Two Way Roads: How Arendi can be successful and unique

Two Way Roads: How Arendi can be successful and unique

Albany Eats!: Cheesecake Factory

Albany Eats!: Cheesecake Factory

Ithaca's Food Web: Tops Friendly Markets must sell two Ithaca stores, says FTC

Ithaca's Food Web: Tops Friendly Markets must sell two Ithaca stores, says FTC

Shop City - Then and Now



My own photo of Shop City

Shop City Plaza has had many businesses come and go like any other in the country, but holds its own in the community.

Teall Ave. and Grant Blvd., Syracuse.

Former tenants:

Fanny Farmer Candies
First Federal
Grants
Liggetts Rexall Drugs
Childrens Bootery
Uniroyal Tires
HSBC
Speigals
Real estate*
Corcorans Liquor Store
Tops 'n Bottoms
Intermission
Montgomery Ward
Acme
Phillips Shoe Repair
Green Hills
Neisners
Casual Male & Female

Fallas
Fabric store*
Syracuse Paint & Varnish
Ice cream*
Video arcade*
Endicott Johnson
Fays Drugs

Family Dollar
New Domain
Ames
Peters
Grand Union

Valu Home Center
P&C (twice)
Hit or Miss
Pizza Hut
RadioShack
CUA Music
Restaurant*
Payless ShoeSource
Chappells

Chess King
Fotomat
National Auto Supply
Wheels Discount Auto

Waldenbooks
McCrorys
Sally Beauty Supply
Sugarplum Boutique
Sweet Chunkys BBQ
Hallmark Cards
The UPS Store
OnBank
Fleet Bank
Carrols Cinema
CinemaNational
Skaneateles Savings Bank
BSB Savings Bank
Andrays Hair Styling
Meltzers Restaurant
Johnson Shoe Stores
S&H Green Stamps Store
Country Buffet*

The Book Nook
Rainbow Rent to Own

Curves
Eckerd Pharmacy
AJ Wright
D&K Stores
Nail Art
Strauss Stores

Marks Pizzeria
TBD

Napolis Pizza

Tutis Market

Wilsons Jewellers

Royce Shoes

Endicott Johnson

Strauss Shoes

First Niagara

Bakers Shoes

US Coast Guard Recruiting

Quiznos Subs
Blimpie Subs (via Mobil)
Blockbuster
CW Price
Citizens Bank
Dots Fashions
Yummy Buffet (previously Super King and Super Nova Chinese Buffet)
Ginga Japanese steakhouse
Antonio's to Go

Thrifty Shopper Outlet
Authentic Clothing & Footwear

Smokers Choice

Rite Aid

Powerhouse Gym

Current tenants:

Tops
Spanish restaurant

Black Friday Bins
China House

U-Haul
McDonalds
Shop City Pizza

Shop City Wines & Liquors
Metro by T-Mobile

Appliance Parts
M&T Bank
Shop City Veterinary Hospital
CSL Plasma
Pawn King
Cricket
Dollar Tree
Rent-a-Center
H&R Block
State Farm
Advance Auto Parts
Empire Visionworks
The Fish Cove
Atlas Chiropractic
Citgo/Runway/Subway
City Laundromat

Ultimate Beauty Supply

Hair Land

Factory Direct Furniture and Mattress

MVPT

What I wish would open there:

Schlotzskys
SECNY FCU
Godfathers Pizza

Subject to change.
*Name TBD.

Dedicated to the memory of John Navè, "Mayor of Shop City".

Saving Small Towns Through Groceries - ABC News

Saving Small Towns Through Groceries - ABC News

The Life & Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies - Gluten Free and Price Chopper Premiere Baking Class

The Life & Loves of Grumpys Honeybunch: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies - Gluten Free and Price Chopper Premiere Baking Class

For Mel.

Asian supermarket

The next frontier of retail that needs to be explored in Upstate NY is an Asian supermarket, which is really meaning the Pacific Rim much of the time, geared towards the Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Laotian, and Korean communities, carrying items not found at traditional Western supermarkets like bok choy and live fish.  Items imported from the other side of the globe are found there.  I've been to one in Flushing, Queens downstate a couple years ago, and saw a fairly large one upstate in Albany.  We need something like that in Central New York.  In Syracuse, theres a small store on Erie Blvd. E. with a Chinese takeaway nearby.  I think a bigger store down the road at the former Price Chopper in DeWitt would better suit the area.  The one in New Hartford would work for the Utica-Rome region.  Rochester and Buffalo I'm not 100% sure about as I don't go to those areas often.  Large markets will turn up in bigger cities and suburbs throughout the west.  In smaller and more compact communities, there will be small shops, but it all depends on where you live and the demand.  I would go to an Asian supermarket if the opportunity came along again.
Since I wrote this two have opened on Erie Blvd.  One is in the former Stevens Office Interiors (now on NY 290 in East Syracuse).