Feeling nostalgic
Help us add to the list of local, beloved Gainesville businesses or papers that enriched the indiegainesville community but are no more:
- Babaloos
- Goering’s Book Store
- Common Grounds
- The Covered Dish
- French Addiction
- Hanks Yarn and Fiber
- Hardback
- Omni Books
- The Original Pizza Palace (every incarnation of it)
- School Kids
- The Spoke House
Skeeter’s
Insomnia
Full Circle
Mike’s Bookstore
Kesl’s Coney Island (before it moved to the Sun Center then died)
Chaucer’s (before the fire, when it was where the Swamp is now)
Toby’s Corner (both before the fire- on Univ. + after the fire – in the Sun Center)
Cafe Espresso (before it became Cafe X-presso, then Jacks)
Mike’s Bookstore (oops, someone said that, so then Omni Books)
New Dawn Futon (store was on SW2nd + Main, factory was in High Springs)
Shooting Stars (was in Thornebrook)
Lido (was on Univ. a few doors down from Alternatives original location) + Vamp
Mother Earth (before it was bought-out by NRG foods, in the 70s-90s when it was a family owned & run natural food store)
Oh, and I should add:
Books Inc.
Tom’s Records (before it became SchoolKids)
Yep — all of those.
Firpo’s, the 501 store, Farrah’s on the Ave, The Hogtown Brewer, Burrito Brother’s, Falafel King, and Eatee inee/ Takee outee (not the name but the neon sign said it all), Northside Disc Golf.
New Harvest
Love Gainesville! Support your local businesses!
tim and terrys….