and can confirm??? Thanks!

[Gimme3steps]

Some of these may have already been mentioned:

The old Consolidated Store that was on Breckenridge Lane in St. Matthews- I remember the old wooden floors that would creak and pop.

Dan Cohen Shoes and Hill Brothers Shoes- Indian Trail Shopping Center (Keds and Red Ball Jets)

Kinney Shoes- Preston Highway between Indian Trail and Gilmore Lane

Codispotis Italian restaurant- just south of Fern Valley across from the old Preston Drive in theatre

The O&L Store- a five and dime in the Bittersweet Shopping Center,

Frederick's Okolona Lanes- same place

Almart- a department store at Durrett Lane and Preston

Pattersons Bakery- on Preston by Southern High School

Has anyone mentioned the Ollies Trolley that was in Okolona?

And, Redds Auto Parts, Magers Speed Shop, Criscoe Automotive, Clary Customotive, Carter Speed Engineering, and Okolona Performance. If only I had all that money I spent on cars back in my younger days...

[DerbyCityDiva]

Ok, since the talk is A&W, does anyone remember the HUGE rotating mug on top of the A&W around Blanton Lane?
And kimev said

does anybody remember a mall entrance or shopping center entryway in Louisville that contained a play area for children which included a big "climb on" and crawl under dinosaur or turtle or something? The back of it had concave step-like scales? that we could climb onto and up....

Wow, I'm getting a mental picture here...yep, I'm pretty sure it was a turtle...
It was green, and you could grab one of those little-dippy-circles, while you had a foot in the other. I'd climb to the top, roll over, and slide down the side.
I don't really remember where it was either. Could it have been Bashford Manor when it was new? Or maybe The Mall, when it was new?

Wow, thinking of this stuff makes my back hurt...and my knee...and maybe I need a little nap now...

[JefferyT]

Almart- a department store at Durrett Lane and Preston

Could it have been Arlans? They had big supergraphics painted on the sides and back, facing I-65?

What I recall about that place was that it had a suprising excellent arts and crafts section, where you could get plasticine clay. Hard to find stuff. But they had it. Another place that had a suprising specialty was that old Woolco in Valley Station, which had a great photographic hobbyists supply section, including developer/contact paper. Again something you'd never see in a typical big box.