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On Oct 3, 2019, Rich wrote
(in article >):

New Orleans area, apparently.

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On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:50:37 -0500,dmoorman
ganews.com>
<snip>
>
>New Orleans area, apparently.

When you're right, you're right. Long way from the Windy City isn't
it?

Looks like the last one opened by Harris Weil in 1966 before his
death. Attached is his first in 1930.

--
Long-gone grocery stores of New Orleans
"Opening day for the third Canal Villere Super Mart in the New Orleans
area was June 2, 1966. The new outlet was located in the Airline Park
Shopping Center."
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_l...b70329399.html

--Blake Pontchartrain - New Orleans Know-It-All
"...In 1966, the chain opened its first suburban store, in Metairie's
Airline Park Shopping Center on Airline Highway. That same year, Weil
cut the ribbon on renovations to the Freret store. He died six months
later in August 1966..."
https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/n...a9f6d823d.html

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On Oct 6, 2019, drek wrote
(in >):

> On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:50:37 -0500,dmoorman
> ganews.com>
> <snip>
> >
> > New Orleans area, apparently.
>
> When you're right, you're right. Long way from the Windy City isn't
> it?
>
> Looks like the last one opened by Harris Weil in 1966 before his
> death. Attached is his first in 1930.

Interesting, drek. I knew it wasn’t Chicago. :-)

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On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:04:55 -0500,dmoorman
ganews.com>

>On Oct 6, 2019, drek wrote
>(in >):
>
>> On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:50:37 -0500,dmoorman
>> ganews.com>
>> <snip>
>> >
>> > New Orleans area, apparently.
>>
>> When you're right, you're right. Long way from the Windy City isn't
>> it?
>>
>> Looks like the last one opened by Harris Weil in 1966 before his
>> death. Attached is his first in 1930.
>
>Interesting, drek. I knew it wasn’t Chicago. :-)

I didn't know it was New Orleans! There's a story in every picture.