Tag: Weingartens

Still don't believe this store was associated with Grand Union? Here's your sign!

This former Weingarten still uses Grand Union decor 40 years later!

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Howdy and welcome to Houston Historic Retail. Today, we’re driving to Texas City to visit a former Weingarten, largely still wearing its Grand Union era decor! This store is located at 915 6th St, Texas City, TX 77590, and originally opened in 1952. While the store has seen some expansions over the years, much of the original store is still in use. The Weingarten locations of the 1950s used what some consider to be a …

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The arches accidentally also matched Grand Union's theming, and seems to be why they survived untouched

Weingarten’s Food Fair is over, now it’s Lewis’ Food Town

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Weingarten is a grocer I never knew, They were gone by the time I was born but oddly were still held in high regard. The chain folded in 1983, after a buyout in 1979. While many put the blame onto an over-eager chain wanting to expand but incompetent in running stores in unfamiliar territory. While this is partly true, the issue was in fact much broader and stems from a little-known origin story, which is …

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One more look at the building with the trees, you almost don't feel like you're in Houston.

Houston’s oldest TJ Maxx is in a former Weingartens

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Rummel Creek Village is a very interesting shopping center. With wooden shingles, ample trees, and vintage facade, you almost feel closer to the Hill Country than Houston here. Despite fitting stylistically with the surrounding Memorial Villages area, Rummel Creek Village is actually entirely within Houston. It’s anyone’s guess as to how it has survived unchanged for so long, but thankfully with age the design has only gained charm. It almost looks like something that would …

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