Peebles

Cheboygan, MI store.  Previously a Kroger and Carter Foods.

Been meaning to do this.  Their ad in the Auburn paper reminded me.  Possible Peebles placements:

Camillus - former Bon-Ton

Fulton - former kmart on NY 481

deWitt - former Dicks in Shoppingtown on NY 5

Syracuse - former Herb Phillipsons in Western Lights and/or Bon-Ton in Destiny USA

Liverpool - former Price Chopper on CR 57

North Syracuse - Northern Lights

Clay - former Bon-Ton, Great Northern Mall
Clifton Park - former OfficeMax
Colonie - former Barnes & Noble

Auburn - former P&C

Cortland - former flea market, NY 13

New Hartford - former Sears in Sangertown Square or Price Chopper on NY 5A

Irondequoit - Skyview on the Ridge (ex-Medley Ctr)

Latham - Latham Circle Mall, NY 2 & 7 and US 9

Rome - TBD, NY 46
Syracuse - former Bon-Ton in Destiny USA

Cicero - former Burlington at Drivers Village

Sleepy's

North Haven, CT store.

Now to switch gears and head to bed!  Sleepy's could open in these locations:

Camillus - former Bon-Ton

Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA (former Bon-Ton or Sports Authority)

New Hartford - former Herb Phillipsons

Cortland - NY 13, Riverside Plaza or US 11/NY 41 (former P&C)

deWitt - NY 5, Marshalls Homegoods Plaza (former Bed, Bath and Beyond)

Liverpool - CR 57 (former Price Chopper) or NY 31 (former Metro Mattress)

Auburn - NY 5/US 20, Fingerlakes Mall (former Rex or JCPenney)

Oswego - NY 104 (former Dollar Tree or other vacancy on NY 104)

Ithaca - NY 13/96 (former kmart)

Fulton - NY 481 (former kmart)

Oneida - NY 46 (former Herb Phillipsons)

Syracuse (west side) - Western Lights (former Fallas)

Irondequoit - NY 104, Medley Center

Cicero - former Burlington at Drivers Village

North Syracuse - former Staples, Michaels or Media Play, Northern Lights, US 11

Hardee's/Carl's Jr.

Seville, OH location outside Cleveland.

Hardee's/Carl's Jr. (Carls Jnr) are another chain lacking in Upstate, NY (I see Marathon in there and we just got their sister chain Speedway and Circle K will be a later post).  Hardee's used to be in Hotel Syracuse (getting a renewal of their own) and Moyers Corners in what was later JD's Fish 'n' Grill and is now a vacant Tim Hortons (the mailing address is Baldwinsville).  Much of what I put down for Chick-Fil-A would work for Hardee's or Carl's Jr. and given CFA's reputation many would rather see Hardee's come back.  The closest one to CNY right now is in Harrisburg, PA.  Many other recently shuttered Tim Hortons and Burger Kings would work for new stores.

Chick-Fil-A

Gloucester, NJ location near Philadelphia

Chick Fil-A may be the Hobby Lobby of fast food, but their chicken wasn't half-bad when I went to the Alexandria, VA one last year near Washington, DC.  Rival Christian-run chain In-N-Out doesn't believe in franchising leaving all O&Os in the western US.  The scandal aside, here's where to perch:

Clay - Great Northern Mall
Canandaigua - former Ponderosa, NY 5/US 20

Cicero - confirmed for US 11 by Home Depot
North Syracuse - former Tim Hortons

Liverpool - former Arbys (CR 57)

deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown (also an ex-Arbys)

Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall

Oswego - another old Arbys or even Ponderosa

Fulton - former Jreck Subs

Cortland - NY 13 (former Tim Hortons) or 281 (once thought to open at SUNY Cortland but the idea was slated)

Fayetteville - former Eastern Mountain Sports

Cortlandville - NY 13, former McDonalds

Albany - Colonie Center (non-CNY)
CNY et al - former Tim Hortons
Syracuse (north side) - former KFC
Syracuse (SU Hill) - former Copy Centers

Bloomingdale's

Downstate flagship during the festive period.

Another department store of this calibre yet to build on Upstate soil.  Let's put the "bloom" back in Bloomie's then!:

Albany - former Best Buy, Crossgates Mall, US 20

New Hartford - Sangertown Square (former Macys)
Kingston - former JCPenney

Irondequoit - Medley Centre (much of it can be cleared anyway; Rochester area)

Latham - Latham Circle Mall (will have to be stand-alone; only Albany area one I can think of)

Alexandria, VA - Landmark Mall (only non-NY one; thought I'd try there for a change)
Syracuse - ex-Bon-Ton (includes the empty downstairs) or JCPenney
Cicero - former Burlington at Drivers Village
Camillus - former Bon-Ton

Poughkeepsie - former JCPenney, US 9

Baskin-Robbins

31 Flavours UK location at nights.

Baskin Robbins have been in deWitt and Manlius as well as SU Hill in the past, but never stuck around.  If arch rivals Dairy Queen can return to CNY, BR can too.  Here's where they can open:

Liverpool - former Arbys, CR 57 and former Subway/Indian restaurant down the road in Galeville

Baldwinsville - former Rite Aid, Downer St

Cicero/North Syracuse - former Jimmy Johns (Circle Dr.)

East Syracuse - former Jimmy Johns/Starbucks (NY 298)

Syracuse (downtown/Armory Square) - former Starbucks; Walton, S Franklin and W Jefferson Sts

Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA (food court)

Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall (food court; NY 5/US 20) or former Tim Hortons (NY 5)

Cortland - downtown or former Naples Italian Eatery (NY 13) or Cortlandville (former McDonalds)

Oswego - former Arbys (NY 104)

North Syracuse/Liverpool - former Burger King, Elwood Davis and Buckley Rds

New Hartford - former Mattress Express, Tehan Plaza, Commercial Drive (NY 5A)
Manlius - former Kimberlys Ice Cream Factory (a couple miles or so from the old one) (NY 92)

Former locations in CNY:

Manlius - NY 92 (now just sister chain Dunkin' alone)

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5 (the one I remember most)

Syracuse - Marshall St & S Crouse Ave, SU Hill