Building on Greenville next to old Chili's

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

It should be but Dallas is notorious for having rotten, ghetto shopping centers in the middle of what is otherwise prime real estate. It's baffling.

Maybe it'll clean up whenever TJs and whatever else moves in right down the street in the year 2025 or whenever.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

Maybe it'll clean up whenever TJs and whatever else moves in right down the street in the year 2025 or whenever.

That's what they said in (fill in year) when they built (fill in name of store/development). - Said at any point between 1950 and 2012....

[Cowboybootnut]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

Also, what are they doing at the old Luby's at Central and Meadow? Lots of action there and saw a sign saying something about the construction being done by some company that deals with medical buildings.

I also wish I knew what is happening there. I wish they would put in a nice restaurant, I work in the area. But it will probably be another "Cash for Gold" or "Title Loan" place.

The Grandy's was closed recently, not that I am a fan of Grandy's.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

I asked this in another thread but never got an answer. They've torn down the old Chili's at Meadow and Greenville. Next to it is an older building that's been vacant for some time. It's white with a green roof and my guess is it's from the time when that area was Vickery. Anyone know what it was back in the day? Lakewooder??? Just curious. I know it will be torn down sooner than later.

That chili's is where I saw the first news reports of the Rodney King beating on the national news. My family and I went quiet and then we couldn't believe it. A couple of days later, I moved to Los Angeles and heard it nonstop..

I thought that there was a Stop N GO near there (on the corner of Meadow & Greenville) that was "wet" ( you could buy beer and liquor), not "dry" like the other parts of Greenville.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

There was a Luby's there? I hardly ever went to Central and Meadow...people in PH tended to not shop there because the clientele at that shopping center could be a little scary sometimes.

As far as I know, that Kroger closed in the early 1980s and there hasn't been anything in that spot since, though I haven't been in Dallas non-stop since birth and there could have been a 'blink and miss it' tenant in the interim.

I used to shop at that Krogers when I lived there from 88-91. There were also a Tom Thumb, McDonalds, Blockbuster and a Minyards in the shopping center at the corner of Meadow and Central (northwest corner), at least I think.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Cowboybootnut

I also wish I knew what is happening there. I wish they would put in a nice restaurant, I work in the area. But it will probably be another "Cash for Gold" or "Title Loan" place.

The Grandy's was closed recently, not that I am a fan of Grandy's.

I used to like Grandy's but it has, at least that location, gone way downhill over the years. I went to grab dinner there a few months before it closed and they told me they were out of chicken. How does Grandy's run out of chicken around 5 pm??

I think Luby's is going to be some medical building, according to the constuction co signs.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by wehotex

I thought that there was a Stop N GO near there (on the corner of Meadow & Greenville) that was "wet" ( you could buy beer and liquor), not "dry" like the other parts of Greenville.

That was the "last chance" liquor stop between the town of Vickery and and Buckingham/Richardson. Deuback's Skating Rink was just beyond.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by wehotex

I used to shop at that Krogers when I lived there from 88-91. There were also a Tom Thumb, McDonalds, Blockbuster and a Minyards in the shopping center at the corner of Meadow and Central (northwest corner), at least I think.

The dead Kroger I'm referring to is the one on Walnut Hill between Presby and 75.

[Cowboybootnut]

I remember in the early 1990s, across from the Chilli's & Uncle Julio's, there was an Olympic Pizza. They had great pizza. There was another one on NW Highway near Denton Drive, and another one in Plano on Central, north of Park Blvd. I miss them.