Bygone Louisville stores/restaurants (Lexington, Okolona: apartment, Home Depot, move)

[Toby Lee]

Originally Posted by Gweedo65

My cousins and I use to frequent a restaurant in front of the Jefferson Mall in the mid to late 80s called Vito's Villa. It was in the same building that O'Charley's occupies today. For whatever reason, no one in Okolona (including my wife and her siblings who grew up in the area) can remeber the place, and swear that O'Charley's was built from the ground up as an O'Charley's. I have even emailed the Okolona Chamber of Commerce, and they haven't even replied to me. I can find NOTHING on a Google search, and would love nothing more to have a picture of the place to validate what I know to be the truth. Can anyone help me out here?

Vito's Villa was originally a location for The Ground Round, a chain of restaurants owned by Howard Johnson's. This opened in the early to mid 1980's.

[Toby Lee]

Wenneker's Shoes- bashford and (I believe) Oxmoor.
L. Strauss Big and Tall- Market Street and Shelbyville Rd. Plaza
Winner Furniture- 2530 (pause) Dixie Hwy.
Paul's Fruit Market- Various Locations.
Knott's Shoes- Specialized In Kids.
John Conti- Gourmet Coffee
The Dressing Room- Young men's and women's clothing.
Sav-A-Step- Convenience Stores.
Cork and Cleaver- Restaurant in Middletown.
The Trend- Appliances
Bob Nicholson- Appliances
Bob Brady- Appliances
(sensing a trend here?)
Leonhardt- Appliances
Chenoweth- Furniture and, yep, appliances!
and finally, for this evening...
W.W. Cousins- Burgers in a former Steak and Ale in DuPont Circle.
Good night all!

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Toby Lee

Liberty National Bank- There Are Banks (pause for effect) And There Is Liberty.
Kelly & Cohen- Appliance Store.
Hi-Fi Buys- Stereo Equipment.
OG Wilson- Its a Catalog You Walk Through.
Subway- Clothing store on New Cut Rd. and Hurstbourne.
Swiss, Sanders, and Martinizing Cleaners.
S&T- Hardware stores.
Whale Oil- Gas Stations.
Hytken's- Designer fashions in Shelbyville Rd. Plaza.
Gus Mayer- Women's clothes in Oxmoor (still in business in Alabama).
Embry's, Martin's, and Lovenhart's- All clothing stores in Oxmoor.
Karma- Bohemian record store in Highlands.
Something To Do- Hobby store in Bashford Manor (R.I.P.)
Warehouse of Groceries- Later bought by ValuMarket, you had to bring your own bags.

I remember Hi-Fi Buys & O.G. Wilson. I have fond memories of my Mom (R.I.P.) buying me dolls from S&H with her stamps

[Gimme3steps]

Originally Posted by Dayton Sux

Also an Ollies Trolley in Cincy, on Liberty Street.

Romar Gleeson used to be on Main Street downtown. I bought my first cassette recorder there back in...when...1972 or 1973?

CSC, AKA "Consolidated", was from Ohio. THey had two locations...in Valley Station/PRP and off Preston. This was a good place to get a cheap suit.

Consolidated had several other locations around Louisville.

Breckenridge Lane and Dutchmans Lane - now a PepBoys auto parts store

The old Shelbyville Road Plaza - located in the curve of the L-shaped building

I think for a short time they were in the building on Outer Loop where the Peddlers Mall is now. I believe Roses was in that same building for a while also.

Waaay back as a kid I remember going to a store that seems like was at the corner of Shelbyville Rd and Breckenridge Lane. I'm thinking that may have also been a Consolidated. Not real sure about that 'cause it was about 50 years ago. I do remember it was an old building that had wooden floors and a big toy department.


Did anyone ever mention Levy's Lumber or the biggs store?

[hollynoel63]

I recently spent my last week of vacation this year sick as a dog. While bedbound, I started posting pics of old stores on my Facebook page and asking my friends to remember the locations. Here are a few we came up with: Topps, Arlen's, Ayreway, Almart, TG&Y, Roses, Woolco, Consolidated, Britts, GES, Pace, and Grants. Does anyone remember a place called Shopper's Mart? It was on the order of a Peddler's Mall, only not as junky. My stepdad was a metal artist and had a booth there. For the life of me, I can't remember where it was!

[Toby Lee]

Originally Posted by Gimme3steps

Consolidated had several other locations around Louisville.

Breckenridge Lane and Dutchmans Lane - now a PepBoys auto parts store

The old Shelbyville Road Plaza - located in the curve of the L-shaped building

I think for a short time they were in the building on Outer Loop where the Peddlers Mall is now. I believe Roses was in that same building for a while also.

Waaay back as a kid I remember going to a store that seems like was at the corner of Shelbyville Rd and Breckenridge Lane. I'm thinking that may have also been a Consolidated. Not real sure about that 'cause it was about 50 years ago. I do remember it was an old building that had wooden floors and a big toy department.


Did anyone ever mention Levy's Lumber or the biggs store?

LEVY'S!!!!! Excellent work! Remember the commercial where the graphics came up to the sound of construction noises?

[Toby Lee]

To answer HollyNoel63: Grants, Britts, Consolidated, and Pace (in order) all occupied the anchor sopt at Raceland Mall at some point between 1975 (when Raceland opened) and 1988. For the rest:

Topps- Before my time, sorry.
Arlan's- 3430 Preston (later Value City).
Ayr-Way- Westport at Hubbards Lane, J-town Shopping Center, Bashford Manor, 7100 Preston Hwy, Westland Mall, Hwy
62 Jeffersonville, Hwy 131 Clarksville, New Albany. (all became Target; J-Town and Preston have been moved).
Almart- Watterson and Shelbyville (later Service Merchandise, now Staples). Watterson and Preston (later data
processing for First National Bank).
Roses- Mall St. Matthews (later Dawahares), Outer Loop (later CSC, Big Lots),State Street New Albany (later CSC).
Woolco- 4900 Shelbyville (later Lowe's, now Rhodes), 5300 Preston (later Zayre, Ames, now Citi-Trends), 10001 Dixie
(later Homecrafters Warehouse, now Meijer).
CSC-15th and Jefferson, New Albany, Eastern Blvd Clarksville, Shelbyville Road Plaza (now Burlington), 1001 Breckenridge
Lane (later Zayre), Raceland Mall (now Bill Collins Ford), Outer Loop (now Peddlers Mall), 6101 Preston (later Kmart,
now Big Lots), Westland Mall (later Value City).
GES and Grant's were before my time as well, sorry. Hope this helps!

[Toby Lee]

Trying to come up with more fromer Louisville establishments:
Crossroads- Furniture on Durrett Lane.
Victoria Station- Restaurant with a locomotive theme; Dupont.
Dolfinger's- Gift shop in St Matthews.
The Rib Tavern - Overrated BBQ place in Beuchel.
Cissna's- Sporting goods on Clarks Lane, near Poplar Level.
The Doo Wop Shop- Music store in the Highlands.
Bonds- Mens Clothing; Mall St. Matthews (later Chuck E. Cheese's).
Donut Kastle- Fine donut shop on Lyndon Lane.
Boland Maloney Lumber- Near CCA plant way out Westport Road.

[kytoaz]

Originally Posted by Toby Lee

Trying to come up with more fromer Louisville establishments:
Crossroads- Furniture on Durrett Lane.
Victoria Station- Restaurant with a locomotive theme; Dupont.
Dolfinger's- Gift shop in St Matthews.
The Rib Tavern - Overrated BBQ place in Beuchel.
Cissna's- Sporting goods on Clarks Lane, near Poplar Level.
The Doo Wop Shop- Music store in the Highlands.
Bonds- Mens Clothing; Mall St. Matthews (later Chuck E. Cheese's).
Donut Kastle- Fine donut shop on Lyndon Lane.
Boland Maloney Lumber- Near CCA plant way out Westport Road.

doo wop is alive and kickin. they also have a second store on hurstbourne now.

[Gimme3steps]

Originally Posted by Toby Lee

LEVY'S!!!!! Excellent work! Remember the commercial where the graphics came up to the sound of construction noises?

^^Sure do. A hand saw, a drill and a power saw.

A few others
Convenient Food Mart - Come as you are

Nite Owl Food Mart - 8am to midnight seven days a week, wise folks shop at Nite-Owl

Majik Mart