Politics There are really only two discount stores left, Walmart & Target

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  1. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Exactly!
    Your post could have been my post. Especial the bail of socks. Get them and count them later.
     
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    Don’t let me get started on our neighborhood restaurants son.
     
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    A lot of new restaurants over the past 15 years. More cultural choices of cuisine than before.

    Hell, there are also a lot of food carts popping up around town especially in the downtown area and SEP.
     
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    Yeah!
    Reminds me of Puerto Vallarta rather than Portland.
     
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    Was this thread made to see how many people would say Target isn't a discount store?
     
  9. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Food carts are some of the best food around.
    Generally speaking, I'd have to say that restaurants have gone downhill dramatically. The old Rose's is gone. Black Angus (Cattle Company) is gone from the Portland area so you have to go to Vancouver. The Refrectory is gone. Chevy's is gone. The Country Kitchen is not what it used to be. Restaurants used to serve prime steaks, now you're lucky if you get choice. Bonnie's Burgers is gone. The Carnival restaurant is gone. Gene and Joe's is now Tebo's and is no longer the greatest place to get a great hamburger. The Pagoda is gone. The Tik Tok is gone. Wade's, Bart's Wharf and Bill's Gold Coin are gone. The Crab Bowl is gone. The Dairy Maid in Lake Oswego is gone as i the Pinafore. Shakey's Pizza is gone. Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour is gone. The Original Taco House is gone. The restaurant in the Hoyt Hotel called the Roaring 20s Barbary Coast is gone. Sam's Hofbrau is gone. Hung Far Low is gone. Jazz de Opus and Opus Too is gone. The London Grill is gone. Quality Pie is gone. Trader Vic's is gone. The Veritable Quandary is gone. Waddle's is gone. Yaw's Top Notch is gone. The Canlis is gone. Der Reinlander is gone. The Elephant and Castle is gone. The Hill Villa is gone, it's now called the Chart House and isn't nearly as good. John's Meat Market (my parents used to frequent there and then ride their special bus to the Blazer games). The Monte Carlo, a quaint Italian restaurant is gone. The River Queen restaurant is gone. The Speck Drive-In is gone. Sylvia's is gone. The Top of the Cosmo is gone. Victoria Station is gone.

    There was a steakhouse near Portland State University back in the early 60s that's long closed and I just can't remember their name. I'll try and recall it.

    Edit: Jerry's Gable was the name of the steak house near the foot of Broadway Drive that I was trying to recall.
     
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    There are food carts here in Newberg as well. I usually go to the Mediterranean food cart and purchase a Lamb Shawarma or a Lamb Gyro. I am salivating at the thought of it now.
     
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    A lot of the old ones we grew up with have long gone lanny, but there are tons of new ones all over town that have some great reviews. Division street between 12th and 39th has really started to grow with new places as well as Belmont area, Hawthorne area, Mississippi Ave in N Portland and Alberta area have really grown with some eclectic restaurants. Then you factor in all the food carts and there are tons of choices for some good eats.
     
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    Just ha a burger at Mikes drive-inn last night!
    Haven't been there in a few years...still very good.
     
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    Nope, they and Walmart are both in the discount category. Kmart too if there are any left. Im referring national chains.
    Been to many Corporate retail conferences where they categorize retail.
     
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    Two kinds of Walmarts' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>The insane people populate particular stores and others have ordinary old men and women depending on the Walmart every week. Target gets sensible people they serve.
     
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    Didn't Kmart close down
     
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    yeah...
     
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    The night they closed the Kmart down, and the bells were ringing
    The night they closed the Kmart down, and the people were singin' they went
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

    barfo
     
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    I remember that song very well.
    "The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin' they went
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la… "
     
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