On 8/10/2018 4:40 PM, wrote:
>
> Last night my neighbor and I went downtown to a restaurant that has
> been open for about 6 months. It's in the old Woolworth's location
> and it had the old, very long lunch counter as well. Lots of tables
> and booths, though.
>
> We had crispy fried chicken skins as an appetizer. Meh.
>
> Both of us ordered their "dime store burger" which was a 6 ounce bear
> creek beef hamburger. Very, very good and it came with excellent shoe
> string fries. She ordered a watermelon cucumber salad instead of fries.
>
> We went upstairs to the bar area which was the old mezzanine when the
> store was open for business. Lots of pictures from the 60's when there
> was a sit-in at this location in an effort to desegregate. Quite interesting.
>
> http://woolworthonfifth.com/
>
How fun!

In the late 1970's I used to take my lunch break at a small Woolworth's
store in a shopping mall in Memphis. IIRC they had fish & chips on
Friday. I think I got a burger and fries there a couple of times, too,
but seems to me there were crinkle cut fries. I dunno, I was a long
time ago.

When I finished eating I'd peruse the store for fun little items like
cheap costume jewelry. I still have a macrame neckace with sliced sea
shell dangles that I picked up for 50 cents.

https://s22.postimg.cc/z1aiqsb01/shells.jpg

Thanks for the memories, Joan!

Jill