Fannie May

Downtown Chicago flagship store

This is a time of year many people get a sweet tooth, so Fannie May comes to mind.  They bought out Fanny Farmer (people mix them up) in 1992 which closed the Shop City and downtown Syracuse (if it was still around by then) stores in my area.  Had to settle for a competitor yesterday, but here's where Fanny Farmer could open:

Syracuse (Westvale) - former Hallmark, NY 5
Cortland - former Tim Hortons, NY 13
deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5
Liverpool - former Verizon Wireless, NY 31
Cicero - former Cicis Pizza, E Circle Dr
Syracuse - Destiny USA
New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A
Fayetteville - former Eastern Mountain Sports, N Burdick St
Manlius - former Express Sales/Dazzle, NY 92 & 257
Canastota, former Family Dollar, NY 5 & 13
Auburn, Fingerlakes Mall, NY 5 & US 20
Oswego, former Rite Aid, NY 104 & 481
Fulton, River Glen Plaza, CR 57 & NY 481
Colonie, Colonie Ctr, NY 5 & Wolf Rd

DMG Foods

As we know them.

Salvation Army have expanded their services and now have a supermarket chain that opens in so-called food deserts in inner cities.  There are some spots they could go.

Syracuse - former Nojaim Bros (although rivals the Rescue Mission are based blocks away)
Cortland - former P&C, US 11 & NY 41
Oswego - former Green Planet Grocery, NY 104 & 481
Fulton - former Eckerd Pharmacy, NY 481
Flushing - former Caldor
Poughkeepsie - former ShopRite, US 44 & NY 55
Jordan - former Tops

IKEA

Flagship store.

This one I've been meaning to do. IKEA are big across the globe but have yet to open in Upstate NY. Brooklyn and other tri-state stores are the closest right now, but it's just not enough.

deWitt - former JCPenney, Macys or Dicks; Shoppingtown; NY 5
Henrietta - former Macys; Marketplace Mall; NY 252 & 15
Clay - former Bon-Ton; Great Northern Mall; NY 31 & 481
Watertown - former Bon-Ton; Salmon Run Mall; NY 3 & CR 100
Fulton - former kmart; River Glen Plaza; NY 481 & CR 57
Syracuse (north side) - former Bon-Ton or Circuit City; Destiny USA
Syracuse (east side) - former Sams Club, NY 5 (also various other locations)
Williamsville - Eastern Hills Mall
Colonie - former Sears; Colonie Ctr; NY 5
Latham - Latham Circle Mall; NY 2 & US 9
New Hartford - former Price Chopper; NY 5A

Dedicated to the memory of Ingvar Kamprad.

Benihana

LA location

Now for something new for the new year.  I heard of Benihana through The Golden Girls, both being based in the Miami area.  It's a chain of Japanese restaurants yet to embrace CNY.  While I'm not familiar with this kind of cuisine myself, it's good to branch out a little:



Syracuse (east side) - NY 5, former Firudo (another Japanese restaurant that moved down the street)/Doughertys Masquerade/Empire Vision/gym and spa?
deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown, former TGI Fridays (only if above isn't used) or former Mizu
Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA, former Ballys or Bon-Ton (two restaurant vacancies are too close too another Japanese steakhouse)
Clay - NY 31, Great Northern Mall, former Ruby Tuesdays
Auburn - NY 5 and US 20, Fingerlakes Mall, former Rex
Cicero - E Circle Drive and Frontage Road, former Cicis Pizza
East Syracuse - Bridge St and Enterprise Pkwy, former Carmellas Café (if first two aren't considered)
Canastota - NY 5 and 13, former Family Dollar
New Hartford - NY 5A, Sangertown Square
Oswego - NY 481 & 104
Fulton - NY 481 & CR 57

Jersey Mikes

Wish that was me!

Jersey Mikes are another sub chain yet to grace CNY shores as it's too easy to go to rivals Subway (even Old Forge and Skaneateles have those).  I went by the Plains Township, PA one last year, but it was too out of the way.  Albany's the closest one I know right now (even though I usually go to local competitor Mr Subb when I'm in the Capital Region).  Here's where they need to be in CNY and beyond:

Baldwinsville (Moyers Corners) - NY 31 & CR 57 (former Tim Hortons/Dougs/JDs/Hardees)
Liverpool - CR 57 (former Arbys if not above spot up the road or former Canales Take Out)
deWitt - NY 5 (Shoppingtown Mall food court)
Manlius - NY 173 (former Marks Pizzeria)
Fairmount - Fairmount Fair (opening near Five Guys)
Cortland - NY 13 (former Tim Hortons [by I-81] and McDonalds [Cortlandville by NY 281])
Fayetteville - Towne Ctr (former Eastern Mountain Sports) or Verizon Wireless on NY 5
Fulton - NY 481 (former Fays/Eckerd Drugs)
Oswego - NY 104 (former Rite Aid/Eckerd) or downtown
East Syracuse - NY 290 (former Village Deli) and/or Northern Blvd & E Taft Rd (yet former Tim Hortons)
Rochester - NY 15 (former CVS/pharmacy or Jimmy Johns)
Auburn - NY 5 (former Tim Hortons)
Clay - NY 31 & 481 (Great Northern Mall in former Ruby Tuesday to keep far enough from Subpar!)
North Syracuse - US 11 (former Tim Hortons, Maines or Jreck Subs)
Cicero - US 11 (former Tim Hortons/Mighty Taco) or Circle Drive (former McDonalds)
New Hartford - Shopping Ctr (former Tuesday Morning)
Chittenango - NY 5 & 13 (former Kinney Drugs)
Bridgeport - NY 31 (former Kinney Drugs)
Salina - Buckley Rd & 7th North St (Ex-Timmy Ho's again!)
Syracuse (north side) - Lodi, Catherine and Butternut Sts. (former Jreck Subs)
Poughkeepsie - US 9 (former Quiznos)
Camillus - W Genesee St and Kasson Rd (another ex-Jrecks)
Syracuse (east side) - NY 92, former Pudgies/Pizza Hut Delivery

Halloween Express

Charlotte, NC location.  Enter if you dare!

Here's a new one.  However, due to its blatantly seasonal nature, Halloween Express are only open from late August until its very purpose, much like their competitor Spirit of Halloween, who are already in town every year.  There are a number of locations that may be available next year:

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481; former Macys or Bon-Ton
deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5; former Dicks or JCPenney
Westvale - Westvale Plaza, NY 5, former Pep Boys/Brand Name Deals or Dance Centre
Chittenango - NY 5 & 13, former Kinney Pharmacy
Bridgeport -  NY 31, former Kinney or Great American
Canastota - NY 5 & 13, former Family Dollar
Auburn - former P&C
Oswego - Mid-City Plaza, NY 481 & 104, former Rite Aid Pharmacy
Fulton - NY 481, former Eckerd Pharmacy or kmart
Liverpool - Seneca Mall, CR 57; former kmart or Price Chopper
Cortland - Riverside Plaza, NY 13; former flea market (if Planet Fitness isn't there first) or Fays Drugs
New Hartford - NY 5A, former Price Chopper
Colonie - NY 5, former Sears, Colonie Ctr
Henrietta - NY 252, former Tops
Canandaigua - NY 5 & US 20
Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA, former Bon-Ton
Syracuse (west side) - Western Lights, former Herb Phillipsons/kmart
Syracuse (east side) - NY 5, former Empire Vision/spa?/Doughertys/Firudo
North Syracuse - US 11, former Maines/Peters/Williams
Queens - former Caldor
Poughkeepsie - US 44 & NY 55, former ShopRite
Irondequoit - Medley Ctr
Williamsville - Eastern Hills Mall
Baldwinsville - former Family Dollar

Back in my day, we had Switz's and Dougherty's, but that's for another post!

AutoNation

AutoNation Toyota.

AutoNation are a different animal from CarMax yet also have no footprint yet in CNY.  They could go where other car dealers used to be that no one else has bothered with since:

Fayetteville - former Jays Village Chevrolet, NY 5
Fulton - former Davidson/Fred Raynor/Reymore Ford, NY 3
Baldwinsville - former Burdick Toyota, NY 31 and CR 57
Syracuse - former Lewis Goodman Chrysler Plymouth, NY 5
Lakeland - former Vals Dodge, State Fair Blvd
Central Square - Burdick Ford, NY 49 (only if they ever decide to move to their sister dealerships at Drivers Village [née Penn Can Mall] in Cicero similar to how Davidson Ford moved to Liverpool; then Burdick Ford can go in the former Burlington or merge with the Lincoln Mercury Mazda division)
Phoenix - Former Sharon/Fox Chevrolet, CR 57 & 57A (moving to across from Davidson Ford)
Utica - former Paolozzi Mazda, former NY 49
Rome - former dealership, NY 233, 49, 69 and 365.