Retail in Western New York (Buffalo, NY)

[Pikapower]

After I saw threads for retail in Northeast Wisconsin and New Jersey, I thought that maybe you guys should have a  similar thread for Retail in Western New York (Buffalo, NY).

In Red are former chains that have existed in Buffalo, NY
In Blue are future chains that might come to Buffalo, NY in the near future

If you have any questions about these chains, such as what other chains have existed in WNY (Buffalo, NY) at one point, etc., please let me know.


Discount Stores
Wal-Mart
K-Mart
Target
Ames
Hills

Pharmacies
Rite Aid
Walgreens
CVS
Fay's Drugs
Eckerd
Vix
Freddy's?

Sporting Goods
Dick's
Galyan's

Shoes
Payless Shoe Source
Foot Locker
DSW
Famous Footwear

Dollar Stores (includes five and dime stores)
Family Dollar
Dollar Tree
Dollar General
Woolworth's
McCrory's?
S.S. Kresge?

Books/Music/Movies/Entertainment
Barnes & Noble
FYE (For Your Entertainment) (I don't know if they still exist in Buffalo, NY)
GameStop
Borders
Zappers!
Electonics Boutique/EB Games
Babbage's?

Home Improvement Stores
Home Depot
Lowe's
Chase-Pitkin
True Value
Ace Hardware?
Valu Home Centers

Arts and Crafts Stores
Michael's
Jo-Ann Fabrics
A.C. Moore
Hobby Lobby

Department Stores
JCPenney
Sears
Bon Ton (only two locations left in Buffalo, NY)
Macy's
H&M
Kohl's
T.J. Maxx
Marshall's
Lord and Taylor
Burlington Coat Factory
AM&A's
Jenss
A.J. Wright
Kaufmann's

Closeout Stores
Big Lots
Christmas Tree Shops
Oillie's Bargain Outlet

Grocery Stores
Wegmans
Tops Friendly Markets
Aldi
Save A Lot
Whole Foods
Bells (some stores bought by Quality Markets)
Loblaw's?
Super Duper (some stores bought by Jubilee Foods)
Quality Markets (bought out by Tops Friendly Markets)
Jubilee Foods
A&P (some stores bought by Super Duper)

Video Rental Stores
Blockbuster Video
Hollywood Video
Video Factory
Family Video

Restaurants
McDonald's
Burger King
Wendy's
Taco Bell
KFC
Dairy Queen
Mighty Taco
Moe's Southwest Grill
Subway
Auntie Anne's
Tim Hortons
Pizza Hut
Little Caesars?
Domino's Pizza
Papa John's
Old County Buffet
Denny's
Panera Bread
Starbucks
Dunkin Donuts
Buffalo Wild Wings
Friendly's
Checkers?
IHOP
Wing Street
Chili's
TGI Friday's
Applebee's
Five Guys
Hard Rock Cafe (in Niagara Falls, USA)
Perkins
Big Boy?
Sonic]
Hooters
Quiznos
Arthur Treacher's?
Krispy Kreme
Kahunaville
Chi-Chi's
Bennigans
Swiss Chalet
Hardees?

Gas Stations
Noco
Sunoco
Mobil (some locations became Sunoco)
Kwik Fill
Gulf (bought at least one former Getty location in WNY)
Getty
Texaco?

Family Fun Centers/Video Arcades
Dave and Buster's
Chuck E. Cheese's
Discovery Zone
Cyberstation
Aladdin's Castle?
Leaps and Bounds
Jeepers!
Major Magic's All Star Pizza Revue?

Toy Stores
Toys "R" Us
Child World?
Children's Palace?
KB Toys
Zany Brainy?

Convenience Stores
7-Eleven
Wilson Farms

[nysw3636]

Are you saying specifically "Buffalo,NY" or "Western NY"? If western NY, then the 17 western counties?

Definitely need to add A&P to grocery stores either way :)

[Pikapower]

Are you saying specifically "Buffalo,NY" or "Western NY"? If western NY, then the 17 western counties?

Definitely need to add A&P to grocery stores either way :)

I was referring to the retail establishments that had or have a presence in the core Buffalo/WNY area (the counties that are in red)

[nysw3636]

Got it. A&P had numerous stores in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area. They were a major presense in the Buffalo area until 1975, when they pulled out of the area. I believe Super Duper bought a lot of their old stores....

[Pikapower]

^O.K. I got it, I wasn't sure if A&P had presence in Buffalo, NY/WNY.

[Stork of The Weak]

Was the Advance Auto Parts in Catskill an A&P at one time? It has the look of one that may have had the front facade "squared off" around the time the A&P logo changed in 1976 to the same basic logo they use today (which to be fair has changed twice in the past 38 years).

[Pikapower]

More

Restaurants
Coldstone Creamery
Firehouse Subs (there's only one location so for in WNY)
Texas Roadhouse

[BillyGr]

Was the Advance Auto Parts in Catskill an A&P at one time? It has the look of one that may have had the front facade "squared off" around the time the A&P logo changed in 1976 to the same basic logo they use today (which to be fair has changed twice in the past 38 years).

Not that this is quite Western NY (quite Eastern, in fact :)), but the same question was asked at this link:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york/1907305-great-american-supermarket-catskill.html

It was (as the link states) a Great American at one point, but may have been A&P also prior to that. I thought that it was mentioned somewhere, but couldn't find any reference in either the A&P or Great American posts.

Edit - I knew I had seen it somewhere - it's on the Groceteria Board at this link:
http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2684&hilit=Catskill+A%26amp%3Bamp%3BP&start=15

See Ephrata1966's post on Nov 28 2010 with a list of stores

Too bad this post isn't for NY in general - then it could be one of only a couple where Howard Johnsons could be listed and not marked defunct!

[MikeinBuffalo]

Bradlees never made it over here, did they? They stayed downstate I believe.

Did Caldor have any locations here?



Also, Gold Circle was a pretty big player in the discount store realm back in the day, before they folded sometime in the 1980s i think. If you mention restaurants, you can't forget Your Host!

[Pikapower]

Bradlees never made it over here, did they? They stayed downstate I believe.

Did Caldor have any locations here?



Also, Gold Circle was a pretty big player in the discount store realm back in the day, before they folded sometime in the 1980s i think. If you mention restaurants, you can't forget Your Host!

I don't know of any former Caldor stores in the Buffalo area, but I could have sworn I saw a former Caldor store in the Rochester area. So it might have possible that Buffalo never had a Caldor store.

[MikeinBuffalo]

Some label finds at the local thrift shop.

[MikeinBuffalo]

Bradlees never made it over here, did they? They stayed downstate I believe.

Did Caldor have any locations here?



Also, Gold Circle was a pretty big player in the discount store realm back in the day, before they folded sometime in the 1980s i think. If you mention restaurants, you can't forget Your Host!

I don't know of any former Caldor stores in the Buffalo area, but I could have sworn I saw a former Caldor store in the Rochester area. So it might have possible that Buffalo never had a Caldor store.

For the record, I did a little research with my college's system, and found a useful old newspaper article. Caldor opened 4 stores in Rochester in '93, eyeing the Buffalo market, but I don't think they ever made it. The Caldor stores in Rochester were all former Hills stores.

[JJBers]

In inspiration of this thread, I made a blog post about retail in my county. https://eastct.blogspot.com/