On 2010-06-22, Christine Dabney > wrote:

> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?

Of course!

Kress, Woolworths, WT Grant.... they all had lunch counters back in
the day. My primary memory is Mom setting my brother and I down at
the counter for a grilled cheese sandwich and a Coke ....in the
classic glass... so lunch could babysit us while she shopped.

If times were good, we even got a bowl of Campbells tomato soup.
Remember the Campbells display/cooker where cans were prominently
displayed in a row and the soup was warmed in dedicated little metal
containers that plugged right into the front of the stainless steel
machine? King for a day was soup with one of those killer double
layer club sandwiches cut in four sections and held together with
frilly toothpicks.

The last one I ever saw had been converted from counter to a cafeteria
style setup where you chose foods from displays and took it to plastic
booth seating. Just not the same as watching those nice young ladies
in their starched waitress uniforms serving those manna-from-heaven
sandwiches made with toasted Wonder bread on plates heavy enough to
bludgeon a wild buffalo to death. Ahhh.... The good ol' days.

nb

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:53:18 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-06-22, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
>> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?
>
>Of course!
>
>Kress, Woolworths, WT Grant.... they all had lunch counters back in
>the day.

I forgot about Kress and WT Grant. I thought I remembered Walgreens
having counters before they changed them to Wag's so I looked.

Looks like they started in 1910 and continued till the 80's

http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/a...tory/hist3.jsp


IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.

Googling for Walgreens I found this unrelated Walgreen restaurant menu
from 1939. Great prices!

http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org.../walgreens.htm

Lou

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:53:18 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2010-06-22, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?
>>
>>Of course!
>>
>>Kress, Woolworths, WT Grant.... they all had lunch counters back in
>>the day.
>
> I forgot about Kress and WT Grant. I thought I remembered Walgreens
> having counters before they changed them to Wag's so I looked.
>
> Looks like they started in 1910 and continued till the 80's
>
> http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/a...tory/hist3.jsp
>
>
> IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.
>
> Googling for Walgreens I found this unrelated Walgreen restaurant menu
> from 1939. Great prices!
>
> http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org.../walgreens.htm
>
> Lou

Kresge stores in the Detroit area had lunch counters. I always got a club
sandwich.

Jim



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On 6/23/2010 1:53 PM, Jimbo wrote:

> Kresge stores in the Detroit area had lunch counters. I always got a club
> sandwich.


Kresge was the beginning of the modern big-box store. Mr. Kresge
developed Kmart.

All the original Kmarts had small "cafeterias" in them. Depending on who
was running that department, the food could be very good and it was
reasonably priced. I knew of one store where the grill manager would
have an "employee lunch special" every day and post the menu by the time
clock a month in advance so the workers could plan their lunches.

She was the most popular employee in the store.

George L

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:


> IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.

My local food group:

ba.food

has a discussion going on now about getting lunch at grocery stores in
my city. Maybe it's coming back?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On 6/28/2010 10:18 AM, Dan Abel wrote:
> In >,
> Lou > wrote:
>
>
>> IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.
>
> My local food group:
>
> ba.food
>
> has a discussion going on now about getting lunch at grocery stores in
> my city. Maybe it's coming back?
>

We have at least three grocery stores in our small city that have deli's
with seating and sell lunches. One actually has a buffet breakfast and
lunch every day of the week, reasonably priced too.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:18:15 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
>
>> IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.
>
>My local food group:
>
>ba.food
>
>has a discussion going on now about getting lunch at grocery stores in
>my city. Maybe it's coming back?

It never left here. There's lots of places you can do that.

Second picture down tells it all. And the stuff is good.

http://www.bobak.com/?co=store

Lou