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Default Woolworth on 5th Avenue

On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 1:40:42 PM UTC-7, 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/


awwww. I remember that Woolworth's when I lived in Nashville in the 70's.