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For this extra-special bonus Monday post, I continue the errata from Saturday. They are listed in the same order as the original posts. Blue is for locations still open, while black are for those places that are closed. I'm not expecting any new entries, so I won't be explaining the other terms I have been using. Let's go then.
Paintsville/Louisa: For Paintsville: One the way back from Huntington one time, we tried to stop at the Arby's at a strip mall in the same shopping center as the LJS and the BK. The entrance was to the side and partially hidden, and it led to a hallway to the rear of the restaurant. The place was crowded and a little messy, so we left immediately. Haven't tried it since. For Louisa: On another trip back from Huntington, we may have stopped at the Hardee's just off the southbound lane of US 23 for my mom. I definitely didn't go in, but I can't remember if she got anything.
Huntington Mall: We have gotten food at many other places in the Mall that aren't considered restaurants. I'm not including stores that sold food as just a part of the general selections, such as the close Phar-mor or the closing Drug Emporium. I'm also not including places where food is tertiary to other products, such as the candy and mixes available at Adams Hallmark. For instance, when the Mall opened, they had a Hickory Farms outlet in the south/Sears end of the Mall. They had a variety of products. How we got perishable items back in a then three-plus drive in the middle of summer is beyond me. When the store closed, they later opened a kiosk with a small selection during the holidays. Since I haven't been there at that time of year for a long time, I don't know if they still do. The Mall also had a Frontier Fruit and Nut Co. in the Food Court where I think I got popcorn, maybe other things, a few times. The place closed, to be replaced by a number of other stores, including a DQ Sweets and Treats. Never had anything there. The spot is currently Bubble World, a boba tea/smoothie shop. Across the Food Court from that is Great American Cookies. While I don't remember getting anything at that location, a may have gotten something at the kiosk they had on the south side of the central courtyard. (That spot has since closed.) The Mall has had a few candy store, the current being Candy Craze just north of the central courtyard. I have gotten a lot of candy there, mostly "Jelly Belly" jelly beans. I used to get my own assortment of flavors, such as Watermelon, Top Banana, and later Kiwi. About fifteen years ago, I stopped as I started a new health kick and I would get tired of having so much candy for such as long time. While I have yet to try the ice cream at the recently-opened Super Hero Creamery, I did buy about seventeen comic books as part of my quest to find my missing issues. While not at the Mall, I did buy a blueberry-based pastry at the Starbucks kiosk inside the Barboursville Kroger, but that is borderline groceries.
Greater Lexington: I find it hard to think that I had never eaten at a Lexington LJS. We may have during the 70s, but I was too young to remember it clearly. We used to drive right by one of the original, if not the first, LJS on our way into the city. I kept asking to stop there on the way out of town, but we never did. By the 2010s, an Arby's was added in. It did no good as the restaurant was closed a few years ago, to be replaced by the breakfast-themed Biscuit Belly. It is a sacrilege that there are no longer an LJSs in the city. I am pretty sure I had to have at least a drink at one of the malls and/or shopping centers we went to when I was a kid, but the events were too unimportant to recall. Finally, I know I sat at a booth at the bistro that was inside Joseph-Beth Booksellers at the Mall at Lexington Green. I don't know if I was waiting for someone to finish eating or just to rest. I may have had something, but that was not like me.
Fayette Mall: Yes, it gets its own entry. I have gotten food at a few spots in the Mall too. First, Great American Cookies had a spot in the southwest wing of the south expansion when it first opened. I think I got a brownie there. That spot would close to merge with the original location in the Food Court. I don't think I have gotten anything there. Next, there was a candy store called Boardwalk Treats on the south end of the courtyard in the south expansion. I got "Jelly Belly" there too, as well as the occasional other, and I stopped going for the same reason. The store closed earlier this year, to be replaced by Chocomania, a high-end chocolatier. While some of the desserts looked interesting, they were a little expensive. Also, it was the middle of a heat wave, and they wouldn't have lasted the car ride back home. Finally, See's Candies used to have a kiosk right in front of where Sears was, and later they had a storefront. We had gotten free samples there, and maybe bought something when they had a store, but they went out of the Mall a while ago.
Stanton/Saylersville: For Stanton: The place is called the Stanton Food Court, obviously. The A & W Restaurant left recently, leaving that side just LJS. I really should eat there again, as it is always so empty compared to the Arby's. Speaking of them, they do have some regular tables, with the higher ones just along one wall. Finally, we had to make an emergency stop at the McDonald's after refueling so my mom could use the restroom again. I've added a star to the original entry to reflect that. Still wanting to try the Dr Pepper slush. For Saylersville: We probably stopped at their McDonald's once, either going to or coming back from Lexington. I can't remember which.
Addenda: Yes, here too. I stopped at one of the small restaurants in McDowell to get a hot meal for my grandmother (or another) while she was at the hospital/rehab center. Don't know which one, but they have changed names/owners and/or closed over the years. One the way back from Huntington, we stopped at this pizza place in Lawrence county, way north of Louisa. It may have been a Giovanni's or even Gino's at the time, but not any more. It wasn't for me, but for one of our relatives who went with us that time. We had to wait a long time, messing up plans. Never stopped again.
Afterthoughts: Yep, even here. I forgot to include Fayette in my list of counties with relatives. I had to stay the night a my cousin's house for that ill-fated trip to King's Island that never happened. He lives in Johnson county now.
And with that, I'm done. See you Wednesday for my regular post.
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