Defunct businesses that you used to love

[360dagod]

The espn zone in Manhattan
Modells
Nobody beats the Wiz
shyt i think Dr.Jays is basically finished
Discovery Zone

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Virgin megastore in Times Square was a vibe

 

[Mike Nasty]

Chesapeake Bay Seafood House. Those hush puppies

 

[Legal]

I vaguely remember them doing that. Was so long ago. The main thing I remember was they had this one type/brand of popular headphones that knocked, but had a reputation for shorting out after a few months. Those headphones cost like $40 which was a lot for headphones back then. It wasn't a name like Sony either. It was some offbrand but they knocked on a walkman. You could only get them at Radio Shack. I remember listening to the Alkaholiks and then eventually the right side of the headphones stopped working.

I think I know what headphones you were talking about. Them shyts HIT, but it would they would always short out at the worst possible times. But they wouldn't even have the decency to fully short out, and they'd do that bullshyt where they'd work if you had the cord juuuuuuusssst right. Had a breh out here looking crazy trying to tape cords into the right spot.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

I spent so much time and money at Tower Records back in the day. You could stay there for hours listening to new music or checking out magazines.

Tower had the game on lock back then and this was at a time when record labels and retail were EATING off of CDs.

The one by Lincoln Center was my shyt and the once on Sunset was an absolute destination along with Amoeba.

 

[whatthatthangsmelllike]

Blimpie subs

 

[Unknown Poster]

Schlatskys Deli
Head Board Shop (Skate Shop in Pittsburgh)
Hypervinyl (techno/house record store in Pittsburgh)
Future Sounds
Groovetech
720 Records
Little Skips in Brooklyn
Tower Records
Electronics Boutique
Virgin Records
Recon/Nort NYC (Sneaker store run by graffiti artists Stash and Futura)a
Waves Music
Blockbuster Music
NRM
Brave New World (Record Store in Pittsburgh)
The Upstage (Club in Pittsburgh)
Babbages
Suncoast Video
Modells
Fat Alberts
Ulterior Motive (Pittsburgh streetwear store from the 2000s)

 

[Unknown Poster]

Virgin megastore in Times Square was a vibe

It really was. The most iconic music store location I can remember. I had so many good memories of going there, nothing else in the world felt like it.

 

[Kairi Irving]

Circuit City
Blockbuster
Toys R Us

 

[WesCrook]

@Buckeye Fever

 

[Unknown Poster]

 

[WesCrook]

 

[Unknown Poster]

Virgin in times square.

Only went there once when in h.s. but the atmosphere was somethin else

They had free concerts and stuff there too.

I remember watching TRL on MTV back when they moved the studio to Times Square and thinking that had to be the spot when I saw it through the window during the broadcast.

 

[frush11]

Filene's Basement
Sizzler
Tower records

 

[Doctor Wily]

What kind of restaurant was it?

Steakhouse but they offered unlimited shrimp and salad with every meal.

And the prices were comparable to a 2020's Applebee's