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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 5 21:47:00 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu Oct 4 15:30:29 2018. That I remember from 1980.As I remember, there actually was a Circus stand (the one that sold hot dogs in Penn Station in the late 1970's-early '80s) in that passageway, but it was closed the one and only time I went through there. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 5 21:49:56 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Thu Oct 4 19:00:08 2018. JACK has been a west coast chain for many years. They used to be on the east coast but left in the '70s. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Oct 5 23:17:23 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 5 21:49:56 2018. I tell people this and they don't believe me! I'm like when I was a little kid, they had Jack in the Box over here and that kid Rodney Allen Ripple was spokesman! |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 04:07:11 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 5 21:49:56 2018. Yup, there was one a few blocks from me on Kissena. Indiana and North Carolina are as close to NY as they get now. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 04:12:24 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by randyo on Thu Oct 4 13:40:23 2018. created by Daitch (Shopwell) which was bought by A&P in 1986, brand bought from A&P in the bankruptcy in 2015 by Key Food...... |
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Posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Sat Oct 6 05:02:12 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Express Rider on Thu Oct 4 00:03:19 2018. The WizSavemart Circuit City Howard Johnsons Chock Full O' Nuts Automat Chemical Bank Manufactures Hanover Sizzler |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 07:15:44 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Sat Oct 6 05:02:12 2018. There is one Howard Johnson restaurant left, and it is in the Adirondacks. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 07:29:49 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 07:15:44 2018. Lake George, I ate there a few years ago...some 350 hotel/motel properties under the Wyndham parent still exist... |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sat Oct 6 07:30:57 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 4 13:48:32 2018. I think the husk of a superstore is still there at 125th St and Lexington (?). |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 07:57:23 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 4 13:48:32 2018. They became defunct with the A&P bankruptcy. The Harlem store on 125th is still there, empty. I drove right past it going across 125th last Friday evening on my way to an event at Riverside Church. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Oct 6 09:09:09 2018, in response to gimbels passageway, posted by rbseabeach on Wed Oct 3 10:49:14 2018. 
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 6 09:15:19 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 07:15:44 2018. There used to be one at Rockefeller Center. We had lunch there on April 30, 1967 after visiting the Empire State Building. We were trying to decide where to go next and I said it didn't matter as long as we took the subway. My father suggested going to Coney Island, saying it was an hour-long ride. That sealed the deal right then and there, and a short time later we were on a D train via the Culver line to Stillwell Ave. |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Oct 6 09:57:55 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Fri Oct 5 17:51:58 2018. This LION does not know. It started after the Sandy Flood... But if ewe buy Nathan's Franks in the supermarket, it has a plant and a different company name on the package.Their ads and signs on the store a few years ago claims "New Flavor same great tradition." The flavor is NOT as good as of yore, and is no longer worth a special trip to CI. ROARING |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Oct 6 09:59:34 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Fri Oct 5 18:07:30 2018. I always pictured them up on the second floor of that building making hotdogs from dead cows.ROAR |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 6 10:04:45 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Sat Oct 6 05:02:12 2018. Newmark & Lewis |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 10:06:41 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Oct 6 09:57:55 2018. I think John Morell is the processor for the supermarket packaged hot dog products. They offer a bunch of different "options" beyond the original. Needless to say, skinless, or low fat, are not going to be close. I'm in CI two nights a week for 5 months a year for the Catholic High School Hockey League that plays at the rink a few blocks away so it isn't a special trip for me. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 6 10:07:38 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 07:57:23 2018. Path Mark sucked anyway |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 10:14:41 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 6 10:07:38 2018. Whitestone/Farrington St and New Hyde Park weren't bad. I didn't like the one in Coney Island near the rink. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 10:35:53 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Oct 6 09:57:55 2018. The frozen White Castles you buy at the super market are nowhere near the quality of what you got in their restaurant. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 10:37:55 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 6 10:07:38 2018. The big box A&P and Pathmarks were better than the smaller, scruffy, legacy stores. |
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Oct 6 11:58:56 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Oct 5 23:17:23 2018. I remember Jack in the Box on the corner of Greenwich Street and Henry Street in Hempstead, but that was ages ago. I did get to visit one off I-90 near the border of Washington and Oregon last summer. I don't know of any near a subway station these days. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 12:30:51 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Oct 6 11:58:56 2018. Didn't Jack in the Box eventually become Jack's ? |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 13:11:07 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 12:30:51 2018. Yes |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 13:14:21 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 13:11:07 2018. Hit post too quickly....They did go back to using the full name again.... |
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Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Sat Oct 6 15:59:23 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Sat Oct 6 05:02:12 2018. Sizzler still exists, maybe just not in NYC. There's one near me here in San Diego. |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Oct 6 16:55:22 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Fri Oct 5 18:07:30 2018. But like most similar operations, consistency across franchises is lackingGenerally, the ones at the airports are terrible ones, that just sell the skinless dogs, and nothing else. Others, can be quite good: the one at PS is surprisingly good, the ones on the Thruway between NYC and Albany are good, as is the one at Cheesequake on the GSP. They seem to have to have the commitment to actually follow the company details. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 16:57:18 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Sat Oct 6 15:59:23 2018. Around 270 locations, but none around here that I know of... |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Oct 6 17:02:29 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 04:07:11 2018. Was one once on Rt 9 south in Wappinger's Falls. It was a 'must try again' on one of my Vegas trips, back in the late 2000's...but the place I stopped at every trip out there, was In n Out.... |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 17:02:53 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Oct 6 16:55:22 2018. That's my point. Depending on the management of the company who controls the clusters of franchises, and the strength of the brand owner in enforcing standards you see a much different result delivered. Same thing with the fries. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Sun Oct 7 00:35:27 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by rbseabeach on Thu Oct 4 13:56:01 2018. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?90801 |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Oct 7 00:41:28 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Sat Oct 6 15:59:23 2018. They're still around globally, I've found them in San Juan and Tokyo. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sun Oct 7 06:04:23 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 10:37:55 2018. IAWTP. The Pathmark near me had low prices and a wide variety of groceries. Once they closed, the replacements couldn't fill their shoes in either category. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sun Oct 7 06:13:13 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Oct 4 10:52:00 2018. The Korvette's at Herald Square was famous (for me) for having a direct entrance to 34th St/6th Ave station. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sun Oct 7 06:15:45 2018, in response to [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Oct 6 09:09:09 2018. Before my time, but still a great pic! Thanks for sharing! |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sun Oct 7 08:28:38 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 17:02:53 2018. Frankly,(haha) to me it's the fries that make or break a Nathan's - when there was that crop failure up in Maine, and they had to scramble and find a new supplier, couple of years back, it was pretty dire... |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 10:35:07 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Oct 7 00:41:28 2018. I heard that Japan has issues with tourists to the extent that ATMs don't take Western ATM cards and other related issues. Is that the case? |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sun Oct 7 10:35:28 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 10:37:55 2018. Like C Town and Bravo?I agree with that but I thought Path Mark was chump. |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Oct 7 10:42:24 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 10:35:07 2018. Speaking of which, I know that European tourists have an out when an MTA MVM asks for their zip code.But I forget what it is and, more importantly, how do the tourists know what it is? |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Oct 7 10:53:45 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Oct 3 18:19:38 2018. I never heard of Wainrite's and I'm 46.Also add: Woolworths Bambergers Mays Alexanders TSS |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Oct 7 10:59:10 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Oct 7 10:53:45 2018. I've never heard of Wainrite's either. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 11:27:58 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by AlM on Sun Oct 7 10:42:24 2018. I don't have a European credit card.In case you were wondering how American cards work in chip and pin land, it prints a signature slip instead, or if it's a TVM or something, it just works and doesn't ask for a PIN. I always used my phone to pay in Europe because then it didn't prompt for a signature. Meanwhile, some readers offered to pay in EUR or USD. I always went for EUR as my bank has better exchange rates. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 11:29:05 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 11:27:58 2018. P.S. These USD offers were only during my recent trip to Spain. I didn't see it in the UK and France back in March. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Oct 7 12:40:18 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 10:35:07 2018. Japan is very tourist friendly, but yes, the average ATM will not take a western card, and very few places will take western (or any) credit cards. However, there are three common brands of ATM that will (with the first two readily available at the airports):1. The post office Japan Post (which is also Japan's largest bank). 2. 7-Eleven (really their subsidiary 7th Bank, but they are in all the convenience stores). Some Lawson's (another convenience chain) also do, I found these through trial and error. 3. American banks but these are the hardest to find. There's a Citi in Shinjuku which was the first non-post office ATM I found that worked. There's also Travelx which is a total ripoff, never use those, because it always forces you into their BS currency exchange rate. It is worth noting that Chinese tourists can use significantly more ATMs than westerners (mainly Mizuho ATMs which annoyingly are the 2nd most common). As for credit cards, a large number of Japanese retailers gave a collective F.U. to credit card fees and simply do not accept them, and the country is safe enough that carrying around the equivalent of $5,000 cash in your wallet has never been unwise. They instead use in-house debit systems like EDY, transit passes, and now mobile wallets to pay for things at stores / vending machines. It has gotten to the point where the credit card companies are giving merchants money to get them to accept their cards. Hasn't helped much, the same places that always took credit (big chains) still do and the ones that don't still don't (virtually anything else). Hell, at the airport I had to pay the extra luggage fee of ¥7500 (at the time around $80) in cash, after I'd already spent my last large bills of yen. I had to run to currency exchange then back to the luggage counter, and still ended up giving her a bunch of ¥100 coins... |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Oct 7 12:49:26 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Oct 7 11:27:58 2018. if it's a TVM or something, it just works and doesn't ask for a PINAustralia and Japan it works the opposite way. If your credit card has no PIN, it will not work at a TVM. My bank-issued credit card (R.I.P. First Niagara) is actually a chip-and-pin card which ended up being the only one I could use down under to recharge my Opal card. Key Bank who bought out First Niagara cannot reissue them, so I might be screwed once it expires (or hopefully by then someone else will be as forward thinking). |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Oct 7 13:01:22 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Oct 5 10:35:12 2018. Wow...I remember Bohacks. There definitely was one on Broadway and Manhattan aves in WilliamsBurg east. |
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Posted by Pragmatist on Sun Oct 7 14:40:45 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Oct 5 10:35:12 2018. Actually, a breakoff from Shoprite |
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Posted by pragmatist on Sun Oct 7 15:23:17 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by AlM on Sun Oct 7 10:59:10 2018. Wainrite's was a large single level store on Kissena Blvd and 71st Ave. It was one of the first "discount stores" with very little selling at list price, in an era when that was much less common. The store carried a very wide range of merchandise, set up in departments or areas. There warehouse was the full basement. Today, it is a National Wholesale liquidator's, and the basement is a selling floor with an elevator and escalator, they warehouse off site and get large truck deliveries,since they have multiple stores |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Oct 7 16:43:45 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by rbseabeach on Thu Oct 4 13:56:01 2018. Brooklyn-bound platform at the 2/3 Hoyt St. station? It's a single island platform serving both directions, at the bottom of an elevator. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Oct 7 16:47:42 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Oct 7 16:43:45 2018. No it's not, I'm thinking of Clark St. I need to stop posting when I am tired. Sorry. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Oct 7 16:57:56 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Express Rider on Wed Oct 3 23:59:29 2018. Woolworth's was where I started buying records. The first few 45s I bought there turned out to be lasting hits. Big Girls Don't Cry, Limbo Rock, Louis Louis... |
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