QUESTION: If you could bring back one business that closed in Contra Costa County, what would it be?
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QUESTION: If you could bring back one business that closed in Contra Costa County, what would it be?
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The pizzaria bar before the side gate brewery and beer in Concord took over. Aaahhh man i really miss the pizzaria pub/bar best owner that treat you like a family, excellent pizza, amazing drinks, really cool bartenders and the most fun karaoke outdoor and indoor. I was soooo sad to see the pizzarua pub go!!!! This was 6 years ago.
U.S. Steel steel plant in Pittsburg, area took a large tax revenue hit when
county, state and unelected green minions used plant as their own private
deep pocketed ATM.
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Any business has to have a business plans, and in order to do so there
needs to be, regulatory certainty and political stability.
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This county and state have had neither for decades.
Scott’s Seafood Restaurant in WC …. great food & service …. owner elected to keep the one in Oakland for some strange reason close the restaurant in WC – WC restaurant was always busy and they had packed Sunday Brunches, weddings, office parties, etc. etc. and free validated parking underneath the building – literally 10 ft from the restaurant… nothing else has come close.
Only one? I can think of several, but I’ll go with Mervyn’s.
I was going to say Mervyn’s , but I’ll go with Emporium-Capwell
Definitely Emporium Capwell. Same clothes as Macy’s but cost 25% less
good Cafe too
OSH.
Mervyns.
I miss Joann Fabrics.
How about House of Fabrics and Fabricland
…and Beverly’s on Clayton Road.
Marie Callenders
Longs Drug store
Simons Hardware
Hungry Hunter
Do you remember what it was before it was Hungry Hunter?
Mountain Jack’s. It was good, too.
Wasn’t it a Mexican Restaurant originally?
CPT. Obvious,
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Tia Maria?
That sounds familiar . . .
My sister used to pick Montain Jack’s as her birthday meal for their crab…good memeories.
Carlos Murphy’s
or as we used to call it “Charlie Gringo’s” . . .
CC Ole’s
Mr. Mayor, now ask which landmark I’d bring back.
The Dome (theatre or library – your choice!)
Mervyn’s.
Life really hasn’t been the same since.
Reopen! Reopen! Reopen!
Lol.
Chevy’s and their El Machino
Yardbird hardware
K-Mart on Clayton Road.
Walker Brothers Sporting Goods, they were behind Wienerschnitzel on Clayton Rd.
And Hogan’s Sporting Goods, but they were in P.H.
The outdoorsmen and women in this dump of a coffeehouse town need a real family owned sporting goods store in Concord once again. ¡¡¡Concord city council sucks!!!
Hogan’s was terrific. The only store around that had G-Loomis casting rods.
Tahoe Joes
-best cheesecake
Tony Roma in the Willows Shopping Center
Fry’s Electronics. Now one has to order electronic parts online.
I miss Fry’s too. Nice to have parts available for repairs near-by. Now I order online then have to remember how it goes back together when it arrives.
Cordis Dow
El Charro, with Hobby Town a close second.
And I have the El Charro dip recipe
Post it up in the Talk About Anything thread, please. That stuff was like crack!!!
Will do
El Charro Dip
1/2 cup milk
8 oz butter, cubed & chilled
1 C (8 oz) crumbled bleu cheese
2 cloves garlic, pealed and rough chopped
place all ingredients except milk in a food processor and blend while drizzling the milk in, Place blended mix in a bowl, cover and chill at least 4 hours
Make 1 1/2 cups
Yardbirds Hardware
Clayton Valley shopping center
Good selection and top notch sales people with crafts experience.
Alladino’s Pizza and Loards
I miss them both but I liked Sundance’s pizza better.
Beverly’s
Beverly’s Clayton Road!!
Many more than one.
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Angelo’s Place
Bank of Concord
Barbi’s Broiler
Beebe’s
Casa Adobe
C.W. Geary Store
Charlie Brown’s Restaurant
Concord Auto Movies
Concord Drug Store
Concord Mercantile
Concord National Bank
Cook Book Restaurant
Country Palace
Eduardo’s Italian Restaurant
El Papagallo’s
F.W. Woolworth
Grand Auto
Gellert’s Cash Store
Gemco
Handyman
Hilsons
Joe The Butcher’s Eatery
J’s Hamburgers and Such
Keller’s Hardware
La Tour Restaurant
Lewis Bi-Wise
Liberty House
Liquor Emporium
Little Italy
Louis Store
Luciano’s
Magic Pan
Matt-Sons Creamery
Michael Anthony
Mr. Steak
Petar’s Bistro
Pix Cafe
RCA Victor
Regency 6
Rexall Drug Store
Robin Hood
Rod’s Pizza
S.H. Kress Company
Sattler’s Appliance
Sacramento Northern Interurban Railway
Scott’s at the Sheraton
Sun Valley Ice Arena
Sun Valley Cinema
The Grey Fox Inn
The Moorings
The Treasury
Valco Drug Store
Velvet Turtle
Verdi’s Tiki Bar
Willow Pass Drive-Thru Dairy
Willows Theater Company
World’s Fare Restaurants at Sun Valley
Yet Wah
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And many more…
Evie’s
Dr. Jellyfinger,
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Yes.
Shakeys on Clayton Road must be one of the “many more”
We serve fun at Shakey’s (also pizza)!
Tower Records
K-mart in same location
Yes, sidegate used to be Grant Street Pizza! So good and the owners were great!
Oh, and Nob Hill in walnut creek!!!
Freddie’s Pizza in Lafayette. I was the best pizza and I have yet to find pizza anywhere as good
El Charro
The Refectory
Bella Roma Pizza
Colombo French Bread
Slow Sam’s market
Big thumbs up to Bella Roma!
Been a long time since I’ve been there but what was the hobby shop in the Willows called? Busy Bee Buzzy Bee i don’t remember but I spent a lot of time there. And computer land i think that’s what it was called flying Microsoft’s flight simulator on the original PC. It was great as a kid to have all those adults standing by watching me do it but hardly any of them wanted to try themselves.
Thunderdawg,
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I think it was Busy Bee.
Thunderdawg,
If I remember correctly, the Willows used to have a couple of Whole Earth stores, one for general merchandise, and one for computers. I seem to remember their computer store being overpriced and mostly Mac-centric.
In 2027, Sun Valley Mall turns 60 years old, The Willows turns 50 years old, and Park-N-Shop turned 70 years old last year. Think of all of the businesses that have come and gone.
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Park-N-Shop – 1955
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Anglo California National Bank
Chick’s Golden Donuts
Concord Toy Chest
Dr. Kelvin M. Pierce
Ernie’s Shoe Service
F.W. Woolworth Company
Fireside Thrift
Gallenkamp’s Shoes
Garnly’s Barber Shop
King Norman’s Wonderland
Mayfair Market
Park and Shop Cleaners
The Curtain Shop
W.T. Grant Company
Steve Stimac Walgreen Drug Store
Wayne’s Gifts and Stationary
Wolff’s Jewelers
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Sun Valley Mall – 1967
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Albert’s Hosiery
Allen’s Shoes
American Acceptance Corporation
Anita Shops
Arena Restaurant
Arena Sports Shop
B. Dalton Bookseller
Bakery Shoppe
Bank of America
Barricini Candies
Beren’s Tall Fashions
Brides ‘N Belles
Burt’s Shoes
Camera Center
Cartan’s Baby News Children’s Stores
Children’s Shoe Boat
Chinese Restaurant
Crepes & Pancakes Restaurant
Crocker-Citizens Bank
Donut Shop
First Lady Beauty Salon
Fish ‘n Chips
Florsheim Shoes
Flowers by Michi
Gallencamp’s Shoes
Gay 90’s Barber Shop
Goldman’s
Gordon’s Fireplace Shop
Granat Brothers Jewelers
Grodins
Hamburger House
Hard Candy Shop
Hardy Shoes
Hastings-Moores
Hickory Farms
Hofbrau Jr.
House of Fabrics
Ice Cream Parlor
Italian Restaurant
H. Liebes
J.C. Penney
Joan Bari Bag & Gem Shop
Joseph Rodgers Fine Silver & China
Kay Jewelers
Kiosk
Kushins
Lamp Array Shop
Leed’s Shoe Store
Lyon’s Restaurant at Macy’s
Macy’s
Marlene’s
Marzel’s Clothes Tree
Mel’s Restaurant
Mexican Restaurant
Milens Jewelers
Mode O’Day
Motherhood Maternity
Music Box
New Masters Gallery
Nina
Nobby Shop
O’Neill’s Cards and Candies
Pacific Carpets
Perman’s Fashions
Petrie’s
Regal Shoes
Roos/Atkins
S.H. Kress
Sandra Joy Casuals
Sears
See’s Candies
Shelly’s Tall Shop
Sherman Clay
Singer Company
Smith’s Clothiers
Summer & Kaufman
Sun Valley Card ‘n Party
Sun Valley Cinema
Sun Valley Ice Arena
Steak House
Swiss Colony
Thayer McNeil
Tom McAn
Toy World
T.W.A.
Walgreen Drugs
Wig Boutique
World’s Wurst
Kmart