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Loop Cafeteria?
Posted by:
Cragin Spring
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Date: February 14, 2015 12:25AM
I remember when I was young it could of been a Woolworth or Kresge store in the Loop where the cafeteria was on the 2nd floor overlooking the store. Does anyone remember this establishment?
Re: Loop Cafeteria?
Posted by:
Mr Downtown
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Date: February 14, 2015 12:40PM
The Woolworth store at Washington & State had a lunch counter on the mezzanine. A stairway on the south wall of the store led from the State Street door up to the counter.
Re: Loop Cafeteria?
Posted by:
Cragin Spring
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Date: February 14, 2015 02:11PM
Thank you for the answer and it was a faint memory of mine having lunch up top with my mother. I also remember stores like Woolworth's having a rectangle candy counter with 2 women working. You would chose what candy you want and the amount. Then they would weigh the candy and bag it for you.
Re: Loop Cafeteria?
Posted by:
thejimdoherty
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Date: February 16, 2015 07:42AM
I remember that Woolworth's. As I recall, by the late '70s/early '80s, the lunch counter was gone, but they still had the mezzanine, although now it was filled with shelves of merchandise.
